ROAD REGRETS – Dan Mangan
Tuning: Standard - CAPO on 1st fret
Chords: C F Dm C
Verse 1:
C
We’ll drive until the gas is gone...
F
Then walk until our feet our torn...
Dm
Crawl until we feed the soil...
C
Film the whole thing.
C
It’s all business in the left hand lane...
F
Drive there and then drive back again...
Dm
Escape can’t be the only way...
F
To escape...
C
So I’ve gotten used to coffee sweats...
F
Still getting used to road regrets...
Dm
Hell I took you up on all your threats...
F
To leave.
Chorus:
C
It’s a shame...It’s a crying shame.
F
Them's the breaks...
Dm
And ain’t it always the way...
F
That takes you back to from where it is you came...
Verse 2:
C
Robby like’s his country tune...
F
It’s never been the lens that I see through...
Dm
But I guess driving for a week or two...
F
Puts words in your mouth...
C
So find dodge and then get out of it...
F
It’s about as country as I can get...
Dm
See you ain’t living till you’re living it...
F
You’re not dead till you die...
Verse 3:
C
But watch out for the paraphrase...
F
Cause they will crown you then they will take your legs...
Dm
See the cost is more than what you get paid...
F
But do it anyway.
Chorus:
C
It’s a shame...It’s a crying shame...
F
Them's the breaks...
Dm
And ain’t it always the way...
F
That takes you back to from where it is you came...
Chorus again (sing higher):
C
It’s a shame...It’s a crying shame...
F
Them's the breaks...
Dm
And ain’t it always the way...
F
That takes you back to from where it is you came...
Ending: C F Dm F (let ring)
