The Glory Road

The verse chords are not played strictly on the beat. Listen and feel.

G                E                            Am                (rest)
Glad we're together on the Glory Road
G                E                            Am              (rest)
We've seen some sights and we've had some laughs
G                E                            Am              (rest)
Seen the ghosts of all of them Okies,
G                E                            Am
Drinking Grape Nehi and wine made from the
                            single notes (e f f# g f# f e)
Grapes of Wrath.

Am                                             E
The ice cream stands and the salty truck stops,
Dm                              E
Hum Dingers and the auto graves
Am                        E
Coca Cola and the no tell motels
Dm                        E
Barber shops and Burma shaves.

G                            E                            Am (rest)
We'll beat the dust storms comin' over the farmlands
G                            E                            Am              (rest)
Got a grease monkey tunin' up the Pontiac
G                            E                            Am              (rest)
We imagine pickin' up soldier comin' home for Christmas
G                            E                            Am              single notes(e f f# g f# f e)
With Steinbeck and Guthrie and Kerouac.


Am                                                   E
We've explored the patchwork of Americana
Dm                         E
The curios and the burger plates
Am                                     E
We got a blessing from the Queen of the Highway,
              Dm                                   E
Paid attention to the sign that said "Jesus Saves"

Am             C                   Dm                E
Sand traps, soft shoulders, wash outs, deep ruts
Am                         C
Hustlers, cops, and wrecker drivers
Dm
Sometimes the world's just got it
Eb               C  Em
Out for us.

F#              F#m              F#              F#m

F#			F#m
Moonlight falls on           The painted desert
F#			Bm
Gershwin floats out of     Our radio
              C
I swear there will be
E                                  D
Peace in the valley for us, baby
E                                  F
Someday, peace for us
E                                  F
Peace in the valley for us, baby
E                                  F         C     Em
I swear, peace for us.


G               E                            Am              (rest)
Glad we're together on the Glory Road
G               E                            Am              (rest)
Hey, let's go crazy and thicken the plot
G               E                            Am              (rest)
Can't back out now that we've paid our admission
G               E                            Am              notes( e f f# g f# f e)
There's just one exit from the Mystery Spot

Am                       E
We hit the Metro out in Tulsa
Dm                             E
Bought a steer horn at Pecan Joe's
Am                             E                            
Saw the blue whale in Catoosa
Dm                             E
The reptile farm in Cuba, MO.
Am                                                    E
If at the end of the line there ain't no pot of gold,
            Dm                        E
Just the Santa Monica pier,
                            Am                                          
Well, we loved our biscuits and gravy
                            E
And we learned to twirl a rope
                            Dm
And we enjoyed what we had
E                                          Am
While we were here.

Copyright 1995 - Twitchen Vibes Music
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