John Denver – On The Road (Guitar)

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[Intro] B F#m7 E [Verse]
E
Back in 1958

A
We drove an old V8

    F#m                      B
And when it'd gone a hundred thou'

               E
We got out and pushed it a mile
[Chorus]
          E
We didn't know who we were

          A                F#m
We didn't know what we did

B                   E
We were just on the road
[Verse 2]
E                              A                      F#m
Headin' down from Canada on a gravel road a mile from Montana

        B                                          E
Then my daddy read a sign and took us in the wrong direction

           E                            A                              F#m
I asked my daddy where are we goin', he said we'll just follow our nose

     B                                         E
So I looked out the window and dreamed I was a cowboy
[Chorus]
          E
We didn't know who we were

          A                F#m
We didn't know what we did

B                   E
We were just on the road
[Verse 3]
E
I met a girl in a truck café

     A
Fell in love almost right away

         F#m                  B
Then the Mercury was ready to go
And I had to leave her [Bridge]
E                                        A      F#m
"Go home," said the man in the moon, "go home"

B                                        E
"Go home," said the man in the moon, "go home"

              E
"Because it's gettin' sorta late

         A                     F#m
And I'll soon turn out my light

B                                       E
Go home," said the man in the moon, "go home"
[Chorus]
          E
We didn't know who we were

          A                F#m
We didn't know what we did

B                   E
We were just on the road

          E
We didn't know who we were

          A                F#m
We didn't know what we did

B
We were just a ridin' on

B
We were just a ridin' on the road