On The Road

ME AND THAT MAN - ON THE ROAD

album version - SONGS OF LOVE AND DEATH
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The main rhythm of the song is something like this:

   Gm                   G Bb              
e|----------------------------|
b|-3--x-x-x-3--x-x-x-x--0-3---|
g|-3--x-x-x-3--x-x-x-x--0-3---|
d|-5--x-x-x-5--x-x-x-x--------| 
a|-5--x-x-x-5--x-x-x-x--------|
e|-3--x-x-x-3--x-x-x-x--------|
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[INTRO]

N.C.
I'm on the road, I been here so long
N.C.
Just like one of them stars in a black sky

Gm G Bb
Gm G Bb
Gm G Bb


[VERSE ONE]

Gm      G  Bb  Gm  G Bb 
    I'm on the road
Gm       G     Bb   Gm    G Bb
    I've drunk from skulls
Gm      G  Bb  Gm   G Bb
    I'm on the road
Gm              G  Bb     Gm   G Bb 
   I've covered myself in bones


[PRE CHORUS]

Gm          G    Bb Cm                     Gm   G Bb
   And I'll kiss a  lion and I've embraced death
Gm      G  Bb  Cm   C Cm   C
   I've ridden love,  love
Bb                       F
I've ridden love til its very last breath


[CHORUS]

   Gm                                C
e|--------------------------------------------|
b|-3p0------3p0------------3p0------------5---|
g|-----3h5------3h5-5~-5~------3h5-5-5----5---|
d|-----------------------------------5----5---|x2
a|-----------------------------------3----3---|
e|--------------------------------------3---3-|


[VERSE TWO]

               Gm         G  Bb
    I'm on the road (he's on the road)
Gm           G    Bb  Gm   G Bb 
    And I've seen the lies
Gm      G  Bb  Gm         G  Bb
    I'm on the road (he's on the road)
Gm                   G      Bb Gm G  Bb
     Many souls have passed me by


[PRE CHORUS]

Gm    G    Bb  Cm                                          Gm   G Bb
    I felt the wonder wonder wonder being washed up by the tide
Gm       G  Bb  Cm   C Cm   C
    I've ridden love,  love
Bb               F
I've ridden love over to the other side


[CHORUS]

   Gm                                C                Gm
e|--------------------------------------------|     e|----|
b|-3p0------3p0------------3p0-------5----5---|     b|----| 
g|-----3h5------3h5-5~-5~------3h5-5-5----5---|     g|----| 
d|-----------------------------------5----5---|x2   d|-5~-|  
a|-----------------------------------3----3---|     a|----| 
e|--------------------------------------3---3-|     e|----|


[INTERLUDE]

N.C.
I'm on the road, I'm on the road, I'm on the road 


[PRE CHORUS]

              Cm                          Gm   G  Bb       
I've killed a god, the spirit is into the wind
Gm  G   Bb Cm    C      Cm   C
    All my love, all my love
Bb                 F
Is where I end and where I begin


[CHORUS]

   Gm                                C  G C G
e|--------------------------------------------|   
b|-3p0------3p0------------3p0-------5----5---|
g|-----3h5------3h5-5~-5~------3h5-5-5----5---|
d|-----------------------------------5----5---|x2
a|-----------------------------------3--5-3-5-|
e|--------------------------------------3---3-|

   Gm                                C  G C G
e|--------------------------------------------|   
b|-3p0------3p0------------3p0-------5----5---|
g|-----3h5------3h5-5~-5~------3h5-5-5----5---|
d|-----------------------------------5----5---|x4
a|-----------------------------------3--5-3-5-|
e|--------------------------------------3---3-|
             I'm on the road


[OUTRO]
  
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I'm on the road         
N.C.
I'm on the road and you gotta take it down to the wire
N.C.
There's no mercy in this eternal fire
N.C.
I'm on the road I'm on the road I'm on the road I'm on the road I'm on the road