Road

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To: [email protected]

Subject: CRDPRO: The Road by Jackson Browne

I have noticed a terrible lack of Browne stuff, so here is my little contribution. These are just the

but the original is played in finger picking style; if anyone is interested, I can try to transcribe it in TAB.

Bye,

Alberto Riva

[email protected]

Department of Computer and Systems Science

University of Pavia

Italy

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{title: The Road}

{st: Jackson Browne}

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# By Alberto Riva

# [email protected]

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[[G]]Highways and d[[G5]+]ancehalls, a g[[G]]ood song takes you f[[G5]+]ar

[[G]]You write ab[[G/F#]]out the m[[Em]]oon and you d[[C]]ream ab[[C/B]]out the st[[Am]]ars...

[[G]]Blues in old mot[[G5]+]el rooms, g[[G]]irls in daddy's c[[G5]+]ars

[[G]]You sing ab[[G/F#]]out the n[[Em]]ight and you l[[C]]augh ab[[C/B]]out the sc[[Am]]ars...

[[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...

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[[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.

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[[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...

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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...

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