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Life On The Road chords by
The Kinks
The Kinks

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Verse 1
G

Ever since I was a child,
B

I loved to wander wild
Em

Through the bright city lights,
A
D
C

And find myself a life I could call my own.
G
C
G

It was always my ambition
B

To see Piccadilly,
Em
A

Ramble and roam around So ho
D

And Pimlico and Savile Row,
C
G

And walk down the Abbey Road.
D
C

So I saved all my money
D
C

And packed up my clothes,
Em

And I said good- bye to my friends
D

And my folks back home.
C
A
D
Ebdim
B
Em
C

And I left for a life of my own.
A
D

I left for a life on the road.
Interlude 1
G
D
G
D
G

Verse 2
D
G

I'm a real hungry tyke,
D
G

And I know what I like.
D
G

And I know where I'm goin'
D

To those bright city lights.
C
C#dim

Oh yeah, oh yeah,
D
Eb
Em
C

This time I'm gonna get there.
C#dim
D

I'm bound for a life
G
D

on the road.
G
D

Give me life on the road.

I said life on the road.
G
D
Verse 3

G
D

When I arrived in Houston,
Em
C

I was little more than a child.
G

And I didn't know then
D

That the dives and the dens
C

Would be so vulgar and
G

wicked and wild.
D

Mama always told me
Em
C

The city ladies were bawdy and bold.
G

And so I searched night and day
D

To catch a kissable lady,
C
G

But all that I caught was a cold,
D
C

Cause those stuck- up city ladies
D
C

Didn't no tice me walk by.
Em

Now I've got holes in my shoes

Cause I've been walkin'
D

the streets all night.
C
A
C#dim
D

And I'm livin' the life
Ebdim
Em
C

that I chose.
C#dim
D
G

Livin' my life on the road.
D
G

I said life on the road.
D
G
D

I want life on the road.

Life on the road.
G
D
Verse 4

G

I was standing with the punks
D

in Praed Street,
Em
C

When a muscle man came my way.
Outro 1

He said,
G
D
C
G
C
G
D
Em
C
G

D
C
G
C
G
D
C
D
C
Em

D
C
C#dim
D
Eb
Ebdim
Em
C
C#dim

D
G
D
G
D
G
D
G

D
G
B
Em
A
D

C
G
C
G
B
Em
A
D
C

D
C
D
C
Em
D

C
C#dim
A
D
Ebdim
Em
C
C#dim
A
D
G

D
G
D
G
D
G
D
G

D
G
D
G
D
G
D
G

D
G
D

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Chords
  • G

  • B

    2
  • Em

  • A

  • D

  • C

  • Ebdim

  • C#dim

    4
  • Eb

    6

Capo: 2

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