Tom Waits & Primus - Jack Kerouac on the Road Chords

Tempo:
134.15 bpm
Chords used:

G

C

Eb

D

Gm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Tom Waits & Primus - Jack Kerouac on the Road chords
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[G]
I left New York in 1949 to go across the country.
I can't [C] blame time.
[G] Montana, [E] in the cold, cold [G] fall, found my father [Eb] in the gambling [G] hall.
I don't mind, I don't care, you can't get out in the world if there's only 10.
I don't mind, I don't care, you can't get out in the world if there's only 10.
Don't worry about it, [D] I'm curious.
[C] Cross the Mississippi, [G] cross the Tennessee, cross the Niagara, home I'll never be.
[C] Home in a
[D] Roger Culler [G] home.
[D]
[G]
Better or worse, thick and thin, I'd be a married to the little [C] boy man.
God, he loves me.
[G] I [Eb] got love [G] with him.
I want you to do [Eb] just the same for [G] him.
Well, the ones he [Gm] with, mother's [G] worried about the wind.
So I left [Gm] Montana [D] on the [G] straight [Ebm] train.
Not [G] my father's side, in the cold, cold rain.
[Dm] [C] Road to a [G] Palooso, road to a Dineen, [D] road to a La La, home I'll never be.
[C] Road to a Oklahoma, road to a Oklahoma, [D] road to a Mota, H-A-P, road to San Antonio.
[Gm] [G]
Hey!
[Eb] [G]
[Ebm] [Gm] [Eb]
[F] [G]
[G] [Eb]
[G]
[Eb]
[G]
[C] Road to a Palooso, [G] road to a Dineen, [D]
road to a La La, home I'll never be.
[C] Road to a Oklahoma, [G] road to a Oklahoma, [D] road to Mota, [G] H-A-P, road to San Antonio.
[Gm] I got love with him.
I
[Gm] got love with him.
[G] I got love with him.
I got love with him.
[Eb] [Gm]
[G]
[E]
[Bbm] [Em]
Key:  
G
2131
C
3211
Eb
12341116
D
1321
Gm
123111113
G
2131
C
3211
Eb
12341116
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Let's start jamming Tom Waits - On The Road chords, familiarize yourself with these chords - C, G, D, G, G, Eb and G in sequence. A strategic approach would be to train at 67 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 134. To match your vocal range and chord inclination, adjust the capo in line with the key: G Major.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I left New York in _ _ _ _ _ 1949 to _ go across the country.
_ _ I can't [C] blame time. _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ Montana, _ _ [E] in the cold, cold [G] fall, _ _ _ found my father _ _ [Eb] in the gambling [G] hall.
_ I _ _ _ don't mind, I don't care, you can't get out in the world if there's only 10.
I don't mind, I don't care, you can't get out in the world if there's only 10.
Don't worry about it, _ _ [D] _ I'm curious.
_ _ _ _ [C] Cross the Mississippi, [G] cross the Tennessee, cross the Niagara, _ home I'll never be.
[C] Home in a _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ Roger Culler [G] home.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Better or worse, _ _ _ thick and _ thin, _ I'd be a married to the little [C] boy man. _ _
God, he loves me.
[G] _ _ _ I [Eb] got love [G] with him.
_ _ I want you to do _ _ _ [Eb] just the same for [G] him. _ _ _ _
Well, the ones he [Gm] with, mother's [G] worried about the wind.
_ _ So I left [Gm] Montana _ _ [D] _ on the [G] straight _ _ _ [Ebm] train.
Not [G] my father's side, _ _ in the cold, cold rain.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] Road to a [G] Palooso, road to a Dineen, [D] road to a La La, home I'll never be.
[C] Road to a Oklahoma, road to a Oklahoma, [D] road to a Mota, H-A-P, road to San Antonio.
[Gm] _ _ [G] _ _
Hey! _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] Road to a Palooso, [G] road to a Dineen, [D]
road to a La La, home I'll never be.
[C] Road to a Oklahoma, [G] road to a Oklahoma, [D] road to Mota, [G] H-A-P, road to San Antonio. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ I got _ _ _ _ love with him.
_ I _
_ [Gm] _ _ got love with him. _
[G] I got love with him. _ _ _
I got love with him. _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Em] _ _

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