Steve Earle – Jericho Road (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar Intro Tab
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Same pattern of chords repeated in the first part of each verse: Em (bass run: 0-2-3) - G - D - Cmaj7. The
second part ("Well Joshua...") goes G - D - Cmaj7 - B7.
[Intro]
Em G D Cmaj7
Em G D Cmaj7
Em G D Cmaj7
Em G D Cmaj7
[Verse]
Em G D Cmaj7 Em G I was walking, walking down the Jericho Road D Cmaj7 Em G And every mile that I travelled showed D Cmaj7 Em G D Cmaj7 And I'm walking down the Jericho Road Em G D Cmaj7 Em G I just kept on walking, walking down the Jericho Road D Cmaj7 Em G And the sun set red over fields of gold D Cmaj Em G D Cmaj7 And I'm walking down the Jericho Road
[Chorus]
G D Well Joshua fit the battle, that's how the story goes Cmaj7 B7 And the walls come a-tumbling down, I know Em G D Cmaj7 Em G D Cmaj7 But I'm still walking, walking down the Jericho Road
[Verse]
Em G D Cmaj7 Em G D I met my mother walking down the Jericho Road Cmaj7 Em G D Cmaj7 Tears in her eyes and her head hung low Em G D Cmaj7 Em G D Cmaj7 And she was walking down the Jericho Road Em G D Cmaj7 Em G D I met my father walking down the Jericho Road Cmaj7 Em G D Cmaj7 His back bent over from a heavy load Em G D Cmaj7 Em G D Cmaj7 And he was walking down the Jericho Road
[Chorus]
G I said, "Papa, don't you know me? D Won't you lay your burden down?" Cmaj7 B7 He just shook his head and told me, "Son, you better turn around" Em G D Cmaj7 Em G D Cmaj7 And he kept on walking, walking down the Jericho Road
[Interlude]
Em G D Cmaj7
Em G D Cmaj7
Em G D Cmaj7
Em G D Cmaj7
[Verse]
Em G D Cmaj7 Em G I met my brother walking down the Jericho Road D Cmaj7 Em G And his hands were bloody but his face was clean D Cmaj7 Em G D Cmaj7 And he was walking down the Jericho Road Em G D Cmaj7 Em G I met my sister walking down the Jericho Road D Cmaj7 Em G With a babe in her arms that I'd never seen D Cmaj Em G D Cmaj7 And she was walking down the Jericho Road G D She said, "It's just a little orphan child I found along the way Cmaj7 B7 I'll raise him as my own, and he'll forgive us all someday" Em G D Cmaj7 Em G D Cmaj7 And she kept on walking, walking down the Jericho Road