Bread – Been Too Long On The Road (Guitar)

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Released: 1970 Album: On The Waters Note: * after chord means strike chord once and let it ring. [Chords] [Fmaj7/E xx2211] [G/B x2003x] Capo: No [Intro] Am Fmaj7 Am Fmaj7 Am Am D Am Am G F Am Am D Am Am G F
[Intro]
   Am                       Fmaj7
e|--0--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
B|--1-----3-----1-----0-----1-----3-----1-----0-----|
G|--2-----------------------2-----------------------|
D|--2-----------------------3-----------------------|
A|--0-----------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
Am     D       Am          G  F
Always look so good on the outside,

Am       D        Am           G  F
When you get to believin' it's true,

         C
Then you know,

            E7
That you're on your way,

Am     D           Am                G  F
People tug on your shirt, say you're lucky,

Am         D    Am        G  F
You've got ev'rything you want,

        C
But you don't,

         E7
Yet, you dare not say.
[Pre-Chorus 1]
C      Fmaj7                C
Go downtown people runnin' around

     Fmaj7                     C
They climb slowly draggin' you downtown

Fmaj7                     C
Horns make a dent in your mind

      Fmaj7                      Em7    Am   Em7      D  D7
Plush rooms make a blindin' your eye to see, blindin' me
[Chorus 1]
Am   Am7/G    F   Fmaj7/E
Light, lovely light,

          D7          C      G/B
Won't ya' shine in my window,

Am   Am7/G     F   Fmaj7/E
Love, precious love,

          D7         G*
Won't ya' fill ev'ry room,

                     Am  Fmaj7
Been too long on the road.
[Interlude] Am F Am Am D Am Am F Am Am D Am Am F [Verse 2]
Am    D      Am           F
Maybe cynics veins are my life blood

Am    D          Am          G
Maybe bitin' the hand that I feed,

F       C
So I'll try,

       E7
Try to understand,

Am      D         Am         G   F
What it is that devours your freedom,

Am        D             Am      G
Makes you drop what you used to hold ,

F       C
In your head,

        E7
All the things you planned.
[Pre-Chorus 2]
C    Fmaj7                     C        Fmaj7
Go upstairs with a someone who says she cares,

                   C
Like the devil she does,

     Fmaj7                C
What comes ever into your mind,

     Fmaj7                      Em7     Am    Em7    D7
Then gone, leavin' you with the coldest room, oldest gloom.
[Chorus 2]
Am   Am7/G      F  Fmaj7/E
Warm, won't you be,

          D7           C      G/B
Please be there, in my winter,

Am   Am7/G     F   Fmaj7/E
Love, precious love,

          D7         G*
Won't ya' come, full circle,

                     Am  Fmaj7
Been too long on the road.
[Interlude] Am Fmaj7 [Bridge]
Am           Fma7
   How can I do this to myself?

Am             Fma7
  Have I taken leave of my senses?

Am             Fma7
  What kind of changes make a man,

Am             Fma7
  Want to tear down all his fences,

Am   Fma7           C   F  G
  Whoa, I'd like to know.
[Chorus 3]
Am   Am7/G    F   Fmaj7/E
Home, ever home,

          D7     C       E7
How could I ever doubt you,

Am   Am7/G     F   Fmaj7/E
Love, precious love,

          D7         G       G*
How could I live without you?

                     Am  Fmaj7
Been too long on the road.
[Outro] Am Fmaj7 Am Fmaj7 Am Fmaj7 Am