Bill Monroe & his Bluegrass Boys, Rocky Road Blues (1946)
Key: :[A] (w: Bill Monroe) (Gene Vincent, 1958, Key: E)
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
CHORUS:
Now the
[A] road is rocky, but it won't be rocky long
Now the
[D] road is rocky, but it won't be rocky
[A] long
An-
[E]-other man has got my woman and
[A] gone
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
VERSE 1:
I've
[A] got those blues, I'm wearing out the soles of my shoes
I've
[D] got those blues, I'm wearing out the soles of my
[A] shoes
My
[E] gal went away and left me, she left me with the
[A] dog gone blues
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
VERSE 2:
You'll
[A] never miss your water til the well runs dry
You'll
[D] never miss your water til the well runs
[A] dry
You'll
[E] never miss your woman until she says good-
[A]-bye
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
VERSE 3:
I
[A] wish to the Lord you'd bring my woman back home
I
[D] wish to the Lord you'd bring my woman back
[A] home
I'm
[E] not so lonesome, just don't want to be a-
[A]-lone
REPEAT CHORUS: 