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INTRO
fingerpicking
C5 C Cadd9 C F(ish)
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C5 C Cadd9 C F(ish) C
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1st Verse Progession
not in time, listen for strumming pattern
Fmaj7 C/Am7 Fmaj7* C
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FIRST VERSE
Fmaj7 C/Am7 Fmaj7* C
"oh i wish i was a slave to an age old trade"
Fmaj7 C/Am7 Fmaj7* C
"like ridin' around on rail cars and workin' long days"
Fmaj7 C/Am7 Fmaj7* C
"lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways" [x2]
INTRO LICK
SECOND VERSE
Fmaj7 C/Am7 Fmaj7* C
"call it one drink too many, call it pride of a man"
Fmaj7 C/Am7 Fmaj7* C
"no, it don't make no diff'rence if you sit or you stand"
Fmaj7 C
"cause they both end in trouble and start with a grin"
Fmaj7 C
"yeah they both end in trouble and start with a grin"
Fmaj7 C Am C
"We do it over, and over, and over again" [x2]
BRIDGE [x3]
Fmaj7 Am
"Ohh, ohh "Ohh, ohh"
C G6 (G with open high E string)
"Ohh, ohh"
Fmaj7 Am
"I know there's Calfornia, Oklahoma"
C G6
"And all of the places I ain't ever been to but"
Fmaj7 Am
"Down In the Valley with Whiskey Rivers"
C G6
"these are the places you will find me hiding"
Fmaj7 Am
"These are the places I will always go"
Fmaj7 C
"These are the places I will always go"
Fmaj7 Am
"I am on my way, I am on my way"
Fmaj7 C
"I am on my way back to where I started"
Fmaj7 Am C G6 [instrumental]
"Ohh, ohh"
"Ohh,oh ohh oh"
"Ohh, ohh"
(backing vocal)
"One more for the stars in the eyes of the walls"
"I saw your face, I heard you calling out"
"I saw your face in a crowd and you came out"
"Just like the sun and the moon and the stars at night"
(there are more to the lyrics, this is just what came with the album)
"Ohh, ooh"
Fmaj7 Am
"I am on my way, I am on my way"
Fmaj7 C
"I am on my way back to where I started"
Fmaj7 Am
"Calfornia, Oklahoma"
C G6
"And all of the places I ain't ever been to but"
Fmaj Am
"Down In the Valley with Whiskey Rivers"
C G6
"these are the places you will find me hiding"
Fmaj7 Am
"These are the places I will always go"
Fmaj7 C
"These are the places I will always go"
[Break]
C C
Fmaj7 C/Am7 Fmaj7 C
"oh i wish i was a slave to an age old trade"
Fmaj7 C/Am7 Fmaj7 C
"lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways"
Sing along
I wish I was a slave to an age-old tradeLike ridin' around on railcars and workin' long days
Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways
Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways
Call it one drink too many
Call it pride of a man
But it don't make no difference if you sit or you stand
'Cause they both end in trouble and start with a grin
Yeah they both end in trouble and start with a grin
We do it over and over and over again
We do it over and over and over again
Oh-oh
Oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh
Oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh
Oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh
I know there's California, Oklahoma
And all of the places I ain't ever been to but
Down in the valley with
Whiskey rivers
These are the places you will find me hidin'
These are the places I will always go
These are the places I will always go
I am on my way
I am on my way
I am on my way back to where I started
Oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh
Oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh
(Continue in background)
One more for the stars and the eyes of the walls
I saw your face, I heard you callin' out
I saw your face in the crowd and you came out
Just like the sun and the moon and the stars at night
There was a sign on the door and it reads to me
Just like the sun and the moon and the stars at night
Oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh
Oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh
I am on my way
I am on my way
I am on my way back to where I started
California, Oklahoma
And all of the places I ain't ever been to but
Down in the valley with
Whiskey rivers
These are the places you will find me hidin'
These are the places I will always go
These are the places I will always go
So I wish I was a slave to an age-old trade
Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways
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