Chords for Robert Earl Keen - The Road Goes On Forever

[A] _ Now, [E] here's Robert Earl Keen Jr. _
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_ _ _ _ _ He was going in the Navy, but he couldn't pass the test.
So he hung around town.
He sold Little Pot, Little All-Pot, went to Sonny.
And one day he got caught.
[B] But he was back in business when they set him free [A] again.
The road goes on forever.
The party never [E] ends.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] Now, Sonny's playing eight ball at the joint where Sharon works.
When [A] some drunken out of towner put his hand up,
Sharon [B] scurred.
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Sonny took his pool cue light, the drunk out on the floor.
Stuffed [A] a dollar in her tip jaw, and he walked on out the door.
[B] She's running right behind him, reaching for his [A] hand.
The road goes on forever, and the party [Em] never ends.
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] It jumped to his pick-up Sonny, jammed it down in [Bm] gear.
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Sonny looked at Sharon.
He said, let's get on out of here.
[E] The stars were high above them, and the moon was in the east.
[A] The sun was setting on them when they reached Miami Beach.
They got [B] a hotel by the water and a quarter-pound bait gin.
[A] The road goes on forever, and the party never [E] _ _
ends.
[A] _ _ _ [Em] They soon [E] ran out of money, but Sonny
knew a man who [A] knew some Cuban refugees that dealt in cotton.
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Sonny met the Cubans at a house just off the roof
[A] with a briefcase full of money and a pistol in his boot.
The [B] cards are on the table when the law came busting in.
[A] The road goes on forever, and the party never [E] _
ends.
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] The Cubans grabbed the goodies, and Sonny grabbed the jack.
He [A] broke a bathroom window, and he climbed on out the [F#m] back.
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Sharon drove the pick-up through the alley on the side
[A] where a lawman tackled Sonny and was reading him his rights.
[B] She stepped to the alley with a single shot.
The [A] road goes on forever, and the [D] party never [E] ends. _
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_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] They led the _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] lawman back to the motel just before the break of day.
[E] Sonny gave her all the money, and he blew a little kiss.
If [A] they ask you how this happened, say, I forced you into this.
[B] She watched him as his taillights disappeared around the bend.
[A] The road goes on forever, and the party [E] never ends.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] It's Main Street after midnight, just like it was before.
[A] 21 months later at the local grocery store,
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Sharon buys a paper and a cold six-pack of beer.
[A] The headlines read that Sonny is going to the chair.
[B] She pulls back onto Main Street in her new Mercedes [C#]
[A] Benz.
The road goes on forever, and the party [E] never ends.
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