Joan Baez – Stones In The Road (Guitar)

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Chords

B       F#      E     Eadd9    C#m7    G#m
x       2       0       2       0       4
4       2       0       0       0       4
4       3       1       1       6       4
4       4       2       2       6       6
2       4       2       2       4       6
x       2       0       0       x       4
[Intro]
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0--0----0--0----0--0----0--0----0--0----0--0----0--0----0--0-|
G|--3--3----3--3----3--3----3--3----3--3----3--3----3--3----3---|
D|2--2--222--2--244--2--244--2--222--2--222--2--244--2--244--2--|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B F# Eadd9 F# C#m7 B F# Eadd9 F# B [Verse]
B               F#        Eadd9
   When we were young, we pledged allegiance

F#               C#m7
   Every morning of our lives

B                F#        Eadd9
   The classroom rang with children's voices

F#                 B
   Under teacher's watchful eye

B               F#      Eadd9
   We learned about the world around us

F#                    C#m7
   At our desks and at dinnertime

B           F#     Eadd9
   Reminded of the starving children

F#                         B
   Cleaned our plates with guilty minds
[Chorus]
E                F#
   Stones in the road

   B           E       F#
We played like marbles in the dust

C#m7             G#m
   Until a voice called for us

   E        B        F#
To make our way back home

E                    F#
   The stones in the road
[Verse]
B             F#      Eadd9
   When I was ten, my father held me

F#                   C#m7
   On his shoulders above the crowd

B           F#    Eadd9
   To see a train draped in mourning

F#             B
   Pass slowly through our town

B            F#           Eadd9
   His widow kneeled with all her children

F#               C#m7
   At the sacred burial ground

        B  F#          Eadd9
And the TV glowed that long hot summer

F#                     B
   With all the cities burning down
[Chorus]
E                F#
   Stones in the road

B        E        F#
Flew out from our bicycle tyres

C#m7                   G#m
   Worlds removed from all those fires

      E          B     F#
As We raced each other home

E                    F#
   The stones in the road
B F# Eadd9 F# C#m7 B F# Eadd9 F# B [Bridge]
           E
And now we drink our coffee on the run

F#                B
Climb that ladder rung by rung

   E
We are the daughters and the sons

    G#m        E           F#
But here's the line that's missing
[Verse]
B               F#            Eadd9
   The starving children have been replaced

   F#               C#m7
By souls out on the street

B            F#     Eadd9
   We give a dollar when we pass

    F#                  B
And hope our eyes don't meet

B        F#         Eadd9
   We pencil in, we cancel out

   F#               C#m7
We crave the corner suite

   B         F#      Eadd9
We kiss your ass, we make you hold

   F#            B
We doctor the receipt
[Chorus]
E                F#
   Stones in the road

B        E      F#
Flew out from beneath our wheels

C#m7             G#m
   Another day, another deal

  E       B        F#
Before we get back home

E                    F#
   The stones in the road

B       E         F#
Leave a mark from whence they came

C#m7                    G#m
   A thousand points of light or shame

E     B       F#
Baby, I don't know

E                F#
   Stones in the road
B F# Eadd9 F# C#m7 B F# Eadd9 F# B B F# Eadd9 F# C#m7 B F#
E F#
x repeate to fade