The Roads Too Long Chords

Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

A E A G E

EGrowing up as a young boy

Sometimes can be rough

At six years old I was thinkin

Seven would be just enough

 But I was wronAg

 Ooo I was wronEg yea

ETen years old and Im growin

Thinkin I got it sussed

Mama said youll be a fine young man

I thought I already was

 But I was wroAng

 Ooo I was wroEng

 Cause when you gGet where you're goiAng

 The roads still Elong

EEighteen years Im a rebel

Thinkin Im pretty tough

Daddy said you got a lot to learn

I thought that Id learned enough

 But I was wronAg

 Ooo I was wronEg yea

ETwenty-five was a good time

Comin into my own

Climbed the mountain

And I reached for the sky

I thought that I had it all

 But I was wroAng

 Ooo I was wroEng

 Cause when you gGet where youre goiAng

EThe roads still long

 When you get wheGre youre going A

EThe roads still long

DThey all try to tell you

But who are they to say

ECause the best things that you learn

You find out on your way

DNo time for feelin sorry

Just time for being strong

GWhen you get wheAre your going

EThe roads still long

(SOLO) Repeats

E G A

G A G A

ENow I see where I come from

Now I see where I am

Now I see that you never really know

So you just gotta do the best you can

 And that aint wArong

Ooo that aint wrong no

 Cause when you gGet where youre goAing

EThe roads still long

 When you get wheGre youre going A

EThe roads still long

 When you get wheGre youre going yeAa

[The song ends with alternating chord combinations]

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