Further Up The Road:Bobby Bland.
#1 R&B in 1957.

#1.
Ab5
Further on up the road..someone's gonna hurt you

like you hurt me.
                  C#5
Further on up the road..someone's gonna hurt you
              Ab5
like you hurt me.
                  Eb5                            Ab5  Eb5
Further on up the road..baby, you just wait and see.

#2.
Eb5                            Ab5
You got to reap just what you sow.
Ab5
That old saying is true.
                              C#5
You got to reap just what you sow.
                   Ab5
That old saying is true.
                  Eb5
Like you mistreat someone..someone's gonna 
         Ab5   Eb5
mistreat you.

#3.
Eb5                          Ab5
Now you're laughing, pretty baby..someday, you're 

gonna be crying.
                            C#5
Now you're laughing, pretty baby..someday, you're 
         Ab5
gonna be crying.
                  Eb5                           Ab5
Further on up the road..you found out I wasn't lying.

(INTERLUDE:)

#4.
Eb5                Ab5
Further on up the road..when you're all alone and blue.
                  C#5                              Ab5
Further on up the road..when you're all alone and blue.
Ab5                              Eb5
You're gonna ask me to take you back, baby..but I'll 
              Ab5   Eb5
have somebody new.

OUTRO:
Eb5                           Ab5
Mmm , baby..further on up the road.
Ab5
Mmm , baby..further on up the road..(Fade.)


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