Chords for Houndmouth "On The Road" (Lawrence High School Classroom Sessions Pt.1)

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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[C] _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I'm on a road, I'm [Em] on a road, [D] I'm on a road [Am] and I'm sinking slow.
[C] I bought a book, _ I bought a book, _ [Dm] I bought a book, [Am] gonna read it slow.
[F] I'm going down [C] where [Am] nobody knows [F] me, I'm going down [C] where nobody knows [F] me,
I'm going down, [G] ain't nobody gonna know [C] me. _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I had a job, [G] I [C] had a job, I [Dm] had a job, had to leave [A] behind.
_ [C] I had to move, I had to move, [G] I [Dm] had to move to another [A] city.
_ [F] I'm going down [C] where nobody knows [F] me, I'm going down [C] where nobody [Am] knows me,
[F] I'm going down, [G] ain't nobody gonna know me.
[C] Baby sugar mama, you know what you want, but I don't got it.
I wish I could help [F] you out, but I [G] cannot.
_ _ [C] Hey there boy, I think there's something [D] wrong with [C] you.
I wish I could help you out, but [G] I cannot.
_ _ _ [F] _ I'm going [C] down where [Am] nobody [G] knows me, [F] I'm going down where [Am] nobody [G] knows me,
[F] I'm going down, ain't [G] nobody gonna know me.
[C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ How has your relationship with music changed since you first started playing music in high school?
What was your motivation to create music [Db] then, and what is it now?
I read it on the paper, I knew I should have prepared. _ _
_ _ When I started making music in high school, I was mostly [Bb] just guitar, and I would play,
I was into some weird stuff.
Not like weird stuff, but [B] just kind of undeveloped,
and I wanted to play the fastest licks, and that's [C] all I really cared about.
And then eventually I got into songwriting, and [N] found that I really liked simple things,
simplicity, especially in blues music.
So I started playing neoclassical, _ dreaded finger tapping solos,
and then got into blues music, and _ I just felt that [Em] more in my soul.
I think I went [D] into myself, and that's where I found it, instead of trying to be something I'm not.
Because I'm really not a great, fast guitar player.
_ [N] _ _ _ I was made to play the blues because I can't play fast, I guess. _
[B] I think the motivation's always [Bb] been the same, though.
You have these ideas that you want to try to convey to people [Gb] through music,
[N] but instead of doing it at the coffee shops or the bar that we used to play at,
now you [C] can do it to a bigger amount of people.
But the motivation's still the same.
_ Across and out to a big audience.
_ [Ebm] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [N] _ _ That's right.
Way to the game.
Shane played music [F] in high school.
Yeah, I played, I used to play like double bass pedal, screaming.
Why didn't [Gb] we play together in high school?
I was way too hardcore for you, obviously.
[E] _ _ _
I don't know, I guess I was just letting out some anger.
_ _ [Eb] _ _
_ I hate you, Dad.
Can I anger you?
[N] Yeah, for no reason.
You didn't let me go to the football game.
My dad was a nice guy.
He is a nice guy.
He is a nice guy.
Still is.
But I don't know, I kind of [F] calmed down, and I think that became more so the whole thing.
After that I realized that _ _ this was almost no [Db] possible chance.
Just kind of [Ebm] calmed down a little bit.
I think we grew [G] up.
[Ab] _ _ [Bb]
I think we did.
_ But you're constantly, like, you're never to a stopping point.
You know, it's constantly going to change and grow.
I lost all [Gb] hope in them, so. _
That old Phil from our club.
You still [N] don't know that they are?
Because they're in like bulky [Bb] songs.
Going back to your roots.
Love roots.
[Gb] Maybe that makes you a Brutes music.
Yeah.
[G]
Maybe not. _ _ _ _ _ _
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