Chords for The Kinks: The Road

[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Sitting alone [A] in my hotel
[F#] Looking in the mirror, [Bm] [G] wondering, well
[D] After all this [A] time, you never thought you'd still be out [G] on the road
[D] _ Like a [A] gypsy I was born [F#] to roam
Like a [Bm] wanderer with no [G] fixed goal
[D] I think about the friends [A] I've left [G] behind on the road
[D] _ Well, [A] the road's been [G] rocky a long [Bm] way
[A] It's been a long, hard, hard on [G] the [Bm] motorway
[A] But if it gets too smooth, it's [G] time to call [Bm] it a day
_ _ _ [D] _ That unbreakable, greasy [A] groove
The loose applause and the noisy [Bm] rooms
The casualties in too many [D] lines
[G] And wasted talent on women and wives
[D] I think about the friends I've left behind
_ [A] Whenever it's time to get back [D] out on the road _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Started playing blues in a coffee [F#] bar
I took a trip down to [Bm] Jack Braddock
With my imitation bach guitar
[G] And my head full of songs and my eyes looked up
[D] I saw a band called The Rolling Stones
[A] And thought that's it, I'll get a band and leave them home [D] out on the road
Big bleed on the bass [A] guitar
I like to get around mixing with other [Bm] stars
But Mrs.
Avery Child was all fingers and [G] thumbs
Solid as a rock, but set in time I was drunk
[D] Wild days, the rain hit the rock and roll with
[A] Your trinity's from the way we decide, kneeling, braced [D] on the road _
[A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[A] Life is [Em] a road, it's a fun [A] way
_ [Em] _
[A] Lost a lot of good [Em] friends along the [A] way
_ [G] _
All [A] the families [G] and homes that I've left behind
To [A] the wives and [Em] the lovers and friends who [A] had their [Em] time
[D] I say, you take [A] your road, [G] I'll [D] take mine
You take [A] your road [G] and I'll [D] take mine
You take [A] your road [G] and I'll [D] take mine
You take [A] your road [G] and I'll [D] take mine
[A] _ [G] _
[D] _ _ [A] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [G] _
[D] _ _ [A] _ [G] _ [A] Life is a [G] road, it's a mother way
[A] _ [G] Rocking along the way
[A] When it gets too [G] smooth, it's time for [Bm] calling
_ _ _ [D] Jimi Hendrix and [A] who the next? _
_ So it's [Bm] all right by me
Some are [G] survivors and some are afraid
If you're playing a band that's a road [D] that you take
Eating and sleeping and [A] you wake up in the morning
What do you see?
[D] Oh
[A] There's _ [F#] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] gas in my [A] tank and I've still got a [G] ways to go
[D] Another hotel [A] it's time to check [F#] out soon
As I [G] look around the room
[D] I think of all the friends [A] I've left behind [G] on the road
_ _ _ [D] _ Thank _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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