The Open Road Song Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][Asus4][D]

[Verse 1]
On the [D]raggedy
wooded outskirts of the city
Where the ancient elevators [A]store [D]the [G]grain
[D]And the long leg[A]ged boats t[D]hat
used to haul the metal
Hire in [G]the dark [D]or rust
in with the rain
There's a maritime supply
beneath the skyway
My father took me [A]there to buy a [G]rope
[D]The store [G]is dark and jammed
[Asus4]with all you [D]need
On a jerry [A]-bound for the cape of good [D]hope
I [G]seek my fortune [D]in the [G]wide [D]world
Take [G]my [D]chances in the cold
Come [G]what [D]may I'll [G]be [D]okay
If I could only find a stretch of open road
A mysterious figure passes on the sidewalk
In ragged clothes, father, I say, [G]come?
[D]He wears [A]several dirty
jackets [D]and a top coat
My father nods and says,
son, that man's a bum
I looked again and saw
the [A]rapt [D]expression
Neat the floppy hat he tipped
back with his [G]thumb[D]
The aur[G]a of [D]a world's ragtime adventure I
said when I grow up I [A]want to [D]be a bum
I'll [G]seek [D]my fortune in the [G]wide world
[D]Take my chances in the cold
Come what may I'll be okay
If I could only find a stretch of
[G]open [D]road[G][D][G]
[D][G][D]
Now I'm traveling a world that's filled
with war zones
Listening to music we've destroyed
[G]Pray[D]ing to a
God who's just a tyrant
For work that's just like
being [A]un employed
Eat[D]in' food that's
pumped with fat and water
Readin' books with nothin' [G]on the page
[D]Sittin' in the dark to watch a picture
You're better hungry watch
[A]in' a bare [D]stage
I'ma [G]keep my [D]fortune in the [G]wide [D]world
Take my chances in the cold
Come what may, I'll be [D]okay
Somewhere there's a stretch of open road