The Lower Road
Thea Gilmore
(Recorded Delivery - 2009)

Capo +2

Picking Pattern:

G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)        C/B (x2555x@1)      Am (x02210@1)       D7 (xx0212@1)        
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---3-3--------1-1--------1-1--------1-1--------3-3-------|
G|--0-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0------2-2-2------2-2-2------|
D|---------------------------------------------0-----------|
A|------------3----------2----------0----------------------|
E|-3-------------------------------------------------------|

(repeat chord pattern until chord changes)

Intro: G  C  (2x)

G (320003@1)                   CCut (x32010@1)me down, bury this rosary
      G (320003@1)                            CSomewhere (x32010@1)out of town, somewhere out by the sea
    G (320003@1)                           C (x32010@1)And take this ring, and give it to Emily
          G (320003@1)                            CTell (x32010@1)her I'm peaceful now, Tell her I've been released

C/B (x2555x@1)     Am (x02210@1)                  D7I (xx0212@1)will be rolling on, I will be rolling on

G (320003@1)                        CWell (x32010@1)I know that drill, I know it all too well
                 G (320003@1)                              CIt (x32010@1)starts like a lonely voice, and it shifts to a tolling bell
                 G (320003@1)                              CLike (x32010@1)rain on the dusty ground, small bones in the driest well
                   G (320003@1)                                    CThe (x32010@1)spark breeds a fiery tongue, and the tongues kiss the cheek of Hell

C/B (x2555x@1)     Am (x02210@1)                  D7 (xx0212@1)And I will be rolling on, I will be rolling on
            Am (x02210@1)                      D7I've (xx0212@1)had my part to play, and now I'm going home

Interlude: G  C  (2x)

G (320003@1)                            CThere's (x32010@1)no telling which way, boys, this thing is going to take hold
                    G (320003@1)                                CFrom (x32010@1)the fruit on a poplar tree, to the bruise round a band of gold
                    G (320003@1)                         CFrom (x32010@1)the blood in a far country, to the war of just growing old
            G (320003@1)                                   CWe (x32010@1)travel a lower road, and it's lonely and it is cold

C/B (x2555x@1)      Am (x02210@1)                   D7But (xx0212@1)we will be rolling on, we will be rolling on
              Am (x02210@1)                     D7We've (xx0212@1)had our part to play, now we are going home
             Am (x02210@1)                     D7We (xx0212@1)will keep rolling on, we will keep rolling on
                Am (x02210@1)                           D7 (xx0212@1)      G (320003@1) C'Cos (x32010@1)for every midnight hour, there's always a rising sun

G (320003@1)              COoooooooooooooh, (x32010@1)Ooooooooooooooh   (4x)

(Fade out)