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The Road Behind

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GWAR The Road Behind
INTRO:
(Clean)    V(Whistling starts)
  Ab    F    Ab    B    Bb    B    Ab    B    Bb   Ab(Hold)
(HEAVY)
Trip - a - let Trip - a - let
     Ab     Gb    Ab       B     Ab    GbX2
 Ab(Gb//Ab)    F    Ab  B  
VERSE 1: (clean)
(Ab) Well I'm traveling down the road (F)  And I'm carrying that heavy load
(Ab) I stagger around in a stupor (B)  Sleazy, I cant do the show
(Ab) I'm hanging out backstage (F)  I'm in a homocidal rage
(Ab) I signed a million dollar contract (HEAVY) (B)  I puked on every page
(Bb) Slaughtered half the crew 'cause they ate the deli-tray
(B)  Oh Baby hey (Ab) Said I'd do the show and I cancel anyway. You were
(B)  road kill baby 'till I scraped you in my arms, just an- 
(Bb) other wattle flapping on the old turkey farm, so baby....
Trip - a - let Trip - a - let
     Ab     Gb    Ab       B     Ab    GbX2
CHORUS:
(B)And while the wh(Dd)eels keep (Eb)rolling (E)And another mile(Eb)post gone
(B)All a(Gb)long the road be(Ab)hind
(B)Oh can't you h(Dd)ear me calling (Eb) (E) Like the sad (Eb)whale song
(B)I'm on (Gb) the road be(Ab)hind
VERSE 2: (clean)
(Ab) Well there you have it baby (F)  I'm just a sensitive guy
(Ab) Y'know I snuffed a million planets (B)  But I still find time to cry
(Ab) Because there's more to life (F)  Then making other people die
(Ab) Like a little bloody tear baby (HEAVY) (B)  Running out my dirty little eye
(Bb) And some things baby They don't make no sense
(B)  Does it really matter if it bugs your parents? You were
(Ab) road kill baby 'till I scraped you in my arms, just an-
(B)  other wattle flapping on the old turkey farm, so 
(Bb) baby....  Now (Ab) baby quit yer crying put those clown britches on
Trip - a - let Trip - a - let
     Ab     Gb    Ab       B     Ab    GbX2
CHORUS:
(B)And while the wh(Dd)eels keep (Eb)rolling (E)And another mile(Eb)post gone
(B)All a(Gb)long the road be(Ab)hind
(B)Oh can't you h(Dd)ear me calling (Eb) (E) Like the sad (Eb)whale song
(B)I'm on (Gb) that road be(Ab)hind (hold Ab 2 measures)
SOLO over (Ab, B, Dd Ab)3x with triplet on the end (actually triplets start a few 
measures before using Db)
REPEAT CHORUS with triplet ending 2x
(B)And while the wh(Dd)eels keep (Eb)rolling (E)And another mile(Eb)post gone
(B)All a(Gb)long the road be(Ab)hind
(Clean)
(Ab)Well the wheels keep rolling (F) and another sign post gone
(Ab)baby can't you hear me callin' (B)like a sad whale song (Bb) like a sad whale 
song (Ab)sad whale baby.

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The Road Behind

by GWAR

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GWAR The Road Behind

INTRO:

(Clean) V(Whistling starts)

Ab F Ab B Bb B Ab B Bb Ab

(Hold)

(HEAVY)

Trip - a - let Trip - a - let

Ab Gb Ab B Ab Gb

Ab Gb Ab F Ab B

(//)

VERSE 1: (clean)

Ab F

() Well I'm traveling down the road () And I'm carrying that heavy load

Ab B

() I stagger around in a stupor () Sleazy, I cant do the show

Ab F

() I'm hanging out backstage () I'm in a homocidal rage

Ab B

() I signed a million dollar contract (HEAVY) () I puked on every page

() Slaughtered half the crew 'cause they ate the deli-tray

B Ab

() Oh Baby hey () Said I'd do the show and I cancel anyway. You were

() road kill baby 'till I scraped you in my arms, just an-

() other wattle flapping on the old turkey farm, so baby....

Trip - a - let Trip - a - let

Ab Gb Ab B Ab Gb

CHORUS:

B Eb E Eb

()And while the wh(Dd)eels keep ()rolling ()And another mile()post gone

B Gb Ab

()All a()long the road be()hind

B Eb E Eb

()Oh can't you h(Dd)ear me calling () () Like the sad ()whale song

B Gb Ab

()I'm on () the road be()hind

VERSE 2: (clean)

Ab F

() Well there you have it baby () I'm just a sensitive guy

Ab B

() Y'know I snuffed a million planets () But I still find time to cry

Ab F

() Because there's more to life () Then making other people die

Ab B

() Like a little bloody tear baby (HEAVY) () Running out my dirty little eye

() And some things baby They don't make no sense

() Does it really matter if it bugs your parents? You were

() road kill baby 'till I scraped you in my arms, just an-

() other wattle flapping on the old turkey farm, so

Bb Ab

() baby.... Now () baby quit yer crying put those clown britches on

Trip - a - let Trip - a - let

Ab Gb Ab B Ab Gb

CHORUS:

B Eb E Eb

()And while the wh(Dd)eels keep ()rolling ()And another mile()post gone

B Gb Ab

()All a()long the road be()hind

B Eb E Eb

()Oh can't you h(Dd)ear me calling () () Like the sad ()whale song

B Gb Ab

()I'm on () that road be()hind (hold Ab 2 measures)

Ab B Ab

SOLO over (, , Dd )3x with triplet on the end (actually triplets start a few

measures before using Db)

REPEAT CHORUS with triplet ending 2x

B Eb E Eb

()And while the wh(Dd)eels keep ()rolling ()And another mile()post gone

B Gb Ab

()All a()long the road be()hind

(Clean)

Ab F

()Well the wheels keep rolling () and another sign post gone

Ab B Bb

()baby can't you hear me callin' ()like a sad whale song () like a sad whale

song ()sad whale baby.

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