transcribed by Evan 


Intro   E5 B5 A5     E5   A5


E5                                        A5
I remember the night my dad stopped the car
                     B5
And got out in the rain
 E5                             
Changed a blown out tire on a car
        A5                        B5
For a family with out of state plates
B5                  C#5           
I said dad did we know those folks
         F#5                     B5
As they waved and drove out of site
B5                     C#5                 
He just smiled as he started the car
         F#5                 A5   B5
He said son not 'til tonight


Chorus
             E5                B5 
You see the road you leave behind you 
        A5                                        E5
Is another road you're gonna have to come back down
                        B5                     G#5
It's just the way this big old world turns 'round
         A5               B5        E5         A5
You'll find somehow somewhere someplace sometime
           A5                B5                E5
You gotta go back down the road you leave behind 


Fill In   E5  B5  A5


  E5 
Stuck out on the highway one night
 A5               B5
Many years gone by
 E5       
Had the hood of my truck pulled up
        A5            B5
My ol' gas tank was dry
  B5                   C#5      
Some ol' guy gettin' off on the night shift
  F#5                 B5
Pulled up to check on me
  B5                      C#5
He said I been in your shoes before son
 F#5                     A5  B5
And it's no place to be


Chorus 
             E5                 B5
You see the road you leave behind you 
       A5                                        E5
Is another road you're gonna have to come back down
                        B5                    G#5
It's just the way this big old world turns 'round
         A5             B5         E5          A5
You'll find somehow somewhere someplace sometime
           A5                 B5                E5
You gotta go back down the road you leave behind

 G#5              A5                         E5                   B5
I said what do I owe you friend you could easily have passed me by
 G#5                   A5              F#5                    A5  B5
He said next time it might be me son you don't owe me a dime


Chorus
            E5                B5
You see the road you leave behind you
      A5                                         E5
Is another road you're gonna have to come back down
                        B5                    G#5
It's just the way this big old world turns 'round
        A5               B5         E5         A5
You'll find somehow somewhere someplace sometime
          A5                  B5                E5
You gotta go back down the road you leave behind


Outro  
E5  B5  A5 
         Down the road you leave behind
E5  B5  A5
         The road you leave behind
E5  B5  A5  
         It's that old road you leave behind
 Fade Out