Life on the Road
Life on the Road

Life on the Road easy guitar chords by Jerry Jeff Walker

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    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    Last 
    year 
    we 
    went 
    to 
    London 
    and 
    Paris, 

    Texas 

    We went 
    on 
    a bus 
    tour, 

    the great 
    Texas 
    honky 
    tonk 
    tour 

    Here 
    are some 
    snapshots 

    about 
    life 
    on 
    the road..... 

    Verse 2

    Let 
    me 
    tell 
    you 
    'bout 
    the 
    life 
    I 
    lead 

    It 
    ain't 
    all 
    it's 
    cracked 
    up 
    to 
    be 

    Of 
    what 
    you 
    been 
    told, 

    'bout 
    life 
    on 
    the 
    road 

    Rolling 
    round 
    in 
    a painted 
    bus, 

    Just 
    so 
    y'all 
    can 
    look 
    at 
    us 

    Verse 3
    Life 
    on 
    the 
    road 

    You 
    pack 
    your 
    clothes 
    and 

    your 
    shaving 
    kit 

    Some 
    extra 
    socks 
    and 

    those 
    pants 
    that 
    fit 

    Check 
    'em 
    for 
    holes, 

    life 
    on 
    the 
    road 

    Everything 
    you 
    pack 
    is 
    black, 

    washed 
    it 
    all 
    upon 
    your back 

    For 
    life 
    on 
    the 
    road 

    Verse 4

    Climb 
    on 
    board 
    the 
    bus 

    and 
    grab 
    your 
    bunk 

    One 
    on 
    the bottom 
    is 
    the one 
    you 
    want 

    Less 
    rock 
    and 
    roll 
    as 
    you 

    roll 
    down 
    the 
    road 

    Plug 
    John 
    Wayne 
    in 
    the 
    VCR 

    Let 
    the driver 
    tell 
    you 
    where 
    you 
    are 

    Interlude 1
    Life 
    on 
    the 
    road 




    Verse 5
    You 
    get 
    a bed 
    and 
    a 
    TV 
    set, 

    you 
    get 
    an 
    ashtray 
    for 
    your 
    cigarette 

    You 
    get 
    HBO, well 
    that's 

    life 
    on 
    the 
    road 

    Get 
    one 
    down 
    on 
    the 
    bottom 
    floor, 

    Hang 
    a do 
    not 
    disturb 
    sign 
    on 
    the 
    door 

    Life 
    on 
    the 
    road 

    Verse 6

    You 
    get 
    clean 
    sheets 
    and 
    a 
    wake-up 
    call 

    call 

    Don't 
    go 
    up 
    north 
    in 
    the spring 
    and 
    fall 

    But 
    not 
    when 
    it's 
    cold, 

    that's 
    no 
    life 
    on 
    the 
    road 

    Coffee 
    black 
    with 
    pie 
    a la mode 

    That's 
    what 
    you 
    want 
    before 
    the show 

    Interlude 2
    Life 
    on 
    the road 



    Verse 7
    Tonight 
    we're 
    playing 
    that 
    high 

    school 
    gym 

    They're 
    all 
    drunk 
    before 

    I 
    even 
    begin 

    They're 
    hollering 
    "Pissin' 
    in 
    the Wind" 

    Life 
    on 
    the 
    road 


    Verse 8
    The local 
    band 
    opens 
    up 
    for 
    us 

    Now 
    the PA's 
    got 
    a 
    real 
    big 
    buzz 

    Life 
    on 
    the 
    road 

    Verse 9

    The good 
    news 
    is 
    I 
    get 

    to sing 
    my 
    songs 

    The bad 
    news 
    is 
    they 
    all 
    sing 
    along 

    And 
    they're 
    singing 
    wrong 
    notes 

    Ahh, 
    life 
    on 
    the 
    road 


    Verse 10
    But 
    if 
    I stop, 
    it 
    won't 
    be 
    long 

    Before 
    they're singing 

    someone 
    else's 
    song 

    Outro 1
    Life 
    on 
    the 
    road 







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