Intro - Follow the pattern below and do a fast up and 
down strum on the "A" chord where I have placed the (x5). 
 
 
  A          (x5)              (Repeat tab) 
e|-----------------------------| 
B|-------------2------------2--| 
G|-------------2------------2--| 
D|-------------2------------2--|    YEAH! 
A|---------0---------------0---| 
E|---3bh4------------3bh4------| 
 
 
  A 
Let me tell you baby - If you want to pin me down 
 
Better get your hammer, girl - and nail me to the ground 
  D 
'Cause you won't find no grass stains 
 
On the bottom of my feet 
      A 
The only home I've ever known - is out there on the street. 
 
              D                                     A 
     You call me insane - Honey, That's my middle name 
          D                                     A 
     And I don't care which way the wind will blow 
                     E                         A 
     'Cause I don't know - So down the road I go. 
 
 
                    Musical turn around 
 
  A 
You see I tried to settle down - Not too long ago 
 
You can lock my body up - But you can't calm my soul 
         D 
I don't want to hurt you - Or put you on the shelf 
         A 
But my daddy told me all my life 
 
You've got to be yourself. 
 
 
               Repeat the chorus 
 
               Long instrumental 
 
   D 
I'm sure there's lots of guys out there 
 
Who've learned to tow the line 
                                      A 
Compared to them my life may look a wreck 
      D 
But girl, you've been to college 
 
So you ahould know by now 
  E 
And if you can't understand me  
 
What the hell do you expect 
 
  A 
I'm giving you fair warning - I'm gonna say goodbye 
 
And when I'm walking out the door 
 
Don't want to hear you cry 
   D 
There's so much highway out there 
 
That I ain't never seen 
     A 
And all I need is cigarettes, guitars, and gasoline. 
 
 
               Repeat the chorus 
 
        A 
Tag: Down the road I go 
         A 
     I'll see you around 
 
        A 
     'Cause I'm leaving town 
        A 
     Yeah, yeah, yeahhh      (fades out).