The Road Goes on Forever
The Road Goes on Forever

The Road Goes on Forever easy guitar chords by Joe Ely

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E A D G B E

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Fret 2

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  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Sherry 
    was a 
    waitress 

    at the 
    only 
    joint 
    in town 

    She 
    had 
    a reputation 
    as a 

    girl 
    who'd been 
    around 

    On 
    main 
    street 
    after 
    midnight, 

    brand 
    new pack 
    of 
    cigs 

    fresh 
    one 
    hanging 
    from 
    her lips, 

    a beer 
    between 
    her legs 

    She 
    rides 
    down 
    to the 
    river, 

    and meets 
    with all 
    her 
    friends 

    The 
    road 
    goes 
    on 
    forever 

    and 
    the party 
    never 
    ends 

    Verse 2

    Sonny 
    was 
    a loner, 

    older 
    than 
    the rest 

    He was 
    goin' 
    in 
    the 
    navy, 

    but 
    couldn't 
    pass 
    the test 

    So 
    he hung 
    around 
    town, 

    he 
    sold 
    a little 
    pot 

    The law 
    caught 
    wind 
    of sonny 

    and 
    one 
    day 
    he 
    got 
    caught 

    But 
    he 
    was 
    back 
    in business 

    when they set 
    him free 
    again 

    The 
    road 
    goes 
    on 
    forever 
    and 

    the party 
    never 
    ends 

    Verse 3

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

    where sherry 
    works 

    When some 
    drunken 
    out-of-towner 
    put put 

    put his 
    hand 
    up 
    sherry's 
    skirt 

    Sonny 
    took 
    his 
    pool 
    cue, 

    laid the 
    drunk 
    out 
    on the 
    floor 

    Stuffed 
    dollar 
    in her 
    tip 
    jar, 

    walked 
    out the 
    door 

    She's 
    running 
    right 
    behind 
    him, 

    reaching 
    for 
    his 
    hand 

    The road 
    goes 
    on 
    forever 

    and the party 
    never 
    ends 

    Verse 4

    They 
    jumped 
    into 
    his 
    pickup, 

    sonny 
    jammed 
    it down 
    in 
    gear 

    Sonny 
    looked 
    at sherry, 

    said 
    "let's 
    get 
    on 
    out 
    of here 

    The stars 
    were 
    high 
    above 
    them, 

    the 
    moon 
    was 
    in the 
    east 

    The sun 
    was setting 
    on 
    them 
    when 

    they reached 
    miami 
    beach 

    They got 
    a hotel 
    by 
    the water, 

    a quart 
    of bombay 
    gin 

    The 
    road 
    goes 
    on 
    forever 

    and the party 
    never 
    ends 

    Verse 5

    They soon 
    ran 
    out of 
    money, 

    but sonny 
    knew 
    a man 

    Who 
    knew 
    some cuban 
    refugees, 

    who dealt 
    in contraband 

    Sonny 
    met 
    the cubans 
    in a house 

    just 
    off 
    the route 

    With a 
    briefcase 
    full 
    of money 

    and a 
    pistol 
    in 
    his 
    boot 

    The card 
    were 
    on the 
    table 

    when the law 
    came 
    bustin' 
    in 

    The 
    road 
    goes 
    on 
    forever 

    and the 
    party 
    never 
    ends 

    The 
    Verse 6
    cubans 
    grabbed 
    the goodies, 

    sonny 
    grabbed 
    the jack 

    Broke 
    the bathroom 
    window 

    and climbed 
    on 
    out the 
    back 

    Sherry 
    drove 
    the 
    pickup 
    through the 

    alley 
    on 
    the side 

    Where a 
    lawman 
    tackled 
    sonny 
    and was 

    reading 
    him 
    his 
    rights 

    She stepped 
    out 
    in the 
    alley 

    with 
    a single 
    shot 
    410 

    The road 
    goes 
    on 
    forever 

    and the 
    party 
    nev
    er 
    ends 

    Verse 7

    They 
    left 
    the lawman 
    lying, 

    they 
    made 
    their 
    getaway 

    Got 
    back 
    to the 
    motel 
    just before 

    the break 
    of day 

    Sonny 
    gave 
    her all 
    the money, 

    he 
    blew 
    little 
    kiss 

    If 
    they 
    ask 
    you 
    how 
    this happened 

    say 
    forced 
    you 
    into 
    this 

    She 
    watched 
    him as 
    his 
    taillights 

    disappeared 
    around 
    the bend 

    The road 
    goes 
    on forever 

    and the 
    party 
    never 
    ends 

    Verse 8
    It's 
    main 
    street 
    after 
    midnight, 

    just 
    like 
    it was 
    before 

    Twenty-one 
    months 
    months 
    later, 

    at the 
    local 
    grocery 
    store 

    Sherry 
    buys 
    a paper 
    and a cold 

    six-pack 
    of 
    of beer 

    The head
    lines 
    say that 
    sonny 

    is 
    going 
    to 
    the chair 

    She 
    pulls 
    back 
    onto main 
    street 

    in her 
    new 
    mercedes 
    benz 

    The road 
    goes 
    on 
    forever 

    and the 
    party 
    never 
    ends 

    Outro 1

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