Brothers Of The Road Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G]
[C][D][G]

[Verse 1]
We all [G]go on
a two month tour
[D]Nearly work ourselves sick
[G]Now we [C]don't know
were all the money goes
But [G]we sure ain't gettin' rich
And I [C]think if that men in New
York and L.A.
[G]Are givin' us the old run around
Ya bring 50, 000 home and
he says your overdrawn
It'll [F]just about [C]get you [G]down
[F]Just about [C]get you down
[D]

[Verse 2]
But we keep [C]on
pickin'(Keep on pickin')
And [G]we keep on singin'(Keep on
singin')
[D]And we try and try to get high
so we can keep [G]on grinin'

[Verse 3]
Oh you wish you had a home and
someone of your own
To love you when you get back [C]in town
But this kind of life don't [G]talk to a wife
It'll [F]just about [C]get you [G]down
[F]Just about [C]get you down
[D][F]

[Verse 4]
[C]
Keep on [G]pickin'
[D]Keep [G]on[C][G]
singin'
(Repeat x2)

[Verse 5]
[D]Yeah [G]you got fortune and
fame and a well known name
Oh [D]your really flyin' [G]high
Whether your [C]rock or country
or [F]blues [C]or funky
We're [G]all made the same inside
[C]Livin' in fear of the later years
When [G]nobody's gonna want you around
Yes the brothers of the road
all share the same load
And it'll [F]just about [C]get you [G]down
If you let [F]it it'll [C]bring you [D]down

[Verse 6]
[D]You gotta keep on [C]pickin'
(Keep on pickin')
You gotta [G]keep on singin'
(Keep on singin')
And [D]you try and you try to stay high
So you can keep [G]on grinin'

[Verse 7]
You spend a lot of time alone [D]and
[G]talkin' on the phone
To the latest love that you've [C]found
Then cry over the girl you really
[G]wanted in your world
It'll [F]just about [C]get you [G]down
If you let [F]it [C]it'll bring you down
[D]

[Verse 8]
Just keep on [C]pickin' (Keep on pickin')
Just you gotta keep on singin'
[G](Keep on singin')
You [D]gotta try and try to stay high
So you can keep [G]on grinin'

[Verse 9]
Livin' in fear of [G]the later
years
When nobody's gonna
want you [C]around
Yes the brothers of the road all
[G]share the same load
And it'll [F]just about [C]get you [G]down
Lord it's [F]got a lot [C]of us [D]down

[Verse 10]
[D]But I will keep [C]on pickin'
(Keep on pickin')
I'm gonna gonna [G]keep [C]on[G]
singin' (Keep on singin')
And [D]I'll try and try to stay high
so I can keep [G]on grinin'
I'm gonna keep on [C]pickin'
(Keep on pickin')
Boy I'll do it
[G]Gonna keep on singin'
(Keep on singin')
You got[D]ta try and try
my music keeps me high
I'm gonna keep [G]on grinin'

[Verse 11]
I'm gonna keep on [C]pickin'
Keep on grinin'
Keep on [C]singin'[G][G]
(Keep on singin')
I don't have [D]to try and try to stay high

[Outro 1]
I'm gonna keep on grinin'