as performed by Stan Rogers


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E (022100@1)           C#m (x13321@4)A (x02220@1)               ESun (022100@1)is rising high, burning into the day,
               C#mA               EI (022100@1)will say goodbye, I'll be going away,
              E (022100@1)    E/D (020100@1)               A/C#A
Brush away my doubts, what tomorrow will ho   ld,
                 C#mA               EFeeling (022100@1)fine for now, going down the road...


             C#m (x13321@4)A (x02220@1)                      ETo (022100@1)a city to sing, about the trees and the wind,
                   C#m (x13321@4)  A (x02220@1)                  E'Bout (022100@1)the hills in spring, and the rivers that bend,
               E (022100@1)  E/D (020100@1)                A/C#A
The rocky deep pass, and the poppies and po   sies,
                    C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1)              ERunning (022100@1)through the grass, up and down the road.


           C#mA              EDo (022100@1)do do dodo  do do do do do do
           C#mA              EDo (022100@1)do do dodo  do do do do do do 
                 E (022100@1)E/D (020100@1)          A/C#A
Do do do do do dodo do do do do do do   do 
           C#mA              EDo (022100@1)do do dodo  do do do do do do 


                 C#mA                    EIn (022100@1)the dark they sit  and they holler for more,
                 C#m (x13321@4)A (x02220@1)               EWhite (022100@1)smoke in a wisp, from here to the door,
                     E (022100@1)  E/D (020100@1)                    A/C#A
Their admission they paid, for the stories they're to   ld,
               C#mA                    EOf (022100@1)a clear new day, hold me down on the road.


                    C#m (x13321@4)A (x02220@1)            ESo (022100@1)heavy rain at my back, lazy meadows ahead,
                  C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1)              EIn (022100@1)my book I keep track, of the promises said.
                  E (022100@1)  E/D (020100@1)               A/C#A
For my songs in a town, that tomorrow will ho   ld
                 C#mA                EFeelin' (022100@1)fine for now, facin' down the road.


           C#mA              EDo (022100@1)do do dodo  do do do do do do
           C#mA              EDo (022100@1)do do dodo  do do do do do do 
                 E (022100@1)E/D (020100@1)          A/C#A
Do do do do do dodo do do do do do do   do 
           C#mA              EDo (022100@1)do do dodo  do do do do do do 


              C#m (x13321@4)A (x02220@1)               ESun (022100@1)is rising high, burning into the day,
               C#mA               EI (022100@1)will say goodbye, I'll be going away,
                   E (022100@1)    E/D (020100@1)               A/C#A
I'll brush away my doubts, what tomorrow will ho   ld,
                     C#mA               EI'm (022100@1)feeling fine for now, going down the road...
                     C#mA               EI'm (022100@1)feeling fine for now, going down the road...
                     C#mA               EI'm (022100@1)feeling fine for now, going down the road.


           C#mA              EDo (022100@1)do do dodo  do do do do do do
           C#mA              EDo (022100@1)do do dodo  do do do do do do 
                 E (022100@1)E/D (020100@1)          A/C#A
Do do do do do dodo do do do do do do   do 
           C#mA              EDo (022100@1)do do dodo  do do do do do do