Category: tenor

capo 4

C Am F G back when we started on down this long road we knew that the end was near C Am F C we skipped a few steps and gave up some things we knew it was almost here kept ourselves ready for what was ahead right up around the next bend but here we are now fifty years on hoping that we’ll see the end   chorus some things just take as long as they take some things you just can’t hurry they matter too much to skip any steps so we might as well try not to worry   chorus bridge C Am F G driver’s up front both hands on the wheel got this trip well in hand C Am F C we’ll sit in the back for as long as it takes till we get to where we all had planned   chorus C Am F C back when we started on down this long road we knew that the end was near

chorus F C I try to be patient, been waiting so long F G I try to be patient, I try to be strong F C I try to be patient like I been told G but it feels like nothing is changing C except I’m getting old F don’t want you thinking I’ve given up C come to the end of my rope F the harder it gets the harder I’ll try G tie a knot and hang on and hope

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C Am E C# back when we started on down this long road F G A B we knew that the end was near C Am E C# we skipped a few steps and gave up some things F C A E we knew it was almost here kept ourselves ready for what was ahead right up around the next bend but here we are now fifty years on hoping that we’ll see the end chorus E C# A B E C# A E some things just take as long as they take some things you just can’t hurry they matter too much to skip any steps so we might as well try not to worry chorus bridge E C# A B E C# A E driver’s up front both hands on the wheel got this trip well in hand we’ll sit in the back for as long as it takes till we get to where we all had planned chorus E C# A E back when we started on down this long road we knew that the end was near

chorus F C A E I try to be patient, been waiting so long F G A B I try to be patient, I try to be strong F C A E I try to be patient like I been told G E B but it feels like nothing is changing C E except I’m getting old F A A don’t want you thinking I’ve given up C E E come to the end of my rope F A A the harder it gets the harder I’ll try G B B B B BBBB tie a knot and hang on and hope

Bb C F
get up every morning and put on my shirt and pant
down to the table for egg and toast and tea
put on my sock and shoe and head out the door
dive into the day to see what kind of day it’ll be

slip behind the wheel fire up Betty Lou
just an old Beetle but we get from B to A
looking sharp in new sunglass and haircut
pootle along with a song on another day

C F
I cook with a tong, eat with a chopstick
cut coupon with scissor to save a few cent
Bb C F Bb
pretend to wonder what it was that happened
don’t need a binocular to see why you went

errand run and had some fun on the coast
heading home I turn on my headlight
park at the curb and pat Betty Lou on the head
swap shoe for slipper and settle down for the night

get up every morning and put on my shirt and pant
down to the table for egg and toast and tea
put on my sock and shoe and slip through the door
out for the day to see what kind of day it’ll be
out for the day with just I myself and me
out for the day to see what kind of day it’ll be

Am F
if it all fell apart and ended in a ditch
C G
we’d have no one but ourselves to thank
Am F
we set out with nothing to our names
C G
but our clothes and the gas in the tank

Am F
nothing we had was making sense anymore
C G
so we headed out to find something else
Am F
you seemed pretty sure and I didn’t wanna scare you
C G Am
so I kept my doubts to myself

(very slowly)

Em Am
as we slipped away
you held my hand so tight I couldn’t breathe
Em Am G
drove into a sunrise full of colors I knew didn’t exist

(faster)

C G F G
I thought we’d find a new place of our own
didn’t know you were such a rolling stone
shaking off the moss, heading out into the great unknown

we didn’t know the world was so wide
once you let go knots are untied
its beauty’s just a mirror of the beauty we all have inside

C G F G (x2)

C A F G (x2)

C Am F G C Am F G
Flyin’ down the highway with the radio on
Singin’ just as loud as I can to my favorite song
Well it might be Nez or Bob or Van
But I always try to sing just as loud as I can
Flyin’ down the highway with the radio on

You pull out the map every once in a while
And I glance at you and you glance and we share a smile
And the sun glints through your golden hair
And I can’t believe my luck that we’re there
Flyin’ down the highway with the radio on

You feed me a fast-food fish sandwich; it drips on my shirt
I slurp green circle logo iced mocha and try to stay alert
Like Newtonian bodies in motion we stay
‘Cause we hate to slow down ‘less there’s no other way
Flyin’ down the highway with the radio on

bridge
F x8 C x8
Big fast car and a snappy tune And you right by my side
F x8 G FFF G G F E D
Cup o’ joe and a bite to eat Man, what a ride!

Finally pause for some greasy home cookin’ in a roadside cafe
Pay the bill and escape in a hurry to be on our way
Watchin’ a sunset we wish we could frame
Settle in for a night that’s just more of the same
Flyin’ down the highway with the radio on

Flyin’ down the highway with the radio on
Flyin’ down the highway with the radio on

C C
peace can be a fleeting thing
A Ab C
reach out and it flies away
C C
having you here with me
A Ab C
this peace as we end our day
F C F C
moon through our windows, shining in our eyes
F C G G
paints a peaceful path to light our way

something on the radio
we sing; the harmony is sweet
doesn’t matter where we are
you have me and you make me complete
light in our life, shining in our hearts
paints a peaceful path down any street

peace is such a precious thing
this night of still serenity
a warm bed and peaceful dreams
smiling friends awaiting you and me
moon through our windows, shining in our eyes
paints a peaceful path we’ll always see

C C
peace can be a fleeting thing
A Ab Ab Ab Ab C
reach out and hold it here with me

    they say the planes are grounded
    we'll be here all night
    left a nice warm hotel room
    to make this flight

    won't be the first time
    I've slept sitting up
    might as well have some coffee
    you want a cup?

        coffee? no, I don't think so
        that'd just make it worse
        you may have slept in airports before
        but this is my first
    
        I could sure use a drink, though
        But first I need a phone
        Gotta call my wife
        Tell her I won't be home
    
There's a million roads through life
Not one's a sure bet
The best you can hope for
Is the path of least regret

    I've got no one to call
    No place I belong
    No one's waitin' for me anywhere
    Not for way too long
        
    Made a choice and lost that life
    Long time ago
    Sittin' in an airport just like this
    Watchin' the falling snow
    
        My wife won't be waiting for me
        Not after this call
        I'm not headed home right now
        Not goin' home at all
        
        It's over between us
        The spark we had is gone
        No point in tryin' to bring it back
        So I'm moving on
    
There's a million roads through life
Not one's a sure bet
The best you can hope for
Is the path of least regret

    That's exactly the choice I made
    So far in the past
    Left a wife I didn't think I loved
    For greener grass
    
    But there's always another field
    Just beyond the fence
    After while the paths I chose
    Stopped making sense
    
        I don't know if I love her or not
        Don't know my own heart
        The past year something's changed
        We just drifted apart
        
        Tonight I stopped finding reasons
        To keep it afloat
        Just a whimper, not a bang
        Like the man wrote
    
There's a million roads through life
Not one's a sure bet
The best you can hope for
Is the path of least regret

    I wanted to change his mind
    Didn't know what to say
    I could've used some good advice
    Before I left that day
    
    But no one even tried
    I'll never know for sure
    If I might have gone back that night
    And spent my life with her
    
        Hope he's not trying to change my mind
        Nothing he could say
        I don't need anyone's advice
        I can make my own way
        
        But maybe I'll take my time
        Nothin else to do
        Sit a while and watch the snow
        And think it all through
    
There's a million roads through life
Not one's a sure bet
The best you can hope for
Is the path of least regret

Oh baby, I wish I had a ukulele
Driving me crazy
I wish I had a ukulele

My mandolin is in the same sonic range
But any acoustical engineer will tell you it’s just not the same
Oh baby, I wish I had a ukulele

I’ve got a piano
It’s actually an electronic keyboard
A friend bought when he went on vacation
So he wouldn’t be bored
We all know a piano makes a mahvelous sound
And every songwriter should have one around
But baby, I wish I had a ukulele

Bridge
My bass is like a musical anchor
I can play it night and day without the slightest bit of rancor
Those drums in the corner, I can’t do much with ’em
But I know they come in handy when you’re laying down a rhythm

Oh baby, I wish I had a ukulele
Driving me crazy
I wish I had a ukulele

Like many of you I’ve got a guitar
There’s a parlor size you can play pretty much wherever you are
But baby, I wish I had a ukulele

Oh baby, I wish I had a ukulele
Driving me crazy
I wish I had a ukulele