Chords for The Kinks - Life on the Road

[C] _ _ [A] Ever since I was a child [C#] I loved to wander [F#m] wild through the bright city lights
[B] And find myself a [E] life I could call my own
[D] _ [A] It was always my ambition [C#] to see [F#m] Piccadilly
Ramble and [B] roam around Soho, [E] Pimlico and Savile Row
[D] And [A] walk down the Abbey Road
[E] So I saved all [D] my money
[E] I packed up [D] my clothes
[F#m] And I said goodbye to my friends and my folks [E] back [A] home
[E] _ [D] And I [D#] left [E] for a [F] [F#m] life of my own
_ [D] _ [G] [D] I [D#] left for [E] a life [A] on the road
[E] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ [Em] _ [A] I'm [E] a real hunky jack
[A] _ And I know [E] what I like
[A] And I know [E] where I'm going
[A] Through the bright [E] city lights
[D] Oh yeah, [D#] oh yeah, [A] this time [F] I'm gonna get [F#m] there
[D] _ _ [D#] [D] I'm [D#] bound
[E] _
_ [A] _ _ [E] Give me life [A] on the road
[E] I want life [A] on the road
[E] Give me life [A] on the road
[E] _
_ _ [A] Well, when I [E] was a little [F#m]
boy and [D] a [D#] child
[A] And I didn't know [E] them at the time
[D] Dancing was so [A] fun, I went for a while
[D] Mama [E] always told me
[F#] City ladies were [D] bawdy and [D#] bold
[A] So I said, it's not a [E] day to catch a kissable [D] lady
But [Bm] all I got [A] was a cold
[E] Cause I was stuck up, [D] she went
[E] Didn't notice [D] me walk by
[F#m] Now I got holes in my shoes
Cause I've been walking the [E] streets all night _
[D] I'm [B] [E] living [F] [F#m] by the show
[D] _
_ _ [B] [E] Living life [A] on the road
[E]
Give me [A] life on the road
[E] Life [A] on the road
[E] Life on the road
Give me [A] life on the road
[E] Life on the road
_ [A]
Standing with a [E] punk to pretty street
[F#m] When a muscle man [D] came my [D#] way
[A] He said, hey, are you [E] gay?
Can you come out and play?
[D] And like a [A] fool I went and said, okay
[D] Ever [E] since I was knee high
[F#m] I thought the city was [D] paved with gold
[A] But I see so many [E] losers in town
And I'm through [D] with this
[A] Time of being bought and sold
[D] [E] City women [D] are a tease
[E] But I really [D] love to please
[F#m] Forgive the bloodshot eyes
Cause I've been [B] walking the [E] streets all night
_ [A] [D] But I'm [B] living [E] the [F] life [F#m] by the [D] show
_ [B] _ [D] _ [D#] [E] Living life [A] on the road
[E] Give me life [A] on the road
[E]
Life [A] on the [E] road
Life on the road
I want life [A] on the road
[E] Life on the road
_ [A] One of these days [C#] I'm gonna go back [F#m] home
See all my [B] friends
Visit [E] the places I used to [D] know
[A] _
[A] Say goodbye to [C#] a world that's surreal
[F#m] Goodbye to a [B] world that's forgotten how to [E] feel
_ [D] _ [Bm] [E] And it's slowly [D] using me
[E] And there's no [D] security
[F#m] Sometimes [Bm] I hate the road
But [F#m] it's the only [E] life I [A] know
[E] _ [A]
[E] But [D] I'm living [E] the [F] [F#m] life that I chose _
[D] _ So I [D#] live [E] out my life [A] on the road
_ _ [E] Give me [A] life on the road
[E]
Life [A] on the road
[E] Life on the road
Life on the road
I want [A] life on the road
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _