Canned Heat, On The Road Again (1968)
Key: :[E] (w: Floyd Jones, Alan Wilson)
INTRO: [E] ^
[G]^
[A] [E] :
[x3]
VERSE 1:
Well, I'm
[E] so tired of crying but I'm out, on the road again
I'm on the ^
[G] road ^
[A] a-
[E]-gain
Well, I'm
[E] so tired of crying but I'm out, on the road again
I'm on the ^
[G] road ^
[A] a-
[E]-gain
I ain't
[E] got no woman, just to call my special friend ^
[G]^
[A] [E]
VERSE 2:
You know the
[E] first time I traveled out, in the rain and snow
In the ^
[G] rain ^
[A] and
[E] snow
You know the
[E] first time I traveled out, in the rain and snow
In the ^
[G] rain ^
[A] and
[E] snow
I didn't
[E] have no payroll not even no place to go ^
[G]^
[A] [E]
VERSE 3:
And my
[E] dear mother left me, when I was quite young
When I ^
[G] was ^
[A] quite
[E] young
And my
[E] dear mother left me, when I was quite young
When I ^
[G] was ^
[A] quite
[E] young
She said,
[E] 'Lord, have mercy on my wicked son' ^
[G]^
[A] [E]
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
VERSE 4:
Take a
[E] hint from me Mama please, don't you cry no more
Don't you ^
[G] cry ^
[A] no
[E] more
Take a
[E] hint from me Mama please, don't you cry no more
Don't you ^
[G] cry ^
[A] no
[E] more
Cause it's
[E] soon one morning down the road I'm gone ^
[G]^
[A] [E]
VERSE 5:
And I'm
[E] going to leave the city, got to go away
Got to ^
[G] go ^
[A] a-
[E]-way
And I'm going to leave the city, got to go away
Got to ^
[G] go ^
[A] a-
[E]-way
All this
[E] fussin' and fightin', man I sure can't stay ^
[G]^
[A] [E]
VERSE 6:
But I
[E] ain't going down that long. old lonesome road
[G] All ^
[A] by my-
[E]-self
But I
[E] ain't going down that long, old lonesome road
[G] All ^
[A] by my-
[E]-self
I can't
[E] carry you Baby, gonna carry somebody else ^
[G]^
[A] [E]
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE] 