The Road - Jackson Browne

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[Intro]
               

[Verse]
            
Highways and d


ancehalls     

              

              

              

              

              

    
             
A good song ta

        
kes you far   

              

              

              

              

              

    
             
You write abou

      
t the moon    

              

              

              

              

              

    
             
And you dream 

        
about the star

s             

              

              

              

              

    
             
Blues in old m

 
otel rooms
             
Girls in daddy

   
's car        

              

              

              

              

              

    
             
You sing about

     
 the nights   

              

              

              

              

              

    
             
And you laugh 

        
about the scar

s             

              

              

              

              

    
             
Coffee in the 

           
morning, cocai

        
ne afternoons 

              

              

              

              

    
             
You talk about

     
 the weather  

              

              

              

              

              

   
             
And you grin a

       
bout the rooms

              

              

              

              

              

    
             
Phone calls lo

   
ng distance   

              

              

              

              

              

    
             
To tell you ho

         
w you've been 

              

              

              

              

              

    
             
You forget abo

            
ut the losses,

           
 you exaggerat

      
e the wins

[Refrain]
            
And when you s

            
top to let 'em

 
 know         

              

              

              

              

     
              
You've got it 


down          

              

              

              

              

              

    
           
It's just anot

           
her town along

               
 the road

[Verse]
             
The ladies com

     
e to see you  

              

              

              

              

              

    
             
If your name s

             
till rings a b


ell           

              

              

              

              

    
             
They give you 

          
damn near noth

in'           

              

              

              

              

    
             
And they'll sa

            
y they knew yo

  
u well        

              

              

              

              

   
             
So you tell 'e

        
m you remember

              

              

              

              

              

    
             
But they know 

            
it's just a ga

me
             
And along the 

          
way their face

s             

              

              

              

              

    
            
All begin to l

       
ook the same

[Refrain]
            
And when you s

            
top to let 'em

   
 know         

              

              

              

              

    
           
You got it dow

n             

              

              

              

              

              

    
           
It's just anot

           
her town along

            
 the road

[Verse]                                                                                               
             
Well it isn't 


for the money 

              

              

              

              

              

    
             
And it's only 

       
for a while   

              

              

              

              

              

    
             
You stalk abou

      
t the rooms   

              

              

              

              

              

    
            
And you roll a

       
way the miles 

              

              

              

              

              

    
             
Gamblers in th

           
e neon, clingi

         
ng to guitars 

              

              

              

              

    
             
You're right a

         
bout the moon 

              

              

              

              

              

    
             
But you're wro

           
ng about the s


tars

[Refrain]
            
'Cause when yo

            
u stop to let 

     
'em know      

              

              

              

              

    
           
You got it dow

n             

              

              

              

              

              

    
           
It's just anot

           
her town along

           
 the road

[Repeat progression from "Gamblers"]


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