Chris Rea, The Road To Hell (1989)
Key: :[Bm] (w: Chris Rea)
INTRO:
[Bm] [Em] ^
[G] ^
[F#] [Bm]
[Bm] [Em] ^
[G] ^
[F#] [Bm]
VERSE 1:
Well I'm
[Bm] standing by the river
but the
[Em] water doesn't flow
It ^
[G] boils with every ^
[F#] poison
you can
[Bm] think of
VERSE 2:
And I'm
[Bm] underneath the street light
the de-
[Em]-light of joy I know
^
[G] Scared beyond be-^
[F#]-lief
way down in the
[Bm] shadows
BRIDGE:
And the per-
[D]-verted fear of violence
chokes a
[A] smile on every face
[G] Common sense is ringing, out the
[F#] bells
[Bm] This ain't no technological
[Em] breakdown
Oh ^
[G] no, this is the ^
[F#] road to
[Bm] hell
INSTRUMENTAL:
[Bm] [Em] [A] ^
[D] ^
[F#]
[Bm] [Em] ^
[G] ^
[F#] [Bm]
BRIDGE 2:
And as the roads
[D] jam up with credit
and there's
[A] nothing you can do
[G] It's all just bits of paper,
[F#] flying a way from you
Oh
[Bm] look out world take a good look
look who's
[Em] down there
You must ^
[G] learn this lesson fast, ^
[F#] and learn it
[Bm] well
OUTRO:
[Bm] This ain't no upwardly mobile
[Em] freeway
Oh ^
[G] no, this is the ^
[F#] road
^
[G] This is the ^
[F#] road
^
[G] This is the ^
[F#] road to
[Bm] hell
INSTRUMENTAL:
[Bm] [Em] ^
[G] ^
[F#] [Bm] :
[Multiple Times] 