INTRO:
CmBbCmBbCmBbCmBb
VERSE:
CmEb
I was longing to be wooed
AbCm
I was ready to be humbled
AbCm
by the words that you had written
BbAb
by the syllables you mumbled
CmEb
yeah, I was ready in my heart
AbCm
to have my heart invaded
AbCm
by the fervour of your passion
BbAb
yes, I came to be persuaded
VERSE:
CmEb
But when I heard your ragged voice
AbCm
something switched in my perception
AbCm
and I knew I was the victim
BbAb
of a beautiful deception
CmEb
all my once exact beliefs
AbCm
like tangled threads unravelled
AbCm
I walked out, stunned and liberated
BbAb
and so began my travels
CHORUS:
AbEb
Keep the river on your right
BbCm
and the highway at your shoulder
AbEbBb
and the front line in your sights, pioneer
AbCm
Keep your eye on the road
BbCm
remember what you told her
AbFmCm
this is all in code, my dear
VERSE:
CmEb
You better get yourself a coat
AbCm
said the handsome taxi driver
AbCm
and he sighed like seven bridges
BbAb
like a natural-born survivor
CmEb
as we drove into the night
AbCm
I could feel the forest jangling
AbCm
all the choices laid before me
BbAbEb
and their consequences dangling
VERSE:
CmEb
We came upon a stricken ship
AbCm
that must have once been splendid
AbCm
the captain as he died said
BbAb
“Boys, our revels now are ended”
CmEb
I heard a wild holy band
AbCm
playing jazz that was outrageous,
AbCm
that recalled the days of rapture
BbAb
when our love was still young and contagious
CHORUS:
AbEb
Keep the river on your right
BbCm
and the highway at your shoulder
AbEbBb
and the front line in your sights, pioneer
AbCm
Keep your eye on the road
BbCm
remember what you told her
AbFmCm
this is all in code, my dear
VERSE:
CmEb
In a dim-lit motel room
AbCm
two sad lovers were discoursing
AbCm
on the dignity of exile
BbAb
and the merits of divorcing
CmEb
she said “all certainty is gone”
AbCm
but he leapt up, still denying,
AbCm
cried “I won’t believe the flame I lit
BbAb
is dead or even dying”
VERSE:
AbCmEb
She left him drooling in the dust
AbCm
and with rucksack packed begun her
AbCm
bitter journey to the border
BbAb
which is where I wooed and won her
CmEb
she was Aphrodite, Helen, Thetis,
AbCm
Eve among the satyrs
AbCm
She was Venus in a v-neck sweater
BbAb
she was all that ever mattered
CHORUS:
AbEb
Keep the river on your right
BbCm
and the highway at your shoulder
AbEbBb
and the front line in your sights, pioneer
AbCm
Keep your eye on the road
BbCm
remember what you told her
AbFmCm
this is all in code, my dear
VERSE:
CmEb
Like Dean Moriarty’s ghost
AbCm
I came in quest of secret knowledge
AbCm
in the winter of my journey
BbAb
to a crumbling Druid college
CmEb
there I read the books of lore
AbCm
and contemplated in seclusion
AbCm
but I took my leave embittered,
BbAb
still in love with my illusions
VERSE:
AbCmEb
In the drizzling Irish rain
AbCm
as a tender dawn was breaking
AbCm
in a doorway I stood spellbound by
BbAb
the ancient music they were making
CmEb
I took my breakfast with the Gods
AbCm
on a blushing summer morning
AbCm
till a wind blew them all away
BbAb
I had misread every warning
CHORUS:
AbEb
Keep the river on your right
BbCm
and the highway at your shoulder
AbEbBb
and the front line in your sights, pioneer
AbCm
Keep your eye on the road
BbCm
remember what you told her
AbFmCm
this is all in code, my dear
VERSE:
CmEb
Under cold electric light
AbCm
I watch the scenes mutating
AbCm
like an old time frontier ballad
BbAb
or a carousel rotating
CmEb
As if in a moment from a film
AbCm
with astonishing precision
AbCm
the camera zooms in close
BbAb
and a figure comes into vision
VERSE:
CmEb
I’m in Tokyo, it’s dawn
AbCm
and it’s raining hallelujahs
AbCm
down the bright-lit neon canyons
BbAb
along the sidewalks of Shibuya
CmEb
I’m trying to take a stance
AbCm
and rise above my contradictions
AbCm
but I’m just a bunch of words in pants
BbAb
and most of those are fiction
CHORUS:
AbEb
Keep the river on your right
BbCm
and the highway at your shoulder
AbEbBb
and the front line in your sights, pioneer
AbCm
Keep your eye on the road
BbCm
remember what you told her
AbFmCm
this is all in code, my dear
CHORUS:
AbEb
Keep the river on your right
BbCm
and the highway at your shoulder
AbEbBb
and the front line in your sights, pioneer
AbCm
Keep your eye on the road
BbCm
remember what you told her
AbFmCm
this is all in code, my dear
INSTRUMENTAL/OUTRO/G O:
(CHORUS CHORDS - 3x's)
AbEbBbCmAbEbBbAbCmBbCmAbFmCmAbEbBbCmAbEbBbAbCmBbCmAbFmCmAbEbBbCmAbEbBbAbCmBbCmAbFmCm
===================== CAPO 1st FD T ======================
SONG: LONG STRANGE GOLDEN ROAD
ARTIST: THE WATERBOYS
TAB BY: C N CZARSKI
LONG STRANGE GOLDEN ROAD
THE WATERBOYS
CAPO: 1st FD T
INTRO:
BmABmABmABmA
VERSE:
BmD
I was longing to be wooed
GBm
I was ready to be humbled
GBm
by the words that you had written
AG
by the syllables you mumbled
BmD
yeah, I was ready in my heart
GBm
to have my heart invaded
GBm
by the fervour of your passion
AG
yes, I came to be persuaded
VERSE:
BmD
But when I heard your ragged voice
GBm
something switched in my perception
GBm
and I knew I was the victim
AG
of a beautiful deception
BmD
all my once exact beliefs
GBm
like tangled threads unravelled
GBm
I walked out, stunned and liberated
AG
and so began my travels
CHORUS:
GD
Keep the river on your right
ABm
and the highway at your shoulder
GDA
and the front line in your sights, pioneer
GBm
Keep your eye on the road
ABm
remember what you told her
GEmBm
this is all in code, my dear
VERSE:
BmD
You better get yourself a coat
GBm
said the handsome taxi driver
GBm
and he sighed like seven bridges
AG
like a natural-born survivor
BmD
as we drove into the night
GBm
I could feel the forest jangling
GBm
all the choices laid before me
AGD
and their consequences dangling
VERSE:
BmD
We came upon a stricken ship
GBm
that must have once been splendid
GBm
the captain as he died said
AG
“Boys, our revels now are ended”
BmD
I heard a wild holy band
GBm
playing jazz that was outrageous,
GBm
that recalled the days of rapture
AG
when our love was still young and contagious
CHORUS:
GD
Keep the river on your right
ABm
and the highway at your shoulder
GDA
and the front line in your sights, pioneer
GBm
Keep your eye on the road
ABm
remember what you told her
GEmBm
this is all in code, my dear
VERSE:
BmD
In a dim-lit motel room
GBm
two sad lovers were discoursing
GBm
on the dignity of exile
AG
and the merits of divorcing
BmD
she said “all certainty is gone”
GBm
but he leapt up, still denying,
GBm
cried “I won’t believe the flame I lit
AG
is dead or even dying”
VERSE:
GBmD
She left him drooling in the dust
GBm
and with rucksack packed begun her
GBm
bitter journey to the border
AG
which is where I wooed and won her
BmD
she was Aphrodite, Helen, Thetis,
GBm
Eve among the satyrs
GBm
She was Venus in a v-neck sweater
AG
she was all that ever mattered
CHORUS:
GD
Keep the river on your right
ABm
and the highway at your shoulder
GDA
and the front line in your sights, pioneer
GBm
Keep your eye on the road
ABm
remember what you told her
GEmBm
this is all in code, my dear
VERSE:
BmD
Like Dean Moriarty’s ghost
GBm
I came in quest of secret knowledge
GBm
in the winter of my journey
AG
to a crumbling Druid college
BmD
there I read the books of lore
GBm
and contemplated in seclusion
GBm
but I took my leave embittered,
AG
still in love with my illusions
VERSE:
GBmD
In the drizzling Irish rain
GBm
as a tender dawn was breaking
GBm
in a doorway I stood spellbound by
AG
the ancient music they were making
BmD
I took my breakfast with the Gods
GBm
on a blushing summer morning
GBm
till a wind blew them all away
AG
I had misread every warning
CHORUS:
GD
Keep the river on your right
ABm
and the highway at your shoulder
GDA
and the front line in your sights, pioneer
GBm
Keep your eye on the road
ABm
remember what you told her
GEmBm
this is all in code, my dear
VERSE:
BmD
Under cold electric light
GBm
I watch the scenes mutating
GBm
like an old time frontier ballad
AG
or a carousel rotating
BmD
As if in a moment from a film
GBm
with astonishing precision
GBm
the camera zooms in close
AG
and a figure comes into vision
VERSE:
BmD
I’m in Tokyo, it’s dawn
GBm
and it’s raining hallelujahs
GBm
down the bright-lit neon canyons
AG
along the sidewalks of Shibuya
BmD
I’m trying to take a stance
GBm
and rise above my contradictions
GBm
but I’m just a bunch of words in pants
AG
and most of those are fiction
CHORUS:
GD
Keep the river on your right
ABm
and the highway at your shoulder
GDA
and the front line in your sights, pioneer
GBm
Keep your eye on the road
ABm
remember what you told her
GEmBm
this is all in code, my dear
CHORUS:
GD
Keep the river on your right
ABm
and the highway at your shoulder
GDA
and the front line in your sights, pioneer
GBm
Keep your eye on the road
ABm
remember what you told her
GEmBm
this is all in code, my dear
INSTRUMENTAL/OUTRO/G O:
(CHORUS CHORDS - 3x's)
GDABmGDAGBmABmGEmBmGDABmGDAGBmABmGEmBmGDABmGDAGBmABmGEmBm
============================================================
=========== IN CONCERT THEY PA Y IN THIS KEY ===============
SONG: LONG STRANGE GOLDEN ROAD
ARTIST: THE WATERBOYS
TAB BY: C N CZARSKI
LONG STRANGE GOLDEN ROAD
THE WATERBOYS
INTRO:
DmCDmCDmCDmC
VERSE:
DmF
I was longing to be wooed
BbDm
I was ready to be humbled
BbDm
by the words that you had written
CBb
by the syllables you mumbled
DmF
yeah, I was ready in my heart
BbDm
to have my heart invaded
BbDm
by the fervour of your passion
CBb
yes, I came to be persuaded
VERSE:
DmF
But when I heard your ragged voice
BbDm
something switched in my perception
BbDm
and I knew I was the victim
CBb
of a beautiful deception
DmF
all my once exact beliefs
BbDm
like tangled threads unravelled
BbDm
I walked out, stunned and liberated
CBb
and so began my travels
CHORUS:
BbF
Keep the river on your right
CDm
and the highway at your shoulder
BbFC
and the front line in your sights, pioneer
BbDm
Keep your eye on the road
CDm
remember what you told her
BbGmDm
this is all in code, my dear
VERSE:
DmF
You better get yourself a coat
BbDm
said the handsome taxi driver
BbDm
and he sighed like seven bridges
CBb
like a natural-born survivor
DmF
as we drove into the night
BbDm
I could feel the forest jangling
BbDm
all the choices laid before me
CBbF
and their consequences dangling
VERSE:
DmF
We came upon a stricken ship
BbDm
that must have once been splendid
BbDm
the captain as he died said
CBb
“Boys, our revels now are ended”
DmF
I heard a wild holy band
BbDm
playing jazz that was outrageous,
BbDm
that recalled the days of rapture
CBb
when our love was still young and contagious
CHORUS:
BbF
Keep the river on your right
CDm
and the highway at your shoulder
BbFC
and the front line in your sights, pioneer
BbDm
Keep your eye on the road
CDm
remember what you told her
BbGmDm
this is all in code, my dear
VERSE:
DmF
In a dim-lit motel room
BbDm
two sad lovers were discoursing
BbDm
on the dignity of exile
CBb
and the merits of divorcing
DmF
she said “all certainty is gone”
BbDm
but he leapt up, still denying,
BbDm
cried “I won’t believe the flame I lit
CBb
is dead or even dying”
VERSE:
BbDmF
She left him drooling in the dust
BbDm
and with rucksack packed begun her
BbDm
bitter journey to the border
CBb
which is where I wooed and won her
DmF
she was Aphrodite, Helen, Thetis,
BbDm
Eve among the satyrs
BbDm
She was Venus in a v-neck sweater
CBb
she was all that ever mattered
CHORUS:
BbF
Keep the river on your right
CDm
and the highway at your shoulder
BbFC
and the front line in your sights, pioneer
BbDm
Keep your eye on the road
CDm
remember what you told her
BbGmDm
this is all in code, my dear
VERSE:
DmF
Like Dean Moriarty’s ghost
BbDm
I came in quest of secret knowledge
BbDm
in the winter of my journey
CBb
to a crumbling Druid college
DmF
there I read the books of lore
BbDm
and contemplated in seclusion
BbDm
but I took my leave embittered,
CBb
still in love with my illusions
VERSE:
BbDmF
In the drizzling Irish rain
BbDm
as a tender dawn was breaking
BbDm
in a doorway I stood spellbound by
CBb
the ancient music they were making
DmF
I took my breakfast with the Gods
BbDm
on a blushing summer morning
BbDm
till a wind blew them all away
CBb
I had misread every warning
CHORUS:
BbF
Keep the river on your right
CDm
and the highway at your shoulder
BbFC
and the front line in your sights, pioneer
BbDm
Keep your eye on the road
CDm
remember what you told her
BbGmDm
this is all in code, my dear
VERSE:
DmF
Under cold electric light
BbDm
I watch the scenes mutating
BbDm
like an old time frontier ballad
CBb
or a carousel rotating
DmF
As if in a moment from a film
BbDm
with astonishing precision
BbDm
the camera zooms in close
CBb
and a figure comes into vision
VERSE:
DmF
I’m in Tokyo, it’s dawn
BbDm
and it’s raining hallelujahs
BbDm
down the bright-lit neon canyons
CBb
along the sidewalks of Shibuya
DmF
I’m trying to take a stance
BbDm
and rise above my contradictions
BbDm
but I’m just a bunch of words in pants
CBb
and most of those are fiction
CHORUS:
BbF
Keep the river on your right
CDm
and the highway at your shoulder
BbFC
and the front line in your sights, pioneer
BbDm
Keep your eye on the road
CDm
remember what you told her
BbGmDm
this is all in code, my dear
CHORUS:
BbF
Keep the river on your right
CDm
and the highway at your shoulder
BbFC
and the front line in your sights, pioneer
BbDm
Keep your eye on the road
CDm
remember what you told her
BbGmDm
this is all in code, my dear
INSTRUMENTAL/OUTRO/G O:
(CHORUS CHORDS - 3x's)
BbFCDmBbFCBbDmCDmBbGmDmBbFCDmBbFCBbDmCDmBbGmDmBbFCDmBbFCBbDmCDmBbGmDm
=============== IN CONCERT - CAPO: 5th FD T ================
SONG: LONG STRANGE GOLDEN ROAD
ARTIST: THE WATERBOYS
TAB BY: C N CZARSKI
LONG STRANGE GOLDEN ROAD
THE WATERBOYS
CAPO: 5th FD T
INTRO:
AmGAmGAmGAmG
Played like this:
Note: You can just use the
A & D string and not
hit the G string if
you wish.
AmGE|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-------|
D|--2--2-2--2-2--2-2-------|
A|--0--0-0--0-0--0-0-------|
E|-------------------0-3---|
VERSE:
AmC
I was longing to be wooed
FAm
I was ready to be humbled
FAm
by the words that you had written
GF
by the syllables you mumbled
AmC
yeah, I was ready in my heart
FAm
to have my heart invaded
FAm
by the fervour of your passion
GF
yes, I came to be persuaded
VERSE:
AmC
But when I heard your ragged voice
FAm
something switched in my perception
FAm
and I knew I was the victim
GF
of a beautiful deception
AmC
all my once exact beliefs
FAm
like tangled threads unravelled
FAm
I walked out, stunned and liberated
GF
and so began my travels
CHORUS:
FC
Keep the river on your right
GAm
and the highway at your shoulder
FCG
and the front line in your sights, pioneer
FAm
Keep your eye on the road
GAm
remember what you told her
FDmAm
this is all in code, my dear
VERSE:
AmC
You better get yourself a coat
FAm
said the handsome taxi driver
FAm
and he sighed like seven bridges
GF
like a natural-born survivor
AmC
as we drove into the night
FAm
I could feel the forest jangling
FAm
all the choices laid before me
GFC
and their consequences dangling
VERSE:
AmC
We came upon a stricken ship
FAm
that must have once been splendid
FAm
the captain as he died said
GF
“Boys, our revels now are ended”
AmC
I heard a wild holy band
FAm
playing jazz that was outrageous,
FAm
that recalled the days of rapture
GF
when our love was still young and contagious
CHORUS:
FC
Keep the river on your right
GAm
and the highway at your shoulder
FCG
and the front line in your sights, pioneer
FAm
Keep your eye on the road
GAm
remember what you told her
FDmAm
this is all in code, my dear
VERSE:
AmC
In a dim-lit motel room
FAm
two sad lovers were discoursing
FAm
on the dignity of exile
GF
and the merits of divorcing
AmC
she said “all certainty is gone”
FAm
but he leapt up, still denying,
FAm
cried “I won’t believe the flame I lit
GF
is dead or even dying”
VERSE:
FAmC
She left him drooling in the dust
FAm
and with rucksack packed begun her
FAm
bitter journey to the border
GF
which is where I wooed and won her
AmC
she was Aphrodite, Helen, Thetis,
FAm
Eve among the satyrs
FAm
She was Venus in a v-neck sweater
GF
she was all that ever mattered
CHORUS:
FC
Keep the river on your right
GAm
and the highway at your shoulder
FCG
and the front line in your sights, pioneer
FAm
Keep your eye on the road
GAm
remember what you told her
FDmAm
this is all in code, my dear
VERSE:
AmC
Like Dean Moriarty’s ghost
FAm
I came in quest of secret knowledge
FAm
in the winter of my journey
GF
to a crumbling Druid college
AmC
there I read the books of lore
FAm
and contemplated in seclusion
FAm
but I took my leave embittered,
GF
still in love with my illusions
VERSE:
FAmC
In the drizzling Irish rain
FAm
as a tender dawn was breaking
FAm
in a doorway I stood spellbound by
GF
the ancient music they were making
AmC
I took my breakfast with the Gods
FAm
on a blushing summer morning
FAm
till a wind blew them all away
GF
I had misread every warning
CHORUS:
FC
Keep the river on your right
GAm
and the highway at your shoulder
FCG
and the front line in your sights, pioneer
FAm
Keep your eye on the road
GAm
remember what you told her
FDmAm
this is all in code, my dear
VERSE:
AmC
Under cold electric light
FAm
I watch the scenes mutating
FAm
like an old time frontier ballad
GF
or a carousel rotating
AmC
As if in a moment from a film
FAm
with astonishing precision
FAm
the camera zooms in close
GF
and a figure comes into vision
VERSE:
AmC
I’m in Tokyo, it’s dawn
FAm
and it’s raining hallelujahs
FAm
down the bright-lit neon canyons
GF
along the sidewalks of Shibuya
AmC
I’m trying to take a stance
FAm
and rise above my contradictions
FAm
but I’m just a bunch of words in pants
GF
and most of those are fiction
CHORUS:
FC
Keep the river on your right
GAm
and the highway at your shoulder
FCG
and the front line in your sights, pioneer
FAm
Keep your eye on the road
GAm
remember what you told her
FDmAm
this is all in code, my dear
CHORUS:
FC
Keep the river on your right
GAm
and the highway at your shoulder
FCG
and the front line in your sights, pioneer
FAm
Keep your eye on the road
GAm
remember what you told her
FDmAm
this is all in code, my dear
INSTRUMENTAL/OUTRO/G O:
(CHORUS CHORDS - 3x's)
FCGAmFCGFAmGAmFDmAmFCGAmFCGFAmGAmFDmAmFCGAmFCGFAmGAmFDmAm