• Song:

    The Road

  • Artist:

    Tenacious D

  • Album:

    2001-10-07: St. Louis, ...

A *  A *  A *  A *

A *                 G
The road is fuckin hard
    D/F#           A *
The road is fuckin toughah
A *                  G
There's no question thatah
D/F#              A *
It is rough rough stuff
Bm                G
  It's the fuckin road my freind
             A *
But it's the only road I know
Bm                     G
  When I'm snackin on a tasty bouch
G               E
Right after the show


[Git. mute ] 
Ga ga go go 

 A *  A *  A *  A *
go!



A *                 G
The road is fuckin hard
    D/F#           A *
it's also really fuckin touuugh
A *                  G
There?s no question thatah
D/F#            A *
It dont take no guff
    Bm            G
The road is a B I itch my friend
             A *
But it's the only fuckin road I know
Bm                    G
When I'm snackin on a tasty bouch
 G              E
Right after the show
[Git mute]   Am  
Ga ga go go gooo


Am                     D *
 I met a tasty baby in Michigan
Am                           D *
 We screwed two times then I left
Am                               D **
 Sometimes I think of my baby in Michigan      Why can't I




G                     D/F#                Em     Em
stay in one place for more than two days  why


[note: this part is also playable with barre chords]

F           C                G                  
Because I'm talkin about the road
F           C                G
Because I'm talkin about the road
F           C                G
Because I'm talkin about the road
F           C                G
Because I'm talkin about the road
F           C                G
Because I'm talkin about the road

F    C    G
Ro-  oa-  oad



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Chords


A     (-0222-)
G     (320033) / barre: (355433)
D     (--0232)
Bm    (-24432)
E     (022100)
C     (-32010) / barre: (-35553)
D/F#  (20023-)
Em    (022000)
F     (--3211) / barre: (133211)
Am    (-02210)


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Rhythm (till the Am-Part):

quarter note, eighth break(m ), quarter note, 8th note, 8th note
=> down, break, up, up, down, up


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For A* play each time:

  A      A     A , A/B , A/C  [name of Chords]
 | -----m----------------- | 
 | -2---m--2-----2-2------ | 
 | -2---m--2-----2-2------ | 
 | -2---m--2-----2-2------ | 
 | -0---m--0-----0-0h2h3-- | 
 | -----m----------------- | 

Rhythm of this part:
quarter note, eighth break(m ), quarter note, 16th note, 16th note, 8th note


NOTE: play it as a barre chord with your index-finger so you can use the others to hammer on

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D *
 | --0h2--2---2h3--3-3--3p2--2-2- | 
 | --3----3---3----3-3--3----3-3- | 
 | --2----2---2----2-2--2----2-2- | 
 | --0--------0----0-0--0----0-0- | 
 | --0--------------------------- | 
 | ------------------------------ | 

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D **
-0h2--2---2h3--3-3-3-3-3-3- | 
-3----3---3----3-3-3-3-3-3- | 
-2----2---2----2-2-2-2-2-2- | 
-0--------0----0-0-0-0-0-0- | 
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