Chord/Tab song: Down the Road by the Way

written by Billy Joe Shaver
2/24/06

INTRO: G

Well it's [C]down the road and [D]up the hill and [G]just around the [Cadd9]bend
Pick 'em and put 'em down and [G]pick 'em up [D]again
And it [C]sets me into w[D]onderin' what it's [G]really all [Cadd9]about
Fightin' for the things we know we'll [G]always be w[D]ithout[G]

Down the road by the [C]way
Where the laughin' waters [G]play
'Cross the ribbon-wavin' [D]sand
We go walkin' hand in [G]hand

Nothin' old and nothin' [C]new
Nothin' special there to [G]do
In those good old yester[D]days
Down the road by the [G]way

Well it's [C]light and lovely B[D]renda comin' [G]cool across the [Cadd9]waves
Floatin' over rows she helped me [G]hoe in yester[D]days
And it's [C]me whose thirsty [D]now for all that [G]sweet milk gone to [Cadd9]waste
Somewhere on the road of no [G]returnin' yester[D]days

Well it's d[C]own the road and [D]up the hill and [G]just about the [Cadd9]bend
Pick 'em and put 'em down and p[G]ick 'em up a[D]gain
And it [C]sets me into w[D]onderin' what it's [G]really all [Cadd9]about
Fightin' for the things we know we'll [G]always be wit[D]hout

OUTRO: C D G Cadd9 G D
[C] [D] [G] [Cadd9] [G] [D]
[C] [D] [G] [Cadd9] [G] [D] [G]