Chords for The Kinks - Life on the Road, 1977

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Thanks very much.
When we go on tour, _ I write a lot of songs on tour, but I wrote this one when I was at
home in England.
_ _ I didn't rate it too highly as a song, I'll tell you now.
[A] I'm sure you'll say I told you so afterwards.
_ But it wasn't until I went on the road and played it that I realized it was really close to me.
_ [G] _ It's called Life on the Road. _ _
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[Bm] _ [A] _ _ _ So I [E] saved up my [D] money, _ _ _
[E] packed up [D] my clothes, and [F#m] I said goodbye to my friends and my folks back [E] home. _ _ _
_ _ _ And [D] I left [D#] for [C#m] a life [C#] _ of my [F#m]
own.
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I _ left [B] for a life on [A] the _ [E] road. _
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_ [A] _ I'm a real [E] hungry type, _
[A] _ and I know [E] what I like. _
[A] And I know [E] where I'm going, _ through those [E] bright city lights.
[D] Oh yeah, oh [E] yeah, this time I'm gonna get [F#m] there. _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ I'm bound [D#]
for [E] life on [A] the road.
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Give me [A] life on the road.
_ [E] I said [A] life on the road.
[E] _ I want [A] life on the road.
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_ Well, when I arrived at Houston, [F#] I was little [E] more than a [D] child.
[A] And I didn't know that [E] the dives and dance [D] would be so [C#m] vulgar and wicked [A] and wild.
And [E] I always thought me city [F#] women were bawdy and bold.
[D] _ [A] So I walked out and [E] didn't find a sister for [D] lady, but all [A] that I caught was a cold.
Cars on [E] stock up, [D] city women [E]
didn't notice me [D] walk by.
Now [F#m] I've got holes in my shoes, because I've been walking the streets [E] all night.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ Living [E] life, [F] _ [F#m] not a joke.
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_ _ [D#] _ _ Living my [E] life _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] on the road.
_ [E] I want life [A] on the road.
_ [E] I said life [A] on the road. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I was standing with a [E] punk in Prairie Street [F#m] when a muscle man came my way.
He [A] said, hey, how you gay?
Can you come out and play?
[D] And like a fool I [A] went and said, okay.
Ever since [E] I was knee high, [F#m] I've known the city was [D] made for _ girls.
[A] Cause there's so many [E] losers down in our booze,
that [D] you were tired of [A] being bought and sold.
_ [E] City women are [D] the cheese.
[E] But I really love [D] the peace.
[F#m] But I've got holes in my shoes, because I've been walking the streets [E] all night. _
_ _ [F#] But [D] I'm [D#] living [E] the life, [F] not [F#m] a joke.
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_ _ _ [B] Living [E] my life on [A] the _ _ [E] road.
I said [A] life on the road.
_ _ [E] I want life on the road.
_ I want life on the road.
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_ [A] One of these days, [C#] I'm going back home.
[F#m] See all my [B] friends, visit the places I used to know.
[D] _ _ _ _
[A] Say goodbye to [C#] a world that's too real.
[F#m] Goodbye to a world [B] that's forgotten how to feel.
[E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] And it's [E] slowly using me.
And [E] there's no _ [Bm] security. _ _
Sometimes I [F#m] hate the road.
And it's the only life [E] I know. _ _ _ _ _
But [D] I'm living [E] the life, [C#] not a [F#m] joke.
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_ And I'll _ [B] live out [E] my _ life _ _ on the [A] road.
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Hear me, life [A] on the road.
_ [E] I said life [A] on the road.
_ [E] _ I want life [A] on the road.
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_ [A] Life on the road.
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[A] _ _ Life on the [A] road. _ _
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[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ I [E] said life, life on [A] the road.
Give me life, life.
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_ [A] _ _ Give [E] me, give me life.
Life [A] on the road.
Give me the life [E] on the road.
Life [A] on the road.
I want the [E] life on the road. _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] Give me life, life, _ [E] _
[A] life.
I said I'll [E] be back. _ _ _
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