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The Road

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[Intro]
G Bm7 G Bm7 G Bm7 A
G Bm7 G Bm7 G Bm7 A
[Chorus]
And the Groad gets brighterBm7  
And the Gload gets lighterBm7  
And it's Gso much betterBm7  
Better every Astep we take together
[Verse]
GOoh look where we've Dcome
GLooking back who'd of Dthought
We could do what Awe've done
[Pre-Chorus]
AWe still got
GSo much to carry
Bm7So far to go (Still got)
GSo much to learn
Bm7So much we don't know
GMaybe we'll stumble, Bm7maybe we'll fall, but
AWe got each other to hold
[Chorus]
And the Groad gets brighterBm7  
And the Gload gets lighterBm7  
And it's Gso much betterBm7  
Better every Astep we take together
And the Glife tastes sweeterBm7  
And the Glove runs deeperBm7  
And it's Gso much betterBm7  
Every Astep we take together
[Verse]
GLet's take our Dtime
GAnd the way that wDe're going
It's gonna Abe fine
[Pre-Chorus]
AWe still got
GSo much to carry
Bm7So far to go (Still got)
GSo much to learn
Bm7So much we don't know
GMaybe we'll stumble, Bm7maybe we'll fall, but
AWe got each other to hold
[Chorus]
And the Groad gets brighterBm7  
And the Gload gets lighterBm7  
And it's Gso much betterBm7  
Better every Astep we take together
And Glife tastes sweeterBm7  
And the Glove runs deeperBm7  
And it's Gso much betterBm7  
Better every Astep we take together
[Solo]
G Bm7 G Bm7 G Bm7 A
G Bm7 G Bm7 G Bm7 A
[Chorus-Outro]
And the Groad gets brighterBm7  
And the Gload gets lighterBm7  
And it's Gso much betterBm7  
Better every Astep we take together
And Glife tastes sweeterBm7  
And the Glove runs deeperBm7  
And it's Gso much betterBm7  
Better every Astep we take together
And the Groad gets brighterBm7  
And the Gload gets lighterBm7  
And it's Gso much betterBm7  
Better every Astep we take together
And Glife tastes sweeterBm7  
And the Glove runs deeperBm7  
And it's Gso much betterBm7  
Better every Astep we take together

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The Road

by Mike + The Mechanics

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Chords in this song · guitar

Bm7

[Intro]

G Bm7 G Bm7 G Bm7 A

[Chorus]

G Bm7

And the road gets brighter

G Bm7

And the load gets lighter

G Bm7

And it's so much better

Better every step we take together

[Verse]

G D

Ooh look where we've come

G D

Looking back who'd of thought

We could do what we've done

[Pre-Chorus]

We still got

So much to carry

Bm7

So far to go (Still got)

So much to learn

Bm7

So much we don't know

G Bm7

Maybe we'll stumble, maybe we'll fall, but

We got each other to hold

[Chorus]

G Bm7

And the road gets brighter

G Bm7

And the load gets lighter

G Bm7

And it's so much better

Better every step we take together

G Bm7

And the life tastes sweeter

G Bm7

And the love runs deeper

G Bm7

And it's so much better

Every step we take together

[Verse]

G D

Let's take our time

G D

And the way that we're going

It's gonna be fine

[Pre-Chorus]

We still got

So much to carry

Bm7

So far to go (Still got)

So much to learn

Bm7

So much we don't know

G Bm7

Maybe we'll stumble, maybe we'll fall, but

We got each other to hold

[Chorus]

G Bm7

And the road gets brighter

G Bm7

And the load gets lighter

G Bm7

And it's so much better

Better every step we take together

G Bm7

And life tastes sweeter

G Bm7

And the love runs deeper

G Bm7

And it's so much better

Better every step we take together

[Solo]

G Bm7 G Bm7 G Bm7 A

[Chorus-Outro]

G Bm7

And the road gets brighter

G Bm7

And the load gets lighter

G Bm7

And it's so much better

Better every step we take together

G Bm7

And life tastes sweeter

G Bm7

And the love runs deeper

G Bm7

And it's so much better

Better every step we take together

G Bm7

And the road gets brighter

G Bm7

And the load gets lighter

G Bm7

And it's so much better

Better every step we take together

G Bm7

And life tastes sweeter

G Bm7

And the love runs deeper

G Bm7

And it's so much better

Better every step we take together

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