Chords for The Road Goes on Forever by Robert Earl Keen Jr

_ _ Well Robert, you got a song for us?
_ _ Yeah, sure.
You know, when you toured with us in Ireland, you had womenfolk following you around.
You're known as one of the most handsome men in the folk music songwriters _ community.
_ So go charm them.
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_ _ [E] She was a waitress at the only joint in town.
She [B] had a reputation as a girl who'd been around.
[E] Now, May, she'd had to midnight a brand new pack of cigs,
A [A] fresh one hanging from her lips, a beer between her legs.
[B] She'd ride down to the river and meet with all her [A] friends.
The road goes on forever and the party never ends. _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] Our sonny was a loner, he was older than the rest.
He was going in the Navy, but couldn't pass the test.
So he hung around town, he sold a little pot.
The [B] law got with the sonny and one day he got caught.
But he was back in business when they set him free [E] again.
[A] The road goes on forever and the party [E] never ends. _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] Now sonny's playing eight ball at the joint where Cher works.
When [A] some drunk and out of towner put his hand up Cher's [E] skirt.
Sonny took a fool cue, laid the drunk out on the floor.
Stuffed a [A] dollar in her tip jar, and it balked home out the door.
[B] She's running right behind him, reaching for his [A] hand.
The road goes on forever and the party [E] never ends.
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_ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] They jumped to his pick up, sonny jammed her down and guess.
[A] Sonny looked at Cher and 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 [B] got a motel by the water and a board of all the bay [A] gyms.
The road goes on forever and the party [E] never ends. _
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_ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] They soon ran out of money, but sonny knew a man.
[A] He knew some Cuban refugees, a Deltan conch [E] man.
Sonny met the Cuban at a house just off the route.
With a [A]
briefcase full of money and a pistol in his boots.
[B] The cards were on the table when the law came bustin' in.
[A] The road goes on forever and the party [E] never ends. _
The [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] Cubans grabbed the goodies and sonny grabbed the jack.
He [A] broke the bathroom window and climbed on out the back.
[E] Cher drove the pickup through the alley on the side.
Where [A] a law man tackled sonny and was reading him his [C#] rights.
[B] She stepped into the alley with a single shot board.
[A] And the road goes on forever and the party [E] never ends.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] They left the law man lying, they made their getaway.
They [A] got back to the motel just before the break of [E] day.
Sonny gave her all of the money and they blew a little kiss.
If [A] they asked you how this happened, say I forced you to this.
[B] She watched him as his taillights disappeared around the bend.
[A] The road goes on forever and the party [E] never ends. _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] This may seem like the midnight just like it was before.
_ [A] 21 months later at the local grocery store.
[E] Cher 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 on the main street in her new Mercedes [A] Benz.
The road goes on forever and the party [E] never ends. _
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