This song is very loose 2 chord structure throughout the verses. He kind of hits the
bottom D string and then plucks the top strings. Just play with t.
Drop D Tuning
Chords Used:
G D C
e|----7------------------5-----------------3---------------------------------|
B|----8------------------7-----------------5---------------------------------|
G|----7------------------7-----------------5---------------------------------|
D|----0------------------0-----------------0---------------------------------|
A|----X------------------X-----------------X---------------------------------|
D|----0------------------0-----------------0---------------------------------|
VERSE 1
G D G D
He came from Northern California
G D G D
He loved to ride them trains
G D G D
He had a hand made beat up leather bag where he kept all his childhood pains
G D G D
Left his mama and his daddy, When he was barely 16
G D G D
You know he never really followed money, Never really had a dream
CHORUS
C
Loved the thought of drifting
C
to live by no mans plan
C
solitude is freedom, yeah
C G D G D
The road made him a man
VERSE 2
G D G D
From coast to coast across every state, on Pacific Illinois
G D G D
He saw every town he every town dreamt about since he was a little boy
G D G D
He ended up down in New Orleans working on a folsom farm
G D G D
He took LSD and danced all night, you know he met a woman that made him calm
CHORUS
C
Loved the thought of drifting
C
to live by no mans plan
C
solitude is freedom, yeah
C G D G D
The road made him a man
VERSE 3
G D G D
Somewhere deep inside of him changed when he saw her face
G D G D
yeah he felt like she knew him well from another time and place
G D G D
you know they woke up with the sun one day and their travelin' days were done
G D G D
settled down in a shotgun house, down on bayou St. John
CHORUS
C
Loved the thought of drifting
C
To live by no mans land
C
Solitude is freedom, yeah
C
The road made him a man
**Instrumental Break**
OUTRO
G D
Ride that river on to Mississippi soul (X3)
G D
And if you wind that river long enough you get Louisiana gold
G D
you get Louisiana gold (x3)
