Chords for Refuge of the Roads

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_ _ [F] _ I met a [C] friend of spirit.
_ _ _ [Gm] He [C] drank and womanized.
Then I sat before his sanity.
I was [Bb] holding back from crying.
_ [D] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] He saw [Am] my [Em] complications _ _ [Bb] and he _ mirrored me [C] back simplified.
[Am] And [Bb] without _ _ [C] perfection would _ [Bb] always be denied.
_ [D] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ Heart and [C] humor _ and humility.
He said, [F] we'll lighten up your heavy [C] load. _ _
[Em] I left him then [Em] [Bb] for the refuge _ _ of _ [F] the [C] road. _ _
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] I fell in with [Em] some _ [Am] drifters.
[Gm] _ _
And I stepped [C] on a beach town.
_ [Gm] When [F] Dixie, cold [C] cuts and highway [Bb] hand-me _
_ [D]-downs.
[F] _ And I [Dm] wound up fixing [C] dinner.
_ _ _ [Gm] For them in [C] Boston gin.
With [Gm] _ _
affection, [C] _ thinking back [Bb] down the road.
Still [D] then, _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] the nets were _ overflowing.
_ In the [F] Gulf of [C] Mexico, _ [D] they were [Em]
overflowing.
In [Bb] the refuge of _ the [C] roads. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [F] There [Dm] was spring [Am] along [Em] the ditches.
_ [Gm] There were good [F] times in [C] the cities.
_ [Gm] Oh, [F] radiant [C]
happiness.
It was [Bb] all so light [F] and _ easy.
Till [Dm] I started [C] [Em] analyzing.
_ _ [C] And I brought on my old _ ways.
_ [Gm] _ _ [C] Thunderhead of judgment was [Bb] gathering in my _ [F] _
gaze.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ And [C] it made most people nervous.
_ [F] They just didn't want to [C] know.
_ What [Em] I was seeing.
[Bb] In the refuge _ of _ [F] the [C] roads. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [Bb] _
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_ _ _ [F] I pulled up [C] into a forest.
_ _ [Bb] Crickets clicking [F] in the [C]
ferns.
_ [Gm] Like a wheel [F] [C] of fortune.
I [Bb] heard my fate turn, turn, turn.
And [Dm] I went running [Am] down [C] a white sand road.
[Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ [C]
Last year, _ [Gm] running to [F] [C] lose the blues.
To the [Bb] _ innocence [D] in the air.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ These [C] are the clouds of _ _ Michelangelo.
_ [F] Muscular with [C] gods and sun gold.
[Em] Shine on your witness.
_ [Bb] In the refuge _ _ of [C] the roads.
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_ _ _ [F] _ [Dm] In a highway service [Em] station.
[C] _ _ [Bb] Over [F] the month [C] of June.
_ Was [Bb] a [F] photograph of the [C] earth.
Taken coming [Bb] back from [D] the moon.
_ [Dm] And you couldn't see a [Em] city.
_ [C] On [Gm] that _ [F] [C] mound bowling ball.
Or [Gm] a forest [F] [C] or a highway.
Or me [Bb] at least of all.
_ [F]
You _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ couldn't [C] see these cold water restrooms.
Or this _ [F] baggage overload.
_ _ [Em] Westbound and _ rolling.
[Bb] Seeking refuge. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] In the [C]
roads.
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