Never Tire Of The Road - Andy Irvine Chords
Chords: Andy, A, D, G, Bm, F#/D
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Genre: traditional folk, bluegrass, irish folk
NEVER TIRE OF THE ROAD
Andy Irvine
Originally in key of E so it's easy/nice to play in D with capo on 2
Leave the low E string un-capo'd to allow a nice E drone
3rd verse is optional and only sung by Andy on older recordings
[Intro]
A D G A A D G Bm A D x2
[Verse 1]
D G D Bm A D
I was just a small-time country boy when I left that dusty town,
D G D G A
Route 66 to the westward and hopped an old freight down.
G G D
California, here I come,
G A D
By the side-door Pullman and the sunburnt thumb,
Bm A F#/D G
And they called us Okies, lowdown bums,
D A D
And the po-lice on us frowned.
[Chorus]
A D G D
Never tire of the road, Never tire of the rolling wheel.
G A G D G A
Never tire of the ways of the world, Way out yonder is a-calling me.
D G D Bm A G
And the dark road leads me onwards, and the highway that's my code,
D F#/D G D Bm A D
And the lonesome voice that I heard in my head said: Never tire of the road.
[Instrumental]
A D G A A D G Bm A D
[Verse 2]
D G D Bm A D
California to the New York Island, me and my guitar,
D G D G A
And we played in many a hobo jungle, many a skid-row bar,
G G D
Standing out in the wind and the rain,
G A D
That lonesome whistle is a sweet refrain,
Bm A F#/D G
When you're waiting for some old freight train,
D A D
That carries an empty car.
[Chorus]
A D G D
Never tire of the road, Never tire of the rolling wheel.
G A G D G A
Never tire of the ways of the world, Way out yonder is a-calling me.
D G D Bm A G
And the dark road leads me onwards, and the highway that's my code,
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