The Road To Bakersfield Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[D]On

[Verse 1]
[G]the
[D]road to [C]Bakersfield[G][D][C][G]
There's a [D]lot of [C]broken [G]dream[D]s[C]
[G]Cause there ain[D]'t no eas[C]y day[G]s[D][C]
[G]In the valley[D] called the San[C] Joaqui[G]n
[Am]Warm winds blow the [Em]dust around
There [F]ain't no shade [C]to be found
[G]On the [D]road to [C]Bakersfield[G][D][C][D][G]
[D]Workin' [C]side by [G]side[D][C][G]
Yeah, [D]sweatin' un[C]der
that [G]sun[D][C][G]
Comin' home [D]too [C]tired of
[G]stay[D]in'[C][G]
When the [D]workin' [C]day is [G]done
[Am]Broken down men [Em]and machines
They [F]gave their lives to the [C]sandwalking
[G]On the [D]road to [C]Bakersfield[G][D][C][A][C]
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[G]All [D]along the [C]99[G][D][C]
[G]Well, the [D]music [C]now has
[G]changed[D][C][G]
Cause [D]it don't [C]sound the [G]same
[D]Yeah, [C]lik[G]e the dead[D]
and the [C]good ol' [G]days
The [Am]honky -tonks have all [Em]gone away
But [F]Buck and Miller still [C]have to stay
[G]On the [D]road to [C]Bakersfield[G]
[Am]Beast and famine, [Em]drought and flood
[F]Earth and water, [C]flesh and [G]blood
On the [D]road to [C]Bakersfield[G][D][C]
[G]Yeah, on the [D]road to [C]Bakersfield[G][D][C]
[G]Yeah, on the roa[D]d to Bak[C]ersfield[G][D][C][G]
On the [D]road to [C]Bakersfield[G][D][C][D][G][D][C][G][D][C][G]
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