• Song:

    Road To Ruin

  • Artist:

    Great Big Sea

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 C G D G

G              C                   G          D       
Meet me in the morning     I'll be Happy as a clown
G                      C               G                D       
You'll just be getting up     And I'll still be getting down
G                   C             G                 D        
The band is getting tired     But they don't give a damn
Em                               D             
So blow the girls a kiss     And give the boys a hand

CHORUS:

G                C            G              D     
You can take the Sunshine     I can take the Moonshine
G                C             G              D   
You can take the high road     I can take the low
G                C               G              D    
The later in the evening     The one thing I believe in 
Em                                   G    D      G   
I'm on the Road to Ruin     It's the only way to go

G C G D
G C G D G

G             C            G             D   
A penny in my pocket     A bucket in the well
G                 C              G                D   
Then Saturday was Sunday     And I could hear the bells
G               C        G                   D   
Deliver me from Evil     Forgiveness and for love
Em                                    D      
You're heading for confession     And I'm heading to the pub

*CHORUS*

Em                      C             
Nancy in the corner     Now I'm moving in
Em                                      C               D        
I thought I'd take me chances     But I took one on the chin
Em                           C           
I finally got her number     She wrote it on a cup
Em                                        G        D      G       
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                       C             G                 D    
She wished that I would go to bed     I only wished her well
G                    C                   G                  D    
And then she told me Jesus said     that I'd go straight to Hell
G               C                 G                D    
She's following His footsteps     I'm following my nose
Em                                        G       D        G    
We're heading for the same place     I'll see you down the road

*Chorus* x2 (We're on the road to ruin..)

Em                                G    D      G 
We're on the road to ruin its the only way to go!
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