The Road
Jackson BrowneVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
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Coffee in the morning, cocaine afternoons
You talk about the weather and you grin about the rooms...
Phone calls long distance to tell you how you've been
You forget about the losses, you exaggerate the wins...
And when you stop to let them know you've got it down...
It's just another town along the road.
Ladies come to see you, if your name still rings a bell
They give you damn' near nothin' and they'll say the knew you well...
So you tell'em you'll remember, but they know it's just a game
And along the way their faces all begin to look the same...
Chorus
Well it isn't for the money and it's only for a while,
You stalk about the rooms and you roll away the miles...
Gamblers in the neon, clingin' to guitars,
You write about the moon and you're wrong about the stars...
Chorus
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Readable chord sheet for The Road by Jackson Browne
[G]Coffee in the m[G5+]orning, c[G]ocaine aftern[G5+]oons [G]You talk ab[G/F#]out the w[Em]eather and you gr[C]in ab[C/B]out the r[Am]ooms... [G]Phone calls long d[G5+]istance to t[G]ell you how you've b[G5+]een [G]You forget ab[G/F#]out the l[Em]osses, you ex[C]agger[C/B]ate the w[Am]ins... [Em]And when you st[Am7]op to let them kn[C#dim]ow you've got it d[C]own... It's j[C]ust an[C/B]other t[Am7]own al[D7/F#]ong the r[G]oad. [G]Ladies come to s[G5+]ee you, if your n[G]ame still rings a b[G5+]ell [G]They give you d[G/F#]amn' near n[Em]othin' and they'll s[C]ay the kn[C/B]ew you w[Am]ell... So you t[G]ell'em you'll rem[G5+]ember, but they kn[G]ow it's just a g[G5+]ame And al[G]ong the w[G/F#]ay their f[Em]aces all beg[C]in to l[C/B]ook the s[Am]ame... Chorus Well it [G]isn't for the m[G5+]oney and it's [G]only for a wh[G5+]ile, [G]You stalk ab[G/F#]out the r[Em]ooms and you r[C]oll aw[C/B]ay the m[Am]iles... [G]Gamblers in the n[G5+]eon, cl[G]ingin' to guit[G5+]ars, [G]You write ab[G/F#]out the m[Em]oon and you're wr[C]ong ab[C/B]out the st[Am]ars... Chorus