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Once Upon A Road

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[Intro]
Em  G  D
[Verse 1]
DOnce upon a Groad  when I was innocent and Dfree
And the back roads of EmAmerica  wGere like toy land to mDe
It surely was the promised Gland  and we had ourselves a Ddream
Oh how the milk and honey Emflowed  oGnce upon a rDoad
[Verse 2]
Once upon a Groad  we could live off of the Dland
Watermelons on the Emvine  chiGcken cookin' in a Dpan
Water clean and water Gfree  you could sleep beneath a Dtree
Love and freedom was our Emcode  Gthat was once upon a Droad
[Instrumental]
Em  G  D
[Verse 3]
Once upon a Groad  really was a crazy Dtime
We believed we could move Emmountains  so Gwe moved them in our Dminds
Blood and sweat and bitter Gtears  took the days and took the Dyears
We have little left to Emshow  fGor being once upon a rDoad
Once upon a Groad  we were young and we were Dfair
Changed the face of all EmAmerica
GBut never hung around in the barber cDhair
We were fighting for a Gdream  fought a mighty big Dmachine
There ain't nothing that we Emknow  fGor being once upon a rDoad
We have little left to Emshow  fGor being once upon a rDoad
[Outro]
  Em    G    Dx4

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Once Upon A Road

by Tom T. Hall

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

Em G D

[Verse 1]

D G D

Once upon a road when I was innocent and free

Em G D

And the back roads of America were like toy land to me

G D

It surely was the promised land and we had ourselves a dream

Em G D

Oh how the milk and honey flowed once upon a road

[Verse 2]

G D

Once upon a road we could live off of the land

Em G D

Watermelons on the vine chicken cookin' in a pan

G D

Water clean and water free you could sleep beneath a tree

Em G D

Love and freedom was our code that was once upon a road

[Instrumental]

Em G D

[Verse 3]

G D

Once upon a road really was a crazy time

Em G D

We believed we could move mountains so we moved them in our minds

G D

Blood and sweat and bitter tears took the days and took the years

Em G D

We have little left to show for being once upon a road

G D

Once upon a road we were young and we were fair

Changed the face of all America

G D

But never hung around in the barber chair

G D

We were fighting for a dream fought a mighty big machine

Em G D

There ain't nothing that we know for being once upon a road

Em G D

We have little left to show for being once upon a road

[Outro]

Em G D

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