Rocky Road Blues:Gene Vincent.
Top of the charts in 1959.
CHORUS:
[F]Well ... the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long.
Ah, this old [Bb]road is rocky but it won't be rocky [F]long.
Well, [C]another man got my baby, and [F]gone.
#2.
[F]Well, I got the blues, I'm wearing the soles right outta my shoes.
Aw, I [Bb]got the blues, I'm wearing the soles right outta my [F]shoes.
My [C]baby ran away and left me with the doggone [F]blues.
CHORUS:
[F]Well ... the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long.
Ah, this old [Bb]road is rocky but it won't be rocky [F]long.
Well, [C]another man got my baby, and [F]gone.
#3.
[F]Aw, you're gonna lap up this water til the old well runs dry, yeah.
You're gonna [Bb]lap up this water till the old well runs [F]dry.
Well, you [C]never miss your baby till she says good[F]bye.
CHORUS:
[F]Well ... the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long.
Ah, this old [Bb]road is rocky but it won't be rocky [F]long.
Well, [C]another man got my baby, and [F]gone.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
Top of the charts in 1959.
CHORUS:
[F]Well ... the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long.
Ah, this old [Bb]road is rocky but it won't be rocky [F]long.
Well, [C]another man got my baby, and [F]gone.
#2.
[F]Well, I got the blues, I'm wearing the soles right outta my shoes.
Aw, I [Bb]got the blues, I'm wearing the soles right outta my [F]shoes.
My [C]baby ran away and left me with the doggone [F]blues.
CHORUS:
[F]Well ... the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long.
Ah, this old [Bb]road is rocky but it won't be rocky [F]long.
Well, [C]another man got my baby, and [F]gone.
#3.
[F]Aw, you're gonna lap up this water til the old well runs dry, yeah.
You're gonna [Bb]lap up this water till the old well runs [F]dry.
Well, you [C]never miss your baby till she says good[F]bye.
CHORUS:
[F]Well ... the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long.
Ah, this old [Bb]road is rocky but it won't be rocky [F]long.
Well, [C]another man got my baby, and [F]gone.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.