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Its A Long Road

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[Intro]
Bm  G  Bm  D  A Em7 A F#7
[Verse]
It's a Bmlong roadG  
     (A)          Bm    D   Dmaj9  D  
When you're on your own
And it Ahurts when they Em7tear your dreams aApartAsus2  A  F#7  
And every Bmnew town G  
     ( A)             Bm      D   Dmaj9  D  
Just seems to bring you down
Trying to Afind
Peace of Gmind
Can break your hBmeartBm/E  
[Bridge]
It's a Amreal warF  
Fmaj7Right Fsus4out - Fsus2side  Fyour Amfront door,
I Ctell ya
GmOut where they'll Asus2kill  Aya,
You could F#sus4use a friendF#  
[Verse]
Where the Bmroad isG  
       (A)         Bm    D   Dmaj9  D  
That's the place for me
Where I'm Ame
In my own Em7space,
Where I'm Afree -
That's the Gplace
I want to F#sus4beF#  
'Cause
[Chorus]
BmThe road is F#m7long and
BmEach step is Cadd9onl  - Cy    Cadd9the  beCginning
BmNo breaks, just F#m7heartaches
BmOh man, is Cadd9a -   Cny-Cadd9bo  - Cdy F#sus4winning?F#  
[Verse]
It's a Bmlong roadG  
     (A)       Bm      D   Dmaj9  D  
And it's hard as hell
Tell me Awhat do you Em7do to surAviAsus2veA  F#7  
When they draw Bmfirst bloodG  
       (A)             Bm     D   Dmaj9  D  
That's just the start of it
Day and Anight
You gotta Em7fight
To keep aBmliveBm/E  
[Bridge]
It's a Amreal warF  
Fmaj7Right Fsus4out - Fsus2side  Fyour Amfront door,
I Cadd9tell  Cya
GmOut where they'll Asus2kill  Aya,
You could F#sus4use a friendF#  
'Cause
[Chorus]
BmThe road is F#m7long and
BmEach step is Cadd9on  -  Cly   Cadd9the    Cbeginning
BmNo breaks, just F#m7heartaches
BmOh man, is Cadd9a  -  Cny-Cadd9bo  - Cdy F#sus4winningF#?  (2x)
Ending
It's a Bmlong roadG  
It's a Bmlong roadG  
Bm/C#

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Its A Long Road

by Dan Hill

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Em7

F#7

Dmaj9

Asus2

Bm/E

Fmaj7

Fsus4

Fsus2

F#sus4

F#m7

Cadd9

Bm/C#

[Intro]

Bm G Bm D A Em7 A F#7

[Verse]

Bm G

It's a long road

A Bm D Dmaj9 D

()

When you're on your own

A Em7 A Asus2 A F#7

And it hurts when they tear your dreams apart

Bm G

And every new town

A Bm D Dmaj9 D

( )

Just seems to bring you down

Trying to find

Peace of mind

Bm Bm/E

Can break your heart

[Bridge]

Am F

It's a real war

Fmaj7 Fsus4 Fsus2 F Am

Right out - side your front door,

I tell ya

Gm Asus2 A

Out where they'll kill ya,

F#sus4 F#

You could use a friend

[Verse]

Bm G

Where the road is

A Bm D Dmaj9 D

()

That's the place for me

Where I'm me

Em7

In my own space,

Where I'm free -

That's the place

F#sus4 F#

I want to be

'Cause

[Chorus]

Bm F#m7

The road is long and

Bm Cadd9 C Cadd9 C

Each step is onl - y the beginning

Bm F#m7

No breaks, just heartaches

Bm Cadd9 C Cadd9 C F#sus4 F#

Oh man, is a - ny-bo - dy winning?

[Verse]

Bm G

It's a long road

A Bm D Dmaj9 D

()

And it's hard as hell

A Em7 A Asus2 A F#7

Tell me what do you do to survive

Bm G

When they draw first blood

A Bm D Dmaj9 D

()

That's just the start of it

Day and night

Em7

You gotta fight

Bm Bm/E

To keep alive

[Bridge]

Am F

It's a real war

Fmaj7 Fsus4 Fsus2 F Am

Right out - side your front door,

Cadd9 C

I tell ya

Gm Asus2 A

Out where they'll kill ya,

F#sus4 F#

You could use a friend

'Cause

[Chorus]

Bm F#m7

The road is long and

Bm Cadd9 C Cadd9 C

Each step is on - ly the beginning

Bm F#m7

No breaks, just heartaches

Bm Cadd9 C Cadd9 C F#sus4 F#

Oh man, is a - ny-bo - dy winning? (2x)

Ending

Bm G

It's a long road

Bm G

It's a long road

Bm/C#

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