[Intro]
Em C A C (x2)
Em EmM7 Em7 A7 (x2)
[Verse]
[Em]When I was a little bo[EmM7]y, they would say to me[Em7], don't go in the world and play[A7] its bad company
[Em]All they had was child and fait[EmM7]h, let him grow and let him wai[Em7]t just to find out what it was to be [A7]free
[Em]Now I'm over twenty on[EmM7]e, growing up I've had my fu[Em7]n and I know the way it's got to [A7]be
[Em]Baby lying in a wom[EmM7]b are you free or in a tomb[Em7]? Let me in, I feel I want to [A7]cry.
[Chorus]
C B C B Em EmM7 Em7 A7 (x2)
Oh that road is there. Oh that road is there, come on back, come on back.
[Verse]
[Em]Wash your hands and up to bed[EmM7], mind your manners or you're dead[Em7], mind the cars cos you've got school[A7] on Monday
[Em]Put my trust in God[EmM7], who is he I know not what[Em7]? Something mummy said to me one[A7] Sunday.
[Em]Maybe love is life but life is no[EmM7]t something I need plenty of[Em7]. Oh! I wish I'd never lived [A7]a day.
[Em]Now there's no one near me no[EmM7]w, tell me what to do and how[Em7], take me let me sing my cares [A7]away
[Chorus]
C B C B Em EmM7 Em7 A7 (x2)
Oh that road is there. Oh that road is there, come on back, back.
[Verse]
[Em]Oh! I'm empty now[EmM7]; rainy pain has left me now[Em7]. Think of what my people used t[A7]o say.
[Em]Black is black and white is whit[EmM7]e, which to choose and which is right[Em7], guide me to a place where I will[A7] stay.
[Em]Wrap me up and keep me war[EmM7]m, hide myself far from the storm[Em7], sleep and love will keep my mind at[A7] rest.
[Em]Only now I realis[EmM7]e why my parents had to try[Em7]. Love you all and keep you all m[A7]y life.
[Chorus]
C B C B Em EmM7 Em7 A7 (x2)
Oh that road is there. Oh the road is there, come on back, back
Em C A C (x2)
Em EmM7 Em7 A7 (x2)
[Verse]
[Em]When I was a little bo[EmM7]y, they would say to me[Em7], don't go in the world and play[A7] its bad company
[Em]All they had was child and fait[EmM7]h, let him grow and let him wai[Em7]t just to find out what it was to be [A7]free
[Em]Now I'm over twenty on[EmM7]e, growing up I've had my fu[Em7]n and I know the way it's got to [A7]be
[Em]Baby lying in a wom[EmM7]b are you free or in a tomb[Em7]? Let me in, I feel I want to [A7]cry.
[Chorus]
C B C B Em EmM7 Em7 A7 (x2)
Oh that road is there. Oh that road is there, come on back, come on back.
[Verse]
[Em]Wash your hands and up to bed[EmM7], mind your manners or you're dead[Em7], mind the cars cos you've got school[A7] on Monday
[Em]Put my trust in God[EmM7], who is he I know not what[Em7]? Something mummy said to me one[A7] Sunday.
[Em]Maybe love is life but life is no[EmM7]t something I need plenty of[Em7]. Oh! I wish I'd never lived [A7]a day.
[Em]Now there's no one near me no[EmM7]w, tell me what to do and how[Em7], take me let me sing my cares [A7]away
[Chorus]
C B C B Em EmM7 Em7 A7 (x2)
Oh that road is there. Oh that road is there, come on back, back.
[Verse]
[Em]Oh! I'm empty now[EmM7]; rainy pain has left me now[Em7]. Think of what my people used t[A7]o say.
[Em]Black is black and white is whit[EmM7]e, which to choose and which is right[Em7], guide me to a place where I will[A7] stay.
[Em]Wrap me up and keep me war[EmM7]m, hide myself far from the storm[Em7], sleep and love will keep my mind at[A7] rest.
[Em]Only now I realis[EmM7]e why my parents had to try[Em7]. Love you all and keep you all m[A7]y life.
[Chorus]
C B C B Em EmM7 Em7 A7 (x2)
Oh that road is there. Oh the road is there, come on back, back
