Love this song... My favorite off the album. Props to Zapp7 from GBS.com forums
for deciphering the song:
Great Big Sea - Road To Ruin
Intro - G C G D
G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D G (320003@1)G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)
Meet me in the morning I'll be Happy as a clown
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)
You'll just be getting up And I'll still be getting down
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)
The band is getting tired But they don't give a damn
Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1)
So blow the girls a kiss And give the boys a hand
CHORUS:
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)
You can take the Sunshine I can take the Moonshine
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)
You can take the high road I can take the low
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)
The later in the evening The one thing I believe in
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)
I'm on the Road to Ruin It's the only way to go
G C G D
G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D G (320003@1)G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)
A penny in my pocket A bucket in the well
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)
Then Saturday was Sunday And I could hear the bells
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)
Deliver me from Evil Forgiveness and for love
Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1)
You're heading for confession And I'm heading to the pub
*CHORUS*
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1)
Nancy in the corner Now I'm moving in
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)
I thought I'd take me chances But I took one on the chin
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1)
I finally got her number She wrote it on a cup
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)
But I phoned her in the morning And I woke her mudder up
Em Em C C
Em Em C C
Em Em G G
Em Em C D
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)
She wished that I would go to bed I only wished her well
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)
And then she told me Jesus said that I'd go straight to Hell
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)
She's following His footsteps I'm following my nose
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)
We're heading for the same place I'll see you down the road
*Chorus* x2 (We're on the road to ruin..)
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)We're on the road to ruin its the only way to go!