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Andy Irvine - Never Tire Of The Road Chords

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Never Tire Of The Road Chords

(ver. 1)
Andy Irvine
[Intro]
A D G A A D G Bm A D  x2
 
[Verse 1]
       D                 G       D          Bm       A     D
I was just a small-time country boy when I left that dusty town,
      D           G     D               G             A
Route 66 to the westward and hopped an old freight down.
   G         G     D
California, here I come,
        G                          A       D
By the side-door Pullman and the sunburnt thumb,
         Bm        A      F#/D    G
And they called us Okies, lowdown bums,
         D       A      D
And the po-lice on us frowned.
 
 
[Chorus]
                    D                       G      D
Never tire of the road, Never tire of the rolling wheel.
                   G            A     G        D          G      A
Never tire of the ways of the world, Way out yonder is a-calling me.
         D         G         D                Bm     A         G
And the dark road leads me onwards, and the highway that's my code,
         D        F#/D         G               D      Bm     A           D
And the lonesome voice that I heard in my head said: Never tire of the road.
 
[Instrumental]
A D G A A D G Bm A D
 
[Verse 2]
    D             G         D      Bm     A     D
California to the New York Island, me and my guitar,
        D               G     D       G              A
And we played in many a hobo jungle, many a skid-row bar,
   G                 G           D
Standing out in the wind and the rain,
        G                   A       D
That lonesome whistle is a sweet refrain,
             Bm      A       F#/D         G
When you're waiting for some old freight train,
      D          A     D
That carries an empty car.
 
[Chorus]
                    D                       G      D
Never tire of the road, Never tire of the rolling wheel.
                   G            A     G        D          G      A
Never tire of the ways of the world, Way out yonder is a-calling me.
         D         G         D                Bm     A         G
And the dark road leads me onwards, and the highway that's my code,
         D        F#/D         G               D      Bm     A           D
And the lonesome voice that I heard in my head said: Never tire of the road.
 
[Instrumental]
A D G A A D G Bm A D
 
[Verse 3]
    D                  G       D       Bm       A    D
Shipped on board of a liberty ship to sail the ocean blue.
          D           G  D         G        A
We were carrying guns, TNT, D-Day soldiers too.
 G                G        D
All of the men on board agreed
        G           A          D
With Cisco, Jimmy, Longhi and me,
        Bm        A    F#/D      G
And our song rang out across the sea:
      D        A       D
You fascists bound to lose.
  G                       D
All you fascists bound to lose.
      G                       D
Yes, all you fascists bound to lose.
         G                        D
I said: all you fascists bound to lose.
                 D          A                D
You're bound to lose. You fascists bound to lose.
 
[Chorus]
                    D                       G      D
Never tire of the road, Never tire of the rolling wheel.
                   G            A     G        D          G      A
Never tire of the ways of the world, Way out yonder is a-calling me.
         D         G         D                Bm     A         G
And the dark road leads me onwards, and the highway that's my code,
         D        F#/D         G               D      Bm     A           D
And the lonesome voice that I heard in my head said: Never tire of the road.
 
[Instrumental]
A D G A A D G Bm A D
 
[Verse 4]
       D             G       D   Bm        A     D
Don't let them ever fool you, or take you by surprise,
       D              G  D               G                         A
That dirty smell of a politician and the man with the greed in his eyes.
 G             G          D
One big union that's our plan
        G           A    D
And the IWW's your only man.
     Bm        A    F#/D       G
The flames of discontent we'll fan
          D        A      D
For the cause that never dies.
 
[Chorus]
                    D                       G      D
Never tire of the road, Never tire of the rolling wheel.
                   G            A     G        D          G      A
Never tire of the ways of the world, Way out yonder is a-calling me.
         D         G         D                Bm     A         G
And the dark road leads me onwards, and the highway that's my code,
         D        F#/D         G               D      Bm     A           D
And the lonesome voice that I heard in my head said: Never tire of the road.
 
[Outro]
A D G A A D G Bm A D
            
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