Drop D Tuning
Chords Used:
[G] [D] [C]
e|----7------------------5-----------------3---------------------------------|
B|----8------------------7-----------------5---------------------------------|
G|----7------------------7-----------------5---------------------------------|
D|----0------------------0-----------------0---------------------------------|
A|----X------------------X-----------------X---------------------------------|
D|----0------------------0-----------------0---------------------------------|
VERSE 1
[G]He came from Northern[D] California[G][D]
[G]He loved to ride them t[D]rains[G][D]
[G]He had a hand made beat up leather bag [D]where he kept all his childhood pains[G][D]
[G]Left his mama and his daddy, When he[D] was barely 16[G][D]
[G]You know he never really followed money[D], Never really had a dream[G][D]
CHORUS
[C]Loved the thought of drifting
[C]to live by no mans plan
[C]solitude is freedom, yeah
[C]The road made him a [G]man [D][G][D]
VERSE 2
[G]From coast to coast across every state,[D] on Pacific Illinois[G][D]
[G]He saw every town he every town dreamt [D]about since he was a little boy[G][D]
[G]He ended up down in New Orleans working[D] on a folsom farm[G][D]
[G]He took LSD and danced all night, you know[D] he met a woman that made him calm[G][D]
CHORUS
[C]Loved the thought of drifting
[C]to live by no mans plan
[C]solitude is freedom, yeah
[C]The road made him a man[G][D][G][D]
VERSE 3
[G]Somewhere deep inside of him changed wh[D]en he saw her face[G][D]
[G]yeah he felt like she knew him well fro[D]m another time and pl[G]ace[D]
[G]you know they woke up with the sun one [D]day and their travelin' days were done[G][D]
[G]settled down in a shotgun house, down o[D]n bayou St. John[G][D]
CHORUS
[C]Loved the thought of drifting
[C]To live by no mans land
[C]Solitude is freedom, yeah
[C]The road made him a man
Instrumental Break
OUTRO
[G]Ride that river on to M[D]ississippi soul (X3)
[G]And if you wind that ri[D]ver long enough you get Louisiana gold
[G]you get Louisiana gold [D](x3)
Chords Used:
[G] [D] [C]
e|----7------------------5-----------------3---------------------------------|
B|----8------------------7-----------------5---------------------------------|
G|----7------------------7-----------------5---------------------------------|
D|----0------------------0-----------------0---------------------------------|
A|----X------------------X-----------------X---------------------------------|
D|----0------------------0-----------------0---------------------------------|
VERSE 1
[G]He came from Northern[D] California[G][D]
[G]He loved to ride them t[D]rains[G][D]
[G]He had a hand made beat up leather bag [D]where he kept all his childhood pains[G][D]
[G]Left his mama and his daddy, When he[D] was barely 16[G][D]
[G]You know he never really followed money[D], Never really had a dream[G][D]
CHORUS
[C]Loved the thought of drifting
[C]to live by no mans plan
[C]solitude is freedom, yeah
[C]The road made him a [G]man [D][G][D]
VERSE 2
[G]From coast to coast across every state,[D] on Pacific Illinois[G][D]
[G]He saw every town he every town dreamt [D]about since he was a little boy[G][D]
[G]He ended up down in New Orleans working[D] on a folsom farm[G][D]
[G]He took LSD and danced all night, you know[D] he met a woman that made him calm[G][D]
CHORUS
[C]Loved the thought of drifting
[C]to live by no mans plan
[C]solitude is freedom, yeah
[C]The road made him a man[G][D][G][D]
VERSE 3
[G]Somewhere deep inside of him changed wh[D]en he saw her face[G][D]
[G]yeah he felt like she knew him well fro[D]m another time and pl[G]ace[D]
[G]you know they woke up with the sun one [D]day and their travelin' days were done[G][D]
[G]settled down in a shotgun house, down o[D]n bayou St. John[G][D]
CHORUS
[C]Loved the thought of drifting
[C]To live by no mans land
[C]Solitude is freedom, yeah
[C]The road made him a man
Instrumental Break
OUTRO
[G]Ride that river on to M[D]ississippi soul (X3)
[G]And if you wind that ri[D]ver long enough you get Louisiana gold
[G]you get Louisiana gold [D](x3)
