The Road Goes On Forever and the Party Never Ends - Robert Earl Keen Chords

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_ _ Cher was a waitress at the only joint in town
She [D] had a reputation as [G] a girl who'd been around
[D] Down Main Street after midnight, brand new pack of cigs
A fresh one [G] hanging from her lips, a beer between her legs
[A] She'd ride down to the river and meet with [A] all her friends
[G] The road goes on forever and the party never [D] _ ends
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_ _ Sonny was a loner, older than the rest
[G] He was joined in the Navy but couldn't pass the test
[D] So he hung around town, he sold a little pot
[G] To lock up with Sonny, but one day he got caught
[A] But he was back in business when they set him free [G] again
The road goes on forever and the party never [D] ends
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_ _ [D] Sonny playing eight-ball at the joint where Cher worked
When something drunk in out of town put his hand [G] up Cher's skirt
Sonny took his pool cue, laid the drunk out on the floor
[G] Stuffed a dollar in her tip jar, walked on out the door
[A] She's running right behind him, reaching for his hand
[G] The road goes on forever and the party [D] never ends
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_ _ [D] They jump into a pickup, Sonny jammed her down in gear
[G] Sonny looked at Cher, said let's get on out of here
_ [D] Starboard high, a bubble, the moon was in the [G] east
The sun was setting on them when they reached Miami Beach
They got a motel by the water and a coral palm page
And the [G] road goes on forever and the party [D] never ends
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_ _ [D] They soon ran out of money, but Sonny knew a man
[G] Who knew some Cuban refugees that dealt in contraband
[D] Sonny met the Cuban in a house just off the road
With a [G] briefcase full of money and a pistol in his boot
[A] The cards were on the table when the law came busting [D] in
The road goes on forever and the party never ends _ _ _ _
_ _ Cubans grabbed the goodies, Sonny grabbed the jack
He [G] broke the bathroom window and climbed on out the back
[D] Cher drove the pickup through the alley on the side
[G] Where a lawman attacked Sonny and was reading him his right
[A] She stepped out in the alley with a single shot for ten
[G] The road goes on forever and the party never [D] ends
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_ They left the lawman lying, they made their getaway
[G] Got back to the motel just before the break of day
[D] Sonny gave her all the money and he blew a little kiss
If [G] they asked you how this happened, say I forced you into [A] this
She watched them as the taillights disappeared around the bend
[G] The road goes on forever and the party never ends
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_ [D] At Main Street after midnight, just like it was before
Twenty-one months later at the local grocery store
Cher buys a paper and a cold [G] six-pack of beer
The headlines read that Sonny is going to the charity
[A] She pulls back on to Main Street in her new Mercedes Benz
The road goes on forever and the party never [D] ends _ _ _ _
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