Long Promised Road chords by The Beach Boys

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Em
C
F
Dm
G
Dsus4
D
Am

Verse 1
Em 
C 
Em 
 (E minor)  (C major) So hard to answer  (E minor) future's riddle
F 
Dm 
When ahead  (F major) is seeming so far behind  (D minor) 
C 
Em 
 (C major) So hard to laugh a  (E minor) child- like giggle
F 
When the  (F major) tears start to torture my mind
G 
Dsus4 
 (G major) So hard to shed the life  (Dsus4) of before
F 
To let  (F major) my soul automatically soar

Verse 2
C 
F 
But I  (C major) hit hard at the  (F major) battle
that's confronting me, yeah
C 
F 
 (C major) Knock down all the  (F major) roadblocks a-
C 
stumbling me  (C major) 
Dm 
Throw off all the shackles  (D minor) 
C 
that are  (C major) binding me down
F 
 (F major) 

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Verse 3

Sew up the wounds of evolution

And the now starts to get in my way

So what if life's a revelation

If the mind speaks of only today

So real, the pain of growing in soul

Of climbing up to reality's goal

Verse 4
C 
F 
But I  (C major) hit hard at the  (F major) battle
that's confronting me, yeah
C 
F 
 (C major) Knock down all the  (F major) roadblocks a-
stumbling me
C 
Dm 
 (C major) Throw off all the shackles  (D minor) that
C 
are  (C major) binding me down
F 
 (F major) 

Verse 5
F 
 (F major) Long promised road
Trail starts at dawn
Em 
Am 
Carries  (E minor) on  to the season's ending  (A minor) 
F 
 (F major) Long promised road
Em 
Flows to the source, gentle  (E minor) force
Am 
Never ending,  (A minor) never ending

Verse 6
C 
Em 
 (C major) So hard to lift  (E minor) the jeweled sceptre
F 
When the weight  (F major) turns
Dm 
a smile to a frown  (D minor) 
C 
Em 
 (C major) So hard to  (E minor) drink of passion nectar
F 
When the  (F major) taste of life's holding me down
G 
Dsus4 
 (G major) So hard to plant the seed  (Dsus4) of reform
Dm 
F 
 (D minor) To set  (F major) my sights on defeating the storm

Verse 7
C 
F 
So I  (C major) hit hard at the  (F major) battle
that's confronting me, yeah
C 
F 
 (C major) Knock down all the  (F major) roadblocks a-
C 
stumbling me  (C major) 
Dm 
Throw off all the shackles  (D minor) that are binding
C 
 (C major) me down

Interlude 1

Oh,

Verse 8

yeah- eah- eah- eah

Verse 9
F 
Hit hard at the  (F major) battle that's
confronting me, yeah
C 
 (C major) Knock down all the roadb
F 
C 
 (F major) locks a- stumbling me  (C major) 
Dm 
Throw off all the shackles  (D minor) that
C 
are  (C major) binding me down
F 
 (F major) 

Verse 10

Oh, yeah- eah- eah- eah

Verse 11
F 
Hit hard at the  (F major) battle that's
C 
confronting me, yeah  (C major) 
F 
Knock down  (F major) all the
C 
roadblocks a- stumbling me  (C major) 
Dm 
Throw off all the shackles  (D minor) that
C 
are  (C major) binding me down
F 
 (F major) 

Verse 12
I'd love to see you
C 
 (C major) I'd love to see you
F 
 (F major) I'd love to see you
C 
F 
 (C major) I'd  (F major) love to see you
I'd love to see you