TAB by Song : 234701
Tab List Area
1 Pages 1 Results
Road Dirt And Rail by Lloyd Spiegel
Road Dirt And Rail
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: G
[Intro]
G C
G C
[Verse 1]
G C G C
A little money in my pocket, stars in my eyes, women on my mind and the word in my hands
G C G C
I've been walking around tryna’ find my place, tryna’ get a little space and make myself a better man
G C G C
And I got you thinkin' of where I've been and the things I've seen and the road behind and the road ahead
G C G C
Cause it's not just like I can close my eyes and click my heels three times and go back home again
[Chorus 1]
Am D
And round they say I should keep on walkin' as the truth and the toll
Am D
Let the music get the better of me and let it never get my soul
Am D
I went down to the crossroads and I swear I was ready to make a sale
Am D G
And I play every mile of the road and the dirt and the rail
[Verse 2]
G C
Now I heard a lotta stories on the trains headin' south in the smokers' lounge with the outa for the telephone
G C
booth
G C G
Never traded any names never looked in any eyes, we just told our deepest lies, every stories gotta show truth
C
G C G C
Like I once met a woman she was kinda insane, she been talkin' on the train about town a damsels tattoos
G C G
She'd been searching for him a thousand years, she was out of her mind but she was buying the beers what else
C
could I do
[Chorus 2]
Am D
And crazy people they're the same as people like me
Am D
Cause they never write a song with the singin' and the swayin' to the beat
Am D
And I was always happy to listen to the tales
Am D G
Of the pain and the heart on the road and the dirt and the rail
[Verse 3]
G C
And I'm playin' all my songs now I'm telling all my jokes drinking bourbon and coke and smoking' cheap
G C
cigarettes
G C
I'm seeing poor man in the shadows and rich man in the light I got to heal them tonight with the power in my
G C
voice and sweat
G C G C
Get them singin' and dancin' the very same class, taking shots from the same hipflask until very last call
G C G C
Then the rich man heads to his house on the hill, the poor man into the chill where the curtain falls
[Chorus 3]
Am D
And I pack my guitar when the spotlight fades
Am D
Get a cab downtown and a ticket for the train with the money I just got paid (oh lord)
Am D
My hands are tired and my face is pale
Am D G
But I played every mile of the road and the dirt and the rail
[Chorus 4]
Am D
And it's hard to believe after comin' so far
Am D
It's just another damn gig in another dam woman given me eyes at the end of the bar (oh lord)
Am D
I hope all my babies at the end of the trail
Am D G
The pain and the hurt and the road and the dirt and the rail
[Coda]
G C G C
A little money in my pocket, stars in my eyes, women on my mind and the word in my hands
G C G C
A little money in my pocket, stars in my eyes, women on my mind and the word in my hands
-------------