Standard (EADGBE)

 Intro

I remember the night my dad stopped the car

 And got out in the rain

 Changed a blown out tire on a car

 For a family with out of state plates

I said dad did we know those folks

 As they waved and drove out of site

He just smiled as he started the car

 He said son not 'til tonight

Chorus

 You see the road you leave behind you

 Is another road you're gonna have to come back down

 It's just the way this big old world turns 'round

 You'll find somehow somewhere someplace sometime

 You gotta go back down the road you leave behind

 Fill In

 Stuck out on the highway one night

 Many years gone by

 Had the hood of my truck pulled up

 My ol' gas tank was dry

 Some ol' guy gettin' off on the night shift

 Pulled up to check on me

 He said I been in your shoes before son

 And it's no place to be

Chorus

 You see the road you leave behind you

 Is another road you're gonna have to come back down

 It's just the way this big old world turns 'round

 You'll find somehow somewhere someplace sometime

 You gotta go back down the road you leave behind

 I said what do I owe you friend you could easily have passed me by

 He said next time it might be me son you don't owe me a dime

Chorus

 You see the road you leave behind you

 Is another road you're gonna have to come back down

 It's just the way this big old world turns 'round

 You'll find somehow somewhere someplace sometime

 You gotta go back down the road you leave behind

Outro

Down the road you leave behind

The road you leave behind

It's that old road you leave behind

Fade Out