On The Road Again

 
              On The Road Again:Canned Heat. 
#8 in UK and #16 in USA in 1968. 
  
INTRO: E G A E (x3) + (Harmonica.) 
#1. 
E                                     G 
Well, I'm so tired of crying, but I'm out, 
       A     E                G    A  E 
on the road again. I'm on the road a..gain. 
E                                     G 
Well, I'm so tired of crying, but I'm out,  
       A     E                G    A  E 
on the road again. I'm on the road a..gain. 
E                             G        A       E     E G A E 
I ain't got no woman, just to call, my special friend. 
 
#2. 
E                                  G           
You know the first time I traveled out, in the  
A        E            G    A   E      
rain and snow..in the rain and snow. 
E                                  G  
You know the first time I traveled out, in the  
A        E            G    A   E 
rain and snow..in the rain and snow. 
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I didn't have no payroll..not even no place to go. 
 
#3. 
E                           G      A         E 
And my dear mother left me..when I was quite young.. 
       G   A     E 
when I was quite young. 
E                           G      A         E 
And my dear mother left me..when I was quite young.. 
       G   A     E 
when I was quite young. 
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She said, 'Lord, have mercy, on my wicked son.' 
 
(Harmonica break.) 
 
#4. 
E                          G                 A      E 
Take a hint from me, Mama, please..don't you cry no more.. 
          G   A  E 
don't you cry no more. 
E                          G                 A      E 
Take a hint from me, Mama, please..don't you cry no more.. 
          G   A  E 
Don't you cry no more. 
E                            G        A        E   G A E 
Cause it's soon one morning, down the road I'm gone. 
 
#5. 
E                                G      A   E           G  A  E 
And I'm going to leave the city, got to go away..got to go a..way. 
E                                G      A   E           G  A  E 
And I'm going to leave the city, got to go away..got to go a..way. 
E                                     G    A     E    G A E 
All this fussin' and fightin', man, I sure can't stay. 
 
#6. 
E                           G        A        E         G  A   E 
But I ain't going down that long old lonesome road..all by my..self. 
E                           G        A        E         G  A   E 
But I ain't going down that long old lonesome road..all by my..self. 
E                              G         A    E   G A E 
I can't carry you, Baby, gonna carry somebody else. 
 
 
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