The Road You Leave Behind

E B A     E   A

[Verse]
E                                 
I remember the night my dad 
       A
stopped the car
                     B
And got out in the rain
 E
Changed a blown out tire on a car
        A                     
For a family with out of state 
   B
plates
B                  C#m
I said dad did we know those folks
         F#m                     B
As they waved and drove out of site
B                     C#m
He just smiled as he started the car
         F#m                 A   B
He said son not 'til tonight

[Chorus]
             E                B
You see the road you leave behind 
you
        A                          
Is another road you're gonna have 
              E
to come back down
                        B          
It's just the way this big old 
           G#m
world turns 'round
         A               B  
You'll find somehow somewhere 
      E         A
someplace sometime
           A                B     
You gotta go back down the road 
           E
you leave behind

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[Verse]
  E
Stuck out on the highway one night
 A               B
Many years gone by
 E
Had the hood of my truck pulled up
        A            B
My ol' gas tank was dry
  B                   C#m
Some ol' guy gettin' off on the 
night shift
  F#m                 B
Pulled up to check on me
  B                      C#m
He said I been in your shoes before 
son
 F#m                     A  B
And it's no place to be

[Chorus]
             E                 B
You see the road you leave behind 
you
       A                           
Is another road you're gonna have 
             E
to come back down
                        B          
It's just the way this big old 
          G#m
world turns 'round
         A             B    
You'll find somehow somewhere 
     E          A
someplace sometime
           A                 B    
You gotta go back down the road 
            E
you leave behind

[Bridge]
 G#m              A               
I said what do I owe you friend 
          E                   B
you could easily have passed me by
 G#m                   A          
He said next time it might be me 
    F#m                    A  B
son you don't owe me a dime

[Chorus]
            E                B
You see the road you leave behind 
you
      A                            
Is another road you're gonna have 
             E
to come back down
                        B          
It's just the way this big old 
          G#m
world turns 'round
        A               B   
You'll find somehow somewhere 
      E         A
someplace sometime
          A                  B    
You gotta go back down the road 
            E
you leave behind

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E  B  A
         Down the road you leave 
behind
E  B  A
         The road you leave behind
E  B  A
         It's that old road you 
leave behind