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Long Black Road

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[Verse 1]
EThey used to tell me boy you ain't goin' nowhere
EWith your cheap guitar and your big long hair
EYou gotta realize all your responsibilities
EYou gotta get out to work and face reality
[Chorus]
You gotta gDet up in the morning take your heavy load
And you Agotta keep goin' down the long black road
[Verse 2]
ESo I drifted for a while down the road to ruin
EI couldn't find my way I didn't know what I was doin'
EI saw a lot of people coming back the other way
ESo I kept on goin' when I heard them say
[Chorus]
"you gotta Dget up in the morning take your heavy load
And you Agotta keep goin' down the long black road"
[Verse 3]
EI made a lot of money I was makin' quite a mess
EBut they all told me money wouldn't bring me happiness
E"you gotta work like a man in a real man's life
EYou're gonna have to take all the trouble and strife"
[Chorus]
You gotta Dget up in the morning take your heavy load
And you Agotta keep goin' down the long black Eroad
You gotta Dget up in the morning take your heavy load
And you Agotta keep goin' down the long black Eroad
You gotta Dget up in the morning take your heavy load
And you Agotta keep goin' down the long black Eroad

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Long Black Road

by Electric Light Orchestra

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Chords in this song · guitar

[Verse 1]

They used to tell me boy you ain't goin' nowhere

With your cheap guitar and your big long hair

You gotta realize all your responsibilities

You gotta get out to work and face reality

[Chorus]

You gotta get up in the morning take your heavy load

And you gotta keep goin' down the long black road

[Verse 2]

So I drifted for a while down the road to ruin

I couldn't find my way I didn't know what I was doin'

I saw a lot of people coming back the other way

So I kept on goin' when I heard them say

[Chorus]

"you gotta get up in the morning take your heavy load

And you gotta keep goin' down the long black road"

[Verse 3]

I made a lot of money I was makin' quite a mess

But they all told me money wouldn't bring me happiness

"you gotta work like a man in a real man's life

You're gonna have to take all the trouble and strife"

[Chorus]

You gotta get up in the morning take your heavy load

A E

And you gotta keep goin' down the long black road

You gotta get up in the morning take your heavy load

A E

And you gotta keep goin' down the long black road

You gotta get up in the morning take your heavy load

A E

And you gotta keep goin' down the long black road

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