The Road Goes on Forever chords by
Joe Ely

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Key: E major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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Sherry was a waitress

at the only joint in town

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She had a reputation as a

girl who'd been around

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On main street after midnight,

a brand new pack of cigs

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A fresh one hanging from her lips,

a beer between her legs

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She rides down to the river,

and meets with all her friends

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The road goes on forever

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and the party never ends

Verse 2

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Sonny was a loner,

older than the rest

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He was goin' in the navy,

but couldn't pass the test

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So he hung around town,

he sold a little pot

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The law caught wind of sonny

and one day he got caught

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But he was back in business

when they set him free again

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The road goes on forever and

the party never ends

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Verse 3

Sonny's playin' eight-ball in in the joint

where sherry works

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When some drunken out-of-towner put put

put his hand up sherry's skirt

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Sonny took his pool cue,

laid the drunk out on the floor

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Stuffed a dollar in her tip jar,

walked out the door

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She's running right behind him,

reaching for his hand

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The road goes on forever

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and the party never ends

Verse 4

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They jumped into his pickup,

sonny jammed it down in gear

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Sonny looked at sherry,

said "let's get on out of here

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The stars were high above them,

the moon was in the east

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The sun was setting on them when

they reached miami beach

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They got a hotel by the water,

a quart of bombay gin

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The road goes on forever

and the party never ends

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Verse 5

They soon ran out of money,

but sonny knew a man

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Who knew some cuban refugees,

who dealt in contraband

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Sonny met the cubans in a house

just off the route

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With a briefcase full of money

and a pistol in his boot

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The card were on the table

when the law came bustin' in

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The road goes on forever

and the party never ends

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The

Verse 6

cubans grabbed the goodies,

sonny grabbed the jack

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Broke the bathroom window

and climbed on out the back

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Sherry drove the pickup through the

alley on the side

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Where a lawman tackled sonny and was

reading him his rights

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She stepped out in the alley

with a single shot 410

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The road goes on forever

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and the party never ends

Verse 7

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They left the lawman lying,

they made their getaway

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Got back to the motel just before

the break of day

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Sonny gave her all the money,

he blew a little kiss

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If they ask you how this happened

say I forced you into this

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She watched him as his taillights

disappeared around the bend

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The road goes on forever

and the party never ends

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Verse 8

It's main street after midnight,

just like it was before

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Twenty-one months months later,

at the local grocery store

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Sherry buys a paper and a cold

six-pack of of beer

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The headlines say that sonny

is going to the chair

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She pulls back onto main street

in her new mercedes benz

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The road goes on forever

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and the party never ends

Outro 1

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