Road to Cairo (David Ackles) Intro Bbm F+/A Db/Ab Eb/G F# F+ F7 (run notes F A Bb c#dc#) Verse (Sequence 1) Bbm F+/A Db/Ab Eb/G A fellow told me This here road leads to Cairo F# F+ F7 (run F A Bb c#dc#) I got to get me a ride Bbm F+/A Db/Ab Eb/G I got to go back Go back to my children F# F+ F7 (run F A Bb c#dc#) I got to see my little bride Chorus (Sequence 2) Bbm Eb Bbm Eb I’ve been travellin' Gone a long long time Bbm Eb Bbm Eb Don't know what I'll find Scared of what I'll find (C7/E) F+ F7 But I just got to see them again V2 Hey thanks for stoppin' Are you headed down to Cairo? I wrecked my Lincoln in Saint Jo Why to little old Cairo? No special reason Look up some folks I used to know Ch2 Me I travel some Have my share of fun Now that's a life a man can live Sure I've played and lost But who minds the cost You got to take more than you give V3 Hey you got another cigar? Son I sure like this car Oh from your daddy as a gift Say on second thought There's gifts I haven't bought Just drop me here Thanks for the lift Ch3 Yes I've travelled some Yes I've been a bum Never have a dime for gin Left to make my way Told her I can't stay To see my children poor as sin V4 I know this road It leads straight into Cairo Twenty-two miles straight ahead I can't I can't walk down this road to Cairo They're better thinkin' I'm dead Ch4 I been travellin' Gone a long long time Don't know what I'd find Scared of what I'd find I can't I just can't walk down this road. The song is basically Sequence 1 Verse followed by Sequence 2 Chorus In case my copy is speeded up (The spirit of the Polydor underground), here are the sequences in Am instead Am E+/G# C/G D/F# E+ E7 (run e g#a cd#c) Am D Am D Am D Am D (B7/D#) E+ E7
