Hank Williams Jr. – Brothers Of The Road (Guitar)

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[Intro] G D G [Verse]
G
We all go on a two month tour

D                          G
Nearly work ourselves sick

     C
Now we don't know were all the money goes

       G          D         G 
But we sure ain't gettin' rich

     C
I think the fat men in New York and L.A.

G                 D          G
Are givin' us the old run around

G
You bring fifty thousand home and he says your overdrawn

      F          C          G
It'll just about get you down

F          C          D
Just about get you down
[Chorus]
       C               G       C
But we keep on pickin'(Keep on pickin')

                 G
And we keep on singin'(Keep on singin')

         D                                       G
And we try and try to get high so we can keep on grinin'
[Verse]
G
Oh you wish you had a home and someone of your own

                                  C
to love you when you get back in town

                            G
But this kind of life don't cotton to a wife

           F     C         G
It'll just about get you down

F          C         D    C
Just about get you down
[Break]
                 G
Keep on pickin'

D       G        D   G  C
Keep on singin'

                 G
Keep on pickin'

D       G        D   G
Keep on singin'
[Verse]
G
Yeah you got fortune and fame and a well known name

        D               G
Oh your really flyin' high

D            C
Whether your rock or country or blues or funky

      G                        D
We're all made the same inside

C
Livin' in fear of the later years

              G                   
When nobody's gonna want you around

D       G
Yes the brothers of the road all share the same load

          F          C         G
and it'll just about get you down

       F            C           D
If you let it it'll bring you down
[Chorus]
                  C
You gotta keep on pickin' (Keep on pickin')

          G              D        G
You gotta keep on singin' (Keep on singin')

           D
And you try and you try to stay high

                    G
so you can keep on grinin'
[Verse]
                        D         G              D
You spend a lot of time alone and talkin' on the phone

       G           D           C
to the latest love that you've found

G        C            G
Then cry over the girl you really wanted in your world

      F          C         G
It'll just about get you down

       F            C           D
If you let it it'll bring you down
[Chorus]
     C
Just keep on pickin' (Keep on pickin')

               G                              
Just you gotta keep on singin' (Keep on singin')

D
You gotta try and try to stay high

                    G
So you can keep on grinin'
[Verse]
G
Livin' in fear of the later years

                                 C
When nobody's gonna want you around

                        G                       D
Yes the brothers of the road all share the same load

          F          C         G
And it'll just about get you down

          F         C       D
Lord it's got a lot of us down
[Chorus]
           C
But I will keep on pickin' (Keep on pickin')

                G
I'm gonna gonna keep on singin' (Keep on singin')

D                                                    G
I'm gonna try and try to stay high so I can keep on grinin'

F                 C
I'm gonna keep on pickin' (Keep on pickin')

                 G      D         G
Boy just keep on singin' (Keep on singin')

          D
You gotta try my music keeps me high

                   G
I'm gonna keep on grinin'

                  C
I'm gonna keep on pickin'
[Ending]
C
Keep on grinin'

G               D        G
Keep on singin' (Keep on singin')

                D 
I don't have to try and try to stay high

                            G
I'm gonna keep on grinin'