Chris Rea, The Road To Hell (1989)
Key: :[Cm] (w: Chris Rea)
INTRO:
[Cm] [Fm] ^
[G#] ^
[G] [Cm]
[Cm] [Fm] ^
[G#] ^
[G] [Cm]
VERSE 1:
Well I'm
[Cm] standing by the river
but the
[Fm] water doesn't flow
It ^
[G#] boils with every ^
[G] poison
you can
[Cm] think of
VERSE 2:
And I'm
[Cm] underneath the street light
the de-
[Fm]-light of joy I know
^
[G#] Scared beyond be-^
[G]-lief
way down in the
[Cm] shadows
BRIDGE:
And the per-
[D#]-verted fear of violence
chokes a
[A#] smile on every face
[G#] Common sense is ringing, out the
[G] bells
[Cm] This ain't no technological
[Fm] breakdown
Oh ^
[G#] no, this is the ^
[G] road to
[Cm] hell
INSTRUMENTAL:
[Cm] [Fm] [A#] ^
[D#] ^
[G]
[Cm] [Fm] ^
[G#] ^
[G] [Cm]
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,
[G] flying a way from you
Oh
[Cm] look out world take a good look
look who's
[Fm] down there
You must ^
[G#] learn this lesson fast, ^
[G] and learn it
[Cm] well
OUTRO:
[Cm] This ain't no upwardly mobile
[Fm] freeway
Oh ^
[G#] no, this is the ^
[G] road
^
[G#] This is the ^
[G] road
^
[G#] This is the ^
[G] road to
[Cm] hell
INSTRUMENTAL:
[Cm] [Fm] ^
[G#] ^
[G] [Cm] :
[Multiple Times]