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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1673170,"song":"The Road To Hell","artist":"Chris Rea","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1673170-the-road-to-hell-chords-by-chris-rea/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1673170?type=chord","rating":4.77544,"votes":33,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStood still on a highway[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E7[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI saw a woman by the side of the road[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith a face that I knew like my own[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nReflected in my window[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell, she walked up to my quarterlight[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd she bent down real slow[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA fearful pressure paralyzed me in my shadow[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E7[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe said: \"Son, what are you doing here?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nMy fear for you has turned me in my grave\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI said \"Mama, I come to the valley of the rich[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMyself to sell\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nShe said: \"Son, this is the road to hell\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOn your journey 'cross the wilderness[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFrom the desert to the well[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou have strayed upon the motorway to hell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch]  |  %  |  %  |  %  |  %  |  %  |  %  |  %  |\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch]  |  %  | [ch]Dm[/ch]  |  %  | [ch]F[/ch]   | [ch]E7[/ch]  | [ch]Am[/ch]  |  %  |\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch]  |  %  | [ch]Dm[/ch]  |  %  | [ch]F[/ch]   | [ch]E7[/ch]  | [ch]Am[/ch]  | [ch]Am[/ch] -\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell, I'm standing by a river,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut the water doesn't flow.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nIt boils with every poison[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou can think of.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm underneath the street light,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut the light of joy I know,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nScared beyond belief,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWay down in the shadows.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the perverted fear of violence,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nChokes the smile on every face,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nCommon sense is ringing out the bell.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThis ain't no technological breakdown,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh no, this is the road to hell.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Slide Solo]\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch]  |  %  | [ch]Dm[/ch]  |  %  | [ch]G[/ch]   |  %  | [ch]C[/ch]   | [ch]G/B[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch]  |  %  | [ch]Dm[/ch]  |  %  | [ch]F[/ch]   | [ch]E7[/ch]  | [ch]Am[/ch]  | [ch]Am[/ch] -\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd all the roads jam up with credit,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd there's nothing you can do,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt's all just bits of paper,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\nFlying away from you.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh, look out world, take a good look,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLook who's down here,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]E7[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou must learn this lesson fast, and learn it well.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThis ain't no upwardly mobile freeway,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nOh no, this is the road,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n  This is the road,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]E7[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  This is the road ... to hell.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n***********************************\r\n\r\n|   bar\r\n%   repeat\r\n-   continuation\r\n\r\n***********************************","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n| Am  |  %  |  %  |  %  |  %  |  %  |  %  |  %  |\n| Am  |  %  | Dm  |  %  | F   | E7  | Am  |  %  |\n| Am  |  %  | Dm  |  %  | F   | E7  | Am  | Am -\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Slide Solo]\n| Am  |  %  | Dm  |  %  | G   |  %  | C   | G/B |\n| Am  |  %  | Dm  |  %  | F   | E7  | Am  | Am -\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n***********************************\n\n|   bar\n%   repeat\n-   continuation\n\n***********************************","chords":["Am","E7","Dm","A","F","C","G","G/B"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}