Chris Whitley & Jeff Lang - The Road Leads Down Chords

Tempo:
130.75 bpm
Chords used:

Eb

Gm

Dm

G

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Chris Whitley & Jeff Lang - The Road Leads Down chords
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[Gm] [D]
[D] [G] [D]
[G] [Gm] [D]
[Gm]
Maps the crooked [Dm]
tangle of [Eb] sin, will take [F] eternity to [D] unravel.
Rarefied air [Eb] is thin, [Dm] unbreathed down in the [Eb] ravel.
It's all [D] wrong, it's [Eb] taken so [Dm] long, [Eb] to build this [Bb] road [C]
that [Gm] leads down.
[G] [Dm]
[Gm] You're not a silver [Eb] but a tin, [Dm] fill your bucket up [G] with gravel.
So [Gm] well trained to think this [Eb] has been, [Dm] the only path we could ever [Eb] travel.
It's [Dm] all wrong, it's [Eb] taken so [Dm] long, [Eb] to build this [Gm] road [C]
that leads down.
[Eb] [F]
[G] [D] [G]
[Eb] [F]
[Gm]
[Eb] [Bb] [F]
[Gm]
[G]
[Gm] Lost their deals [Eb] gone down, it's [Dm] lost hope on which [Gm] we're feeding.
Grab a neck [D] hold of [Eb] the mother load, [F] cut its gut and leave it bleeding.
[Bb] It's [Dm] all wrong, it's [Eb] taken so [Dm] long, [Eb] to build this [C] road that [Gm] leads down.
[Eb] It's [Dm] all wrong, [D]
it's [Eb] taken so [Dm] long, [Eb] to build this [C] road that [Gm] leads down.
[G] Leads [Gm] down,
[G] leads down.
[Dm] [G] [Gm]
[N]
Key:  
Eb
12341116
Gm
123111113
Dm
2311
G
2131
D
1321
Eb
12341116
Gm
123111113
Dm
2311
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To learn Chris Whitley, Jeff Lang - The Road Leads Down chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - Gm, Eb, F, Dm, Eb and Dm. Start slow with ChordU's Free Tempo controller and increase your speed as you get comfortable. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: Bb Major.

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_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Maps the crooked [Dm]
tangle of [Eb] sin, will take [F] eternity to [D] unravel.
_ _ _ _ Rarefied air [Eb] is thin, _ [Dm] _ unbreathed down in the [Eb] ravel.
It's all [D] _ wrong, it's [Eb] taken _ so [Dm] _ long, [Eb] to build this [Bb] road [C] _
that [Gm] leads down. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ You're not a silver [Eb] but a tin, [Dm] fill your bucket up [G] with gravel.
So [Gm] well trained to think this [Eb] has been, [Dm] the only path we could ever [Eb] travel.
It's [Dm] all wrong, it's [Eb] taken _ so [Dm] _ long, [Eb] to build this [Gm] road _ [C] _
that leads down. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ Lost their deals [Eb] gone down, it's [Dm] lost hope on which [Gm] we're feeding.
_ Grab a neck [D] hold of [Eb] the mother load, [F] cut its gut and leave it bleeding.
[Bb] It's [Dm] all wrong, it's [Eb] taken _ so [Dm] long, _ [Eb] to build this [C] road _ that [Gm] leads down. _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ It's [Dm] all wrong, [D]
it's [Eb] taken _ so [Dm] _ long, [Eb] to build this [C] road _ that [Gm] leads down. _ _ _ _
[G] Leads [Gm] down, _ _ _ _
[G] leads down.
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _

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