Tonart: C minor
Verse 1
Am
They left me in this battle field
Em
where the sunlight cut my eyes.
Am
I brave the fray but I was afraid
Em
Am
when my best friend's mother died.
I was raised an honest man
Em
but taught an honest man
must learn to lie.
Am
Verse 2
C
Em
Am
C
And this road was
built by honest men
Am
who honest lived and honest died.
Verse 3
Am
My darling put a spear in me,
Em
from my blind side, through my back.
Am
She really made a fool of me
Em
but the fool in me just wants
But foolish men are first to find
Em
that fooling fools ain't fooling facts.
Am
Verse 4
C
Em
And this road was built by foolish men
Am
C
Em
who fought like fools
for the things they lack.
Am
Verse 5
I keeps my pistol off the safety catch
Em
G
Am
and a crowbar in my jeans.
The devil tells me to "look alive"
Em
Am
so I keeps an apple on each sleeve.
I'm miles away from that shining light
Em
but I know that's where
I ought to be.
Am
Verse 6
C
Em
Am
C
And this road was built
by shining lights
Em
but any chances lit is a chance to leave.
Interlude 1
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D
C
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D
C
G
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D
C
G
Am
Verse 7
Am
I scheme a mile a minute darling,
Em
Am
you seem to run a mile a man.
I'm done with all this dodging darling,
Em
G
I do the best with what I can.
Am
But these penniless predicaments
Em
are just more than a man can stand.
Am
Verse 8
C
And this road was built from nothing
Em
G
but a hard idea and heavy hands.
Am
Interlude 2
C
Em
Am
Verse 9
by empty pockets pally,
Em
empty heads and empty
G
Am
eyes.
They salute my growling stomach
Em
'cause they're hungry for
G
Am
what's on my mind.
But thoughtful men are first to find
Em
that thinking free don't
Verse 10
Am
C
An d this road was built
by thoughtful men
Em
who though like fools of the things
Am
C
Em
they'd
Outro 1
find.
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C
Em
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D
C
G
Am
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