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Mean Mary - Rough Road Ahead
[Intro]
D        Am
[Chorus]
N.C.              Am
If you’ve got the will, oh, don’t sit still
Just ride that Gthrill right up the Amhill
Before you’re dead, when the weak have fled
            G     N.C.            Am
Or you will tread the rough road ahead
[Verse 1]
The half-hearted getter and the faint-hearted quitter
Both sit in the gutter and Gboth aAmgree
They moan and they mutter and utter so bitter
So double-dipped down, they’ll never get freeD  
[Verse 2]
AmLocked out, knocked out, feet up like a beat pup
Ride to your ruin in an Gold rockin’ Amchair
Rock till you’re clocked out, eat your defeat up
Slide some more glue in, ‘cause you Gain’t got a Amprayer
[Chorus]
N.C.              Am
If you’ve got the will, oh, don’t sit still
Just ride that Gthrill right up the Amhill
Before you’re dead, when the weak have fled
            G     N.C.            D
Or you will tread the rough road ahead
[Verse 3]
AmDon’t let the dawn’s light break upon a lost fight
You gotta get freed from Glife’s stamAmpede
Goin’ on, on and on, going, going, going, gone
Gotta take the lead at breakneck speedD  
[Verse 4]
AmZig-zag a tail spinner, don’t brag before dinner
Last to the last and Gshow what you Amknow
Not a rag-tag beginner, but an in-the-bag winner
Goin’ too fast and Gcan’t find Amslow
[Chorus]
N.C.              Am
If you’ve got the will, oh, don’t sit still
Just ride that Gthrill right up the Amhill
Before you’re dead, when the weak have fled
            G     N.C.            Am
Or you will tread the rough road ahead

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Rough Road Ahead

by Mean Mary

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Mean Mary - Rough Road Ahead

[Intro]

D Am

[Chorus]

N.C. Am

If you’ve got the will, oh, don’t sit still

G Am

Just ride that thrill right up the hill

Before you’re dead, when the weak have fled

G N.C. Am

Or you will tread the rough road ahead

[Verse 1]

The half-hearted getter and the faint-hearted quitter

G Am

Both sit in the gutter and both agree

They moan and they mutter and utter so bitter

So double-dipped down, they’ll never get free

[Verse 2]

Locked out, knocked out, feet up like a beat pup

G Am

Ride to your ruin in an old rockin’ chair

Rock till you’re clocked out, eat your defeat up

G Am

Slide some more glue in, ‘cause you ain’t got a prayer

[Chorus]

N.C. Am

If you’ve got the will, oh, don’t sit still

G Am

Just ride that thrill right up the hill

Before you’re dead, when the weak have fled

G N.C. D

Or you will tread the rough road ahead

[Verse 3]

Don’t let the dawn’s light break upon a lost fight

G Am

You gotta get freed from life’s stampede

Goin’ on, on and on, going, going, going, gone

Gotta take the lead at breakneck speed

[Verse 4]

Zig-zag a tail spinner, don’t brag before dinner

G Am

Last to the last and show what you know

Not a rag-tag beginner, but an in-the-bag winner

G Am

Goin’ too fast and can’t find slow

[Chorus]

N.C. Am

If you’ve got the will, oh, don’t sit still

G Am

Just ride that thrill right up the hill

Before you’re dead, when the weak have fled

G N.C. Am

Or you will tread the rough road ahead

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