Route 40 (Live) Chords

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_ _ Come and ride the road that [E] links the cities of the sun.
[A] It's the Tucumcari [D] [G]-Albuquerque [A]-Flagstaff-Phoenix run.
[C] _ _ [A] Try that again.
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It's the [D] Tucumcari [G]-Albuquerque-Flagstaff-Phoenix [Am] run.
Got that?
Alright.
Tucumcari-Albuquerque-Flagstaff-Phoenix.
And points west. _ _
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_ _ Bad times came [C] and bad times went [Em] and left us here [Am] alive.
[Dm] Desert folk [Am] have histories [G] of learning to [E]
survive.
[F] The troubles took [Am] the [C] cities, then the rich [D] farmland aside.
_ [C] But skipped our land is barren [G] waste, so here we [Am] all abide.
_ _ [C] Come and [Am] ride the road that [Em] links the cities [E] of the sun.
It's the [D] Tucumcari [F]-Albuquerque [G]-Flagstaff [Am]-Phoenix run.
[C] Pretty good.
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[G] _ _ [Am] _ Got nine more verses to get it right. _ _ _ _
_ We had no oil worth [G] digging for, just [E] white [A] jojoba plains.
The sun is like a hammer [G] here and twice a [E] year it rains.
[F] But we know [Am] where the waters hide and where the [D] stock can feed.
[Am] So we survived and prospered [Em] when the old [Am] world died of greed.
_ [C] Come [Am] and ride the road that links [Em] the cities of [E] the sun.
[A] It's the Tucumcari [D] [B]-Albuquerque [G]-Flagstaff-Phoenix [Am] run.
The _ [D] _ [F] _ [G] _
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_ _ packed [C] trains and the wagons [Em] bring the goods down [Am] to the road.
We [Dm] dicker over [Am] prices, [G] then we convoy [E] up and load.
Now [F] some of [Am] us like steam wheels and some [D] drive alcohol.
_ _ But when [Bm] it comes to weapons, we've [Em] no arguments [Am] at all.
[C] Come and [Am] ride the road [Em] that links the cities of [E] the sun.
[Am] It's the [D] Tucumcari [B]-Albuquerque [G]-Flagstaff [Am]-Phoenix run.
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[G] _ [Am] _ _ _ We [C] drive out of the city [Em] and the desert floor [Am]
unrolls.
We meet the road repair crew [G] and pay them all [E] their tolls.
[F] We swap them news [Am] and gossip, for the CB [D] on our way. _
And that's [Bm] the only [A] taxes that [Em] we're ever [Am] gonna pay.
Come and ride the [E] road that links the cities of the sun.
[Am] It's the [D] Tucumcari [F]-Albuquerque [G]-Flagstaff [Am]-Phoenix run.
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Less the cool of night time, [Em] though, it makes the [Am] driving slow.
The heat scopes sworn of trouble long [G] before the gangs [Em] can show.
[F] A couple [Am] rounds of rockets makes the [D] bandits go away. _
And [Am] that's the last of trouble till [Em] the coming [Am] of the day.
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Come and [Am] ride the road that [Em] links the cities [E] of the sun.
[A] It's the [D] Tucumcari-Albuquerque [G]-Flagstaff [Am]-Phoenix run.
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_ _ _ _ The sun comes up in banners [G] and the [E] heat comes down like [Am] lead.
Our heat scopes now are useless [G] and there's trouble [E] up ahead.
[Fm] Some gang has [A] set a [Am] road trap, do we fight or [D] do we pay? _
_ _ _ _ Hell, [Bm] fire the [Am] big recoilless, [G] we ain't [Em] paying [Am] tax today. _ _ _ _ _
_ Come and ride the road that [Em] links the cities [E] of the sun.
[Am] It's the [E] [D] Tucumcari [F]-Albuquerque [G]-Flagstaff [Am]-Phoenix run. _
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We get to [C] Albuquerque with [G] our armor [Am] full of holes.
[D] But we've got all [Am] our cargo safe [G] and the market [E] street unrolls.
[D] We'll take our pay and car [Am] repairs, more armor and [D] more shells.
_ For the [Bm] next stretch goes [Am] to Flagstaff and [Em] that erodes a [Am] dozen hills. _
[C] _ Come and [Am] ride the [Em] road that links the cities [E] of the sun.
[A] It's the [D] Tucumcari [G]-Albuquerque-Flagstaff [Am]-Phoenix run.
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So now we've [C] got a passenger, [Em] some kind of [A] preacher man.
Who sneers at our crude [Am] violence [G] and brags [E] about his plan.
[F] To bring [Am] back laws and governments and [C] all that [D] whole shebang. _ _ _ _
_ [Am] Oh, put him on the tail gun [G] quick, here comes [Am] another gang.
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Come and [Am] ride the road that [Em] links the cities [E] of the sun.
It's the [D] Tucumcari-Albuquerque [G]-Flagstaff [Am]-Phoenix run.
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_ _ _ _ We stagger [C] into Flagstaff [Em] late, all wounded, [Am] scarred and cracked.
We've [Dm] fought three [Am] gangs since morning, but [G] our cargo's [E] still intact.
[F] Our [Am] passenger's leaving, I think he's [D] realized. _
_ _ _ _ That [Bm] freedom's wild and woolly, [Em] we don't want it [Am] civilized.
Come and ride the road that [Em] links the cities [E] of the sun.
[Am] It's the [D] Tucumcari [F]-Albuquerque [G]-Flagstaff [Am]-Phoenix run. _
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_ _ _ _ So pour the drinks, [C] the [Em] immersions, for the heroes of [Am] the road.
[Dm] We wouldn't swap [G] our rolling lives for all the [E] goods we've towed.
[Fm] So patch our wounds [Am] in armor and make our [D] ammo trees. _
Woo-hoo!
_ [E] For the next road [Am] runs to Phoenix, [G] and [Em] that's some [Am] other too.
_ _ [C] Come and [Am] ride the road that [Em] links the cities [E] of the sun.
[Am] It's the [D] Tucumcari [Dm]-Albuquerque [G]-Flagstaff [Am]-Phoenix run.
The [D] Tucumcari [G]-Albuquerque-Flagstaff [Am]-Phoenix run.
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