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The Roads My Middle Name

Bonnie Raitt

RockAdvanced for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

BDiagram coming soon
A×
E
B7Diagram coming soon
E7

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              INTRO:  B  A  E  B7 
 
VERSE: 
 
 E                     A 
 I told you once the day we met 
 E                     A 
 I wouldn't be your queen. 
 E                       A     
 Your little darlin', sweet coquette 
 E                   A 
 Just wasn't my routine 
 
 E                        A 
 You've been around enough to know 
 E                       A 
 There's really no one else 
 E                  A     
 When I hear that siren call, baby 
B7 
 I just can't help myself 
 
CHORUS: 
         A 
 I gotta go 
                       E 
 I hope you'll understand 
            B 
 I love you so 
 A                   E  
 Want you to be my man 
 
            A 
 I hear it call 
                     E 
 Sounds so sweet and plain 
             B  
 I gotta go, baby, 
            A                E  
 'cause the road's my middle name 
 
VERSE: 
 
       A                    E               
 Well, it's hard enough to love someone 
 A                            E  
 When they're right close to home 
 A                                      E 
 Don't you think I know it's hard, honey 
    B7 
 To squeeze the sugar from the phone 
 
BREAK:  E   A   E   A   E   A  B7 
 
E                        A     
 Guess the road is in my blood 
E                      A 
'cause I'm my daddy's kid 
E                          A 
 Just have to learn how to let me go 
B7 
 Just like my momma did 
 
 
CHORUS: 
         A 
 I gotta go 
                       E 
 I hope you'll understand 
            B 
 I love you so 
 A                   E  
 Want you to be my man 
 
            A 
 I hear it call 
                     E 
 Sounds so sweet and plain 
             B  
 I gotta go, baby, 
            A                E  
 'cause the road's my middle name 
   
 
CODA: 
        A  
 Hear it call 
                            E 
 And it sounds so sweet and plain 
         B 
 I gotta go 
           A                E 
'cause the road's my middle name 
         B 
 I gotta go 
           A                E 
'cause the road's my middle name 
               B 
 Oooh, I gotta go, darlin' 
           A   (tacit)  NC     E7 
'cause the road's my middle name
          
 

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Chord set

B · A · E · B7 · E7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.