Keen Robert Earl

Keen Robert Earl - The Road Goes On Forever guitar tab

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From Trey Graves ( trey@terminator.tamu.edu )

The Road Goes on Forever

by Robert Earl Keen, Jr.

from the album West Textures

1 2 3 4 5 6

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D x 0 0 2 3 2

G 3 2 0 0 3 3

A x 0 2 2 2 0

In the first two verses, the chords are played on

every up beat. After that, I alternate picking, like:

D G A

-----2-----2---- |-----3------3---- |-----0------0-----

-----3-----3---- |-----3------3---- |-----2------2-----

-----2-----2----... |-----0------0----... |-----2------2-----

--0------------- |----------------- |-----2------2------

--------0------- |---------2------- |--0----------------

---------------- |---3------------- |---------0---------

D

Sherry was a waitress at the only joint in town

G

She had a reputation as a girl who'd been around

D

Down Main Street after midnight, a brand new pack of cigs

G

A fresh one hanging from her lips, a beer between her legs

A

She'd ride down to the river, meet with all her friends

G

The road goes on forever and the party never ends

Sonny was a loner, older than the rest

He was goin' in the Navy, but he couldn't pass the test

So he hung around town, sold a little pot

The Law caught wind of Sonny, one day he got caught

He was back in business when they set him free again

The road goes on forever and the party never ends

Sonny's playing eight ball at the joint where Sherry works

When some drunkin' out of towner put his hands up Sherry's skirt

Sonny took his pool cue, lay the drunk out on the floor

Stuck a dollar in her tip jar, and walked on out the door

She's running right beside him, reaching for his hand

The road goes on forever and the party never ends

They jump into his pickup, Sonny jammed her into gear

He looked on over at Sherry and said, "Let's get on out of here"

The stars were high above them, the moon was in the East

The sun was setting on them when they reached Miami Beach

They got a hotel by the water, a quart of Bombay gin

The road goes on forever and the party never ends

They soon ran out of money, but Sonny knew a man

Who knew some Cuban refugees who dealt in contraband

Sonny met the Cubans at a house just off the route

With a briefcase full of money and a pistol in his boot

The cards were on the table when the Law came bustin' in

The road goes on forever and the party never ends

The Cubans grabbed the goodies, Sonny grabbed the jack

Broke the bathroom window and crawled on out the back

Sherry had drove the pickup through the alley on the side

Where a lawman tackled Sonny and was reading him his rights

Sherry stepped in the alley with a single shot .410

The road goes on forever and the party never ends

They left the lawman lying, they made their getaway

Got back to the hotel just before the break of day

Sonny gave her all the money, and he blew a little kiss

If they ask you how this happened say I forced you into this

She watched as his taillights disappeared around the bend

The road goes on forever and the party never ends

It's Main Street after midnight, just like it was before

Twenty one months later at the local grocery store

Sherry buys a paper, a cold six pack of beer

Headlines read that Sonny's goin' to the chair

She drives out onto Main Street in her new Mercedes Benz

The road goes on forever and the party never ends

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