Chords for The Road Not Taken
Tempo:
193.5 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
[C]
[G]
[C] [G]
Could have worked [C] for the [G] old man, [C] could have finished [G] school.
But no, not me, I had bigger plans, [C] stubborn as a [D] mule.
[G] I didn't listen to no one,
[C] that's the way [G] I learned.
I [Am] wonder where I'd [C] be now, if I'd only [D] turned down [C] the [C] road.
[G]
[C] [G]
Could have worked [C] for the [G] old man, [C] could have finished [G] school.
But no, not me, I had bigger plans, [C] stubborn as a [D] mule.
[G] I didn't listen to no one,
[C] that's the way [G] I learned.
I [Am] wonder where I'd [C] be now, if I'd only [D] turned down [C] the [C] road.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Could have worked [C] for the [G] old _ _ man, [C] _ _ _ could have finished _ [G] _ school. _ _ _ _
_ _ But no, not me, I had bigger _ _ _ plans, [C] _ _ stubborn _ as a [D] mule. _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ I didn't listen to no _ _ one, _
_ [C] _ _ that's the way [G] I _ _ learned. _ _
I [Am] wonder _ _ where I'd [C] be _ now, _ _ _ _ _ _ if I'd only [D] _ turned _ _ down [C] the [C] road. _ _ _ _
[G] Not _ _ begging, _ _ [Am] and married the girl _
[G] back [D] home. _ _ _
Down the [Em] _ _ _ _ path _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ forsaken, _ _
_ [C] _ not like _ _ _ [D] someone's stone. _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ Would [G] I _ only _ trade _ _ regrets, _ [Em] if I could _ retrace my [C] steps,
_ [G] and go down the [Am] _ _ _ [G] road _ _ [C] not _ _ [D] taking. _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Got a box [C] full of _ [G] _ _ pictures, _ [C] _ _ [G] that I'd show my [G] _ wife.
_ _ She _ _ _ _ won't catch me in [C] a _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [Am] daydream, _ _ of another [D] _ life. _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ Mama's sick, and my dad's retired. _
_ [C] _ I call _ on [G] the phone, _ _ _ _
_ [Am] but tell me _ where [C] I'd be _ now, _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ If _ I'd only [D] _ _ gone _ _ down the _ _ _ road, [G] _
_ not _ taking. _ _
_ _ [Am] _ Married the girl [D] back _ home. _ _
Down [Em] the _ _ _ path _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ forsaken, _ _
_ [C] and not like _ _ [G] _
someone's [D] stone. _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ Would I [G] only _ _ _ trade regrets, _
_ [Em] if I could _ retrace my [C] steps,
_ _ [G] and go down [Am] the _ _ [G] _ road _
_ [C] not _ [D] taking.
Down [C] the road _ [A] _ _ _
[G] not _ _ taking. _ _
_ [Am] _ Married the girl back [D] _ home. _ _ _
Down the [Em] _ _ _ path _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ forsaken, _ _
_ [C] and not like _ _ _
[G] someone's [D] stone. _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ Would I _ only _ [G] _ _ trade regrets, _ [Em] if I could _ retrace my [C] steps,
_ _ [G] and go down the [Am] _ _ _ [G] road _ _ [C] not _ [D] taking.
_ Down the road _ _ _ [G] _ _
not _ _ taking. _ _
_ [Am] _ Married the girl [D] back _ home.
_ _ Down the [Em] _ _ path [Em] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ forsaken, _
_ [C] and not like _ _ _ [D] someone's stone. _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Could have worked [C] for the [G] old _ _ man, [C] _ _ _ could have finished _ [G] _ school. _ _ _ _
_ _ But no, not me, I had bigger _ _ _ plans, [C] _ _ stubborn _ as a [D] mule. _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ I didn't listen to no _ _ one, _
_ [C] _ _ that's the way [G] I _ _ learned. _ _
I [Am] wonder _ _ where I'd [C] be _ now, _ _ _ _ _ _ if I'd only [D] _ turned _ _ down [C] the [C] road. _ _ _ _
[G] Not _ _ begging, _ _ [Am] and married the girl _
[G] back [D] home. _ _ _
Down the [Em] _ _ _ _ path _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ forsaken, _ _
_ [C] _ not like _ _ _ [D] someone's stone. _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ Would [G] I _ only _ trade _ _ regrets, _ [Em] if I could _ retrace my [C] steps,
_ [G] and go down the [Am] _ _ _ [G] road _ _ [C] not _ _ [D] taking. _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Got a box [C] full of _ [G] _ _ pictures, _ [C] _ _ [G] that I'd show my [G] _ wife.
_ _ She _ _ _ _ won't catch me in [C] a _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [Am] daydream, _ _ of another [D] _ life. _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ Mama's sick, and my dad's retired. _
_ [C] _ I call _ on [G] the phone, _ _ _ _
_ [Am] but tell me _ where [C] I'd be _ now, _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ If _ I'd only [D] _ _ gone _ _ down the _ _ _ road, [G] _
_ not _ taking. _ _
_ _ [Am] _ Married the girl [D] back _ home. _ _
Down [Em] the _ _ _ path _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ forsaken, _ _
_ [C] and not like _ _ [G] _
someone's [D] stone. _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ Would I [G] only _ _ _ trade regrets, _
_ [Em] if I could _ retrace my [C] steps,
_ _ [G] and go down [Am] the _ _ [G] _ road _
_ [C] not _ [D] taking.
Down [C] the road _ [A] _ _ _
[G] not _ _ taking. _ _
_ [Am] _ Married the girl back [D] _ home. _ _ _
Down the [Em] _ _ _ path _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ forsaken, _ _
_ [C] and not like _ _ _
[G] someone's [D] stone. _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ Would I _ only _ [G] _ _ trade regrets, _ [Em] if I could _ retrace my [C] steps,
_ _ [G] and go down the [Am] _ _ _ [G] road _ _ [C] not _ [D] taking.
_ Down the road _ _ _ [G] _ _
not _ _ taking. _ _
_ [Am] _ Married the girl [D] back _ home.
_ _ Down the [Em] _ _ path [Em] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ forsaken, _
_ [C] and not like _ _ _ [D] someone's stone. _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _