Life On The Road Chords by The Kinks

[A] Ever since I was a child, [C#] I loved to wander wild through [F#m] the bright city [B] lights
And find myself a [E] life I could call my [D] own
[A] [Bm] It was [A] always my ambition [C#] to see Piccadilly
[F#m] Ramblin' Rome [B] around Soho and [E] Pimlico and Savile Row
[D] [A] So [Bm] _ [A] _ I [E] saved all [D] my money [E] and packed up my [D] clothes
And [F#m] I said goodbye to my friends and my folks [E] back home
_ _ And [D] I [B] lived [E] for a [F] life [F#m] of my own
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[B] I lived for [E] a life [A] on the road
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[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] I'm a real [E] homey type _ [A] And I know [E] what I like
[A] [E] And I know where I'm going [A] To those bright [E] city lights
[D] Oh yeah, [D#m] oh [E] yeah, it's [F] time I'm gonna [F#m] get there
_ [D] _ I'm [D#m] bound [E] for a life [A] on the road
[E] Give me life on the [A] road [E]
I said [A] life on the road
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[A] When [E] I arrived in Houston [F#] I was little [D] more than a child
[D#m]
[A] And I didn't [E] know then how to dives and dance
Or [D] kiss a vulgar and wicked [A] and wild
Mama [E] always told me [F#m] The city ladies were [D] bawdy and bold
[D#m] [A] So I searched night and day [E] to catch a kiss with the lady
[D] But all that I caught [A] was a cold
[D#] [E] Castle stuck up [D] city ladies [E] Didn't notice me [D] walk by
[F#m] Now I've got holes in my shoes Cause I've been walking the streets [E] all night
_ [D] But I'm [B] living [E] the [F] life [F#m] I chose _ [D] _ [D#m] Living [E] my life [A] on the road
[E] I said [A] life on the road [E] I want [A] life on the road
[E] _ [A] Life on the road
[E] I _ _ [A] was standing with the [E] punks in Great Street
[F#m] When a muscle man [D] came my [D#] way
[A] He said, hey, how you [E] gay?
Can you come out to play?
[D] And like a fool [A] I went and said, okay
[D#] Ever since [E] I was knee [A#] high [F#m] I thought the city was [D] played with gold
[A] But I've seen [D#] so many [E] losers and down and up losers
[D] Who are tired [A] of being bought and sold
[E] City women [D] are a tease [E] But I'd really [D] love to please
[F#m] Now I've got bloodshot eyes Cause I've been walking the streets [E] all night _
_ [D] And it [B] sure [E] knocks you [F] out
[F#m] And [D] _ I'm [B] living [E] my [A] life on the road
[E] I said life [A] on the road
_ [E] Life on [A] the road
[E] I want life on [A] the road
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[A] One of these days [C#] I want to go [F#m] home
Visit my [B] friends and see all the [E] places that I used to know
[A] _ Say goodbye to [C#] a world that's too [F#m] real
Bye to a [B] world that's forgotten how to [E] feel _ _
[A] [D] And [E] it's slowly [D] using me
[E] And there's no [D] security
[F#m] Sometimes I hate the road
But it's the only life I [E] know
_ _ [D] That I'm [B] living the [E] [F] life that [F#m] I chose
[D] _ So I'll [B] live out my [E] life [A] on the road
_ [E] Give me [A] life on the road
[E] I said [A] life on the road
[E] I said [A] life on the road
[E] Give me [A] life on the road
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