Key: Bb minor
Intro 1
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E
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Verse 1
G
C
D
F
This here road leads to Cairo
E
Am
I've got to get me a ride
C
D
F
Go back to my children
E
Am
I got to see my little my bride
D
Am
I've been traveling
D
Am
Gone a long long time
D
Am
Don't know what I'll find
C#m
B
But I just got to see them
Am
E
Am
again
C
D
F
Are you headed down to Cairo
E
Am
I wrecked my Lincoln in St. Joe
E
C
Well to little old Cairo
D
F
No special reason
Am
F
Look up some folks I used to know
G
F
Me I traveled some
G
F
Had my share of fun
G
E
Now that's the life a man
G
Em
E
F
can live
G
F
Sure I've played the loss
G
F
But who minds the cause
Am
E
Am
you give
E
C
Hey you got another cigar
E
D
F
Son I sure like this car
E
Am
Oh from your daddy as a gift
E
Gm
Say on second thought
C
E
D
F
There's gifts I haven't bought
Just drop me here
Am
D
Am
D
Am
F
Thanks for the lift
G
F
Yes I've traveled some
G
F
Yes I've been a bum
G
Am
Never have a dime for gin
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G
F
I left to make my way
G
D
F
For here I can't stay
Am
E
Am
as sin
Gm
C
D
F
It leads straight into Cairo
E
Am
Twenty two miles straight ahead
D
F
this road to Cairo
They're better thinking I'm
Am
D
Am
D
Am
dead
Am
D
Am
I've been traveling
Am
D
Am
Gone a long long time
Am
D
Scared of what I'd find
Outro 1
Just can't walk down this road
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E
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