Misc Originals - Randy price - the long road

He’d been^D on the road for quite some time ^EmPlayin when he could. Made ^A100 bucks at the Thirsty Horse last^D night in San^A Antone ^DDays were getting longer, his old^A Bronco would agree, stopping^Em every hundred miles to top her^D off with ant^Aifreeze

^DOh, when you’re taking that^G long road And when you’re^D trying to get to where you’ve^A never^G been It won’t be^D easy, you’ll see some^G hard times But it's th^De hard times that turn a boy^A into a^G man

By night^D fall, he’s made El^A Paso, and he hears ^EmMarty sing about his^D Mexican^A girl He^D smiles, and keeps on^A truckin’, Trying to make^Em Tucson before the^D sun goes^A down

^DOh, when you’re taking that^G long road And when you’re^D trying to get to where you’ve^A never^G been It won’t be^D easy, you’ll see some^G hard times but it's the^D hard times that turn a boy^A into a^G man

He’s up^D early, and that sun’s a^A blazin’, He’ll be in^Em Phoenix in about an^D hour or^A two He ain’t missin^Dg the life he left ^Abehind him He brought nothing w^Emith him except his daddy's^D worn^A guitar

^DOh, when you’re taking that^G long road And when you’re^D trying to get to where you’ve^A never^G been It won’t be^D easy, you’ll see some^G hard times But it's the^D hard times that turn a boy^A into a^G man

A few weeks^D later, he’s getting^A settled And he’d^Em been wondering about the girl that^D lives next^A-door She was a^D beauty, more like a^A Goddess Long black^Em hair and those big brown^D Disney^A eyes

^DOh, when you’re taking that^G long road And when you’re^D trying to get to where you’ve^A never^G been It won’t be^D easy, you’ll see some^G hard times But it's the^D hard times that turn a boy^A into a^G man

The way he sees^D it he’s got a^A problem Cuz a girl like^Em that wouldn't give him the^D time of^A day Then one^D evening ,he's on his back porc^Ah playin' And she yells^Em over, can you play a^D song for^A me

^DSometimes when you take the^G long road, You find you^D end up in the place you’re^A meant to^G be It won’t be^D easy, but you’ll see some^G good times So let's make some^D good times, girl, for the^A rest our^G lives...