this is played in a 12 bar blues shuffle and I'll try to get the intro up soon.
intro
[E]I grew up in texas on the [D]great high plains - repeat intro
[E]A silvertone guitar was all i [D]had to my name - repeat intro
[A]At seventeen i left and i never looked back- repeat intro
[E]Yeah just me and my guitar and my p[D]ontiac- repeat intro
CHORUS
A(strum normal)
Well i never went to college but i got a degree
D(strum normal)
[E]Hey i'm a road scholar i g[D]otta make my music
[E]I was born to sing and [A]play
[E]Yeah i'm a road scholar how[D] i love to hear the wheels whine
[E]Rolling down that old[A] highway
B(strum normal)
Well the roadhouse was my schoolhouse
A(strum normal)
That's where i paid my dues
E(strum once) D(strum once)
I got a master's in rhythm and a minor in soul
B(strum once)
And a phd in the blues
repeat intro
[E]My teachers were the killer and the h[D]ound dog man - repeat intro
[E]My classmates consisted of a f[D]ive-piece band - repeat intro
A(strum normal)
Yeah my dormitory was a string of cheap hotels - repeat intro
[E]But i survived it all and i'm [D]alive and well - repeat intro
CHROUS
( guitar solo)
CHORUS
intro
[E]I grew up in texas on the [D]great high plains - repeat intro
[E]A silvertone guitar was all i [D]had to my name - repeat intro
[A]At seventeen i left and i never looked back- repeat intro
[E]Yeah just me and my guitar and my p[D]ontiac- repeat intro
CHORUS
A(strum normal)
Well i never went to college but i got a degree
D(strum normal)
[E]Hey i'm a road scholar i g[D]otta make my music
[E]I was born to sing and [A]play
[E]Yeah i'm a road scholar how[D] i love to hear the wheels whine
[E]Rolling down that old[A] highway
B(strum normal)
Well the roadhouse was my schoolhouse
A(strum normal)
That's where i paid my dues
E(strum once) D(strum once)
I got a master's in rhythm and a minor in soul
B(strum once)
And a phd in the blues
repeat intro
[E]My teachers were the killer and the h[D]ound dog man - repeat intro
[E]My classmates consisted of a f[D]ive-piece band - repeat intro
A(strum normal)
Yeah my dormitory was a string of cheap hotels - repeat intro
[E]But i survived it all and i'm [D]alive and well - repeat intro
CHROUS
( guitar solo)
CHORUS