#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Received: from animal-farm.nevada.edu by redrock.nevada.edu (5.65c/M1.4) with SMTP id ; Sun, 11 Jul 1993 15:28:54 -0700 Received: from ipvaim.unipv.it by animal-farm.nevada.edu id ; Sun, 11 Jul 1993 15:28:50 -0700 Received: by ipvaim.unipv.it (AA04885); Mon, 12 Jul 93 00:30:35 +0200 Date: Mon, 12 Jul 93 00:30:35 +0200 From: Alberto Riva Message-Id: <9307112230.AA04885@ipvaim.unipv.it> To: jamesb@animal-farm.nevada.edu Subject: CRDPRO: The Road by Jackson Browne I have noticed a terrible lack of Browne stuff, so here is my little contribution. These are just the chords, but the original is played in finger picking style; if anyone is interested, I can try to transcribe it in TAB. Bye, Alberto Riva alb@ipvaim.unipv.it Department of Computer and Systems Science University of Pavia Italy ---Cut Here--- ---Cut Here--- ---Cut Here--- ---Cut Here--- ---Cut Here--- {title: The Road} {st: Jackson Browne} # # By Alberto Riva # alb@ipvaim.unipv.it # {define G5+ 1 3 0 0 1 -1 3} {define C/B 1 0 1 0 0 2 -1} {define C#dim 4 0 2 1 2 1 0} {define D7/F# 1 -1 1 2 0 0 2} {define G/F# 1 3 0 0 0 -1 2} {define Am7 1 0 1 0 2 0 0} [G]Highways and d[G5+]ancehalls, a g[G]ood song takes you f[G5+]ar [G]You write ab[G/F#]out the m[Em]oon and you d[C]ream ab[C/B]out the st[Am]ars... [G]Blues in old mot[G5+]el rooms, g[G]irls in daddy's c[G5+]ars [G]You sing ab[G/F#]out the n[Em]ight and you l[C]augh ab[C/B]out the sc[Am]ars... [G]Coffee in the m[G5+]orning, c[G]ocaine aftern[G5+]oons [G]You talk ab[G/F#]out the w[Em]eather and you gr[C]in ab[C/B]out the r[Am]ooms... [G]Phone calls long d[G5+]istance to t[G]ell you how you've b[G5+]een [G]You forget ab[G/F#]out the l[Em]osses, you ex[C]agger[C/B]ate the w[Am]ins... {soc} [Em]And when you st[Am7]op to let them kn[C#dim]ow you've got it d[C]own... It's j[C]ust an[C/B]other t[Am7]own al[D7/F#]ong the r[G]oad. {eoc} [G]Ladies come to s[G5+]ee you, if your n[G]ame still rings a b[G5+]ell [G]They give you d[G/F#]amn' near n[Em]othin' and they'll s[C]ay the kn[C/B]ew you w[Am]ell... So you t[G]ell'em you'll rem[G5+]ember, but they kn[G]ow it's just a g[G5+]ame And al[G]ong the w[G/F#]ay their f[Em]aces all beg[C]in to l[C/B]ook the s[Am]ame... {comment: Chorus} Well it [G]isn't for the m[G5+]oney and it's [G]only for a wh[G5+]ile, [G]You stalk ab[G/F#]out the r[Em]ooms and you r[C]oll aw[C/B]ay the m[Am]iles... [G]Gamblers in the n[G5+]eon, cl[G]ingin' to guit[G5+]ars, [G]You write ab[G/F#]out the m[Em]oon and you're wr[C]ong ab[C/B]out the st[Am]ars... {comment: Chorus}