#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 11:47:38 -0500 From: "Suzan Verner" <my_takamine@hotmail.com> Subject: Nowhere Road by Steve Earle Song - Nowhere Road Artist - Steve Earle Album - Ultimate Earle Key G# (capo on 1st Fret and play in G) Intro: G(strum) (notes) F E D E(hammer on to F) B(hammer on to C) A B A G(strum) (2 X) There's a road, in Oklahoma F C Straighter than a preacher G Longer than a memory And it goes, forever onward F C Been a good teacher G For a lot of country boys like me I push that load from here to someday F C G I'll push as long as I'm alive, but I don't know how long I'll last Cause it's just a road, it ain't no highway F C I'm blowin' by the double five G I know I'm going way too fast Chorus: D C G D I been down this road just searching' for the end C G D It don't go nowhere, it just brings you back again G Leaves you lonely and cold, standin' on the shoulder F C But you've come too far to go back home G So you're walkin' on a nowhere road (do intro notes once here) G Some folks say, if you keep rollin' F C And keep it on the yellow line G It'll take you on the big highway But there's a toll to pay, if you're going F C The keeper of the gate is blind G So you better be prepared to pay Repeat Intro