The Road Goes on Forever chords by Joe Ely
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Intro 1
(G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 1
Sherry (D major) was a waitress
at the only joint in town
(G major) She had a reputation as a
girl who'd been around
On (D major) main street after midnight,
a brand new pack of cigs
A (G major) fresh one hanging from her lips,
a beer between her legs
She (A major) rides down to the river,
and meets with all her friends
The (G major) road goes on forever
and the party never ends (D major)
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Verse 2
(D major)
(G major) Sonny (D major) was a loner,
older than the rest
He was (G major) goin' in the navy,
but couldn't pass the test
So (D major) he hung around town,
he sold a little pot
The law (G major) caught wind of sonny
and one day he got caught
But (A major) he was back in business
when they set him free again
The (G major) road goes on forever and
the party never ends
(D major)
Verse 3
Sonny's playin' eight-ball in in the joint
where sherry works
When some (G major) drunken out-of-towner put put
put his hand up sherry's skirt
Sonny (D major) took his pool cue,
laid the drunk out on the floor
Stuffed a (G major) dollar in her tip jar,
walked out the door
She's (A major) running right behind him,
reaching for his hand
The road (G major) goes on forever
and the party never ends (D major)
Verse 4
(D major)
They jumped into his pickup,
sonny jammed it down in gear
Sonny (G major) looked at sherry,
said "let's get on out of here
The stars (D major) were high above them,
the moon was in the east
The sun (G major) was setting on them when
they reached miami beach
They got a hotel (A major) by the water,
a quart of bombay gin
The road (G major) goes on forever
and the party never ends
(D major)
Verse 5
They soon ran out of money,
but sonny knew a man
Who (G major) knew some cuban refugees,
who dealt in contraband
Sonny (D major) met the cubans in a house
just off the route
With a (G major) briefcase full of money
and a pistol in his boot
The card (A major) were on the table
when the law came bustin' in
The road (G major) goes on forever
and the party never ends
The (D major)
Verse 6
cubans grabbed the goodies,
sonny grabbed the jack
(G major) Broke the bathroom window
and climbed on out the back
Sherry (D major) drove the pickup through the
alley on the side
Where a (G major) lawman tackled sonny and was
reading him his rights
She stepped (A major) out in the alley
with a single shot 410
The road (G major) goes on forever
and the party nev (D major) er ends
Verse 7
(D major)
They left the lawman lying,
they made their getaway
(G major) Got back to the motel just before
the break of day
Sonny (D major) gave her all the money,
he blew a little kiss
If they (G major) ask you how this happened
say I forced you into this
She (A major) watched him as his taillights
disappeared around the bend
The road (G major) goes on forever
and the party never ends
(D major)
Verse 8
It's main street after midnight,
just like it was before
(G major) Twenty-one months months later,
at the local grocery store
Sherry (D major) buys a paper and a cold
six-pack of of beer
The head (G major) lines say that sonny
is going to the chair
She (A major) pulls back onto main street
in her new mercedes benz
The road (G major) goes on forever
and the party never (D major) ends
Outro 1
(D major)
The Road Goes on Forever
Joe Ely
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