Chords for Twelve Mile Road
Tempo:
97.85 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
F#m
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] [A]
[D] [E]
[A] There's an old [B] gravel road, [A] hollow in [E] section line,
[A]
Out where [F#m] lives are held [D] together with sweat and bale [B] and twine.
[A] Where you rattle your [D] bones on a tractor, [A]
over thirty [E] years old.
[A] And there's a [F#m] mortgage and kids to be [D] fed out on twelve [A] mile road.
[D]
[A] [D]
[A] Just a [D] stretch of country, [A] a wind comes [E] blowing through,
[A] Homesteaders [F#m] starved out and blew away, [D] there's nobody out [E] here but you.
[A] You know someday [D] it's gonna turn around, [A] Lord it [E] turns so slow,
[A] It ain't rained [F#m]
since April, [D] out on twelve [A] mile road.
[E]
Out [A] on twelve mile [E] road, Lord it [F#m] turns so slow,
[D]
Hanging [A] on to a ragged drain, [D]
out [A] on twelve mile [Bm] road.
[A] [D] [Bm]
[A] You raise some [D] hay, you head a cow, [A] you swing a [E] hammer in town,
[A] You do everything [F#m] you can by God do, [D] to keep your [E] feet on the ground.
[A] Cause if a man [D] works hard enough, [A] he can turn that straw [E] into gold.
[A] Or ain't that the way [F#m] it's supposed to be, [D] out on twelve [A] mile road.
[E]
Out [A] on twelve mile [E] road, Lord it [F#m] turns so slow,
[D]
Hanging on [A] to a [F#m] ragged drain, [D]
[A] out on twelve mile road.
[A] [B]
[A] You hope for the day [D] when the air is clean, [A] the fences are [E]
untrue,
All of your [F#m] worries vanish like [D] smoke, all the hard [E] times are [B] through.
[A] You look down from the top [F#] of a hill, [A] your dreams will be there [E] to hold.
Or ain't that the way it's [F#m] supposed to be, [D] out [E] on twelve mile [A]
road.
[E]
Out [A] on twelve mile [E] road, Lord it turns [F#m] so slow,
[D]
Hanging on to [A] a [F#m] ragged drain, [D] out on [A] twelve mile road.
[E] Out [A] on twelve mile [E] road, Lord it turns [F#m] so slow,
[D] It ain't rained [A] since [F#m] April, [D] out [E] on twelve mile road.
[A] [F#m] [D]
[A]
[D] [E]
[A] There's an old [B] gravel road, [A] hollow in [E] section line,
[A]
Out where [F#m] lives are held [D] together with sweat and bale [B] and twine.
[A] Where you rattle your [D] bones on a tractor, [A]
over thirty [E] years old.
[A] And there's a [F#m] mortgage and kids to be [D] fed out on twelve [A] mile road.
[D]
[A] [D]
[A] Just a [D] stretch of country, [A] a wind comes [E] blowing through,
[A] Homesteaders [F#m] starved out and blew away, [D] there's nobody out [E] here but you.
[A] You know someday [D] it's gonna turn around, [A] Lord it [E] turns so slow,
[A] It ain't rained [F#m]
since April, [D] out on twelve [A] mile road.
[E]
Out [A] on twelve mile [E] road, Lord it [F#m] turns so slow,
[D]
Hanging [A] on to a ragged drain, [D]
out [A] on twelve mile [Bm] road.
[A] [D] [Bm]
[A] You raise some [D] hay, you head a cow, [A] you swing a [E] hammer in town,
[A] You do everything [F#m] you can by God do, [D] to keep your [E] feet on the ground.
[A] Cause if a man [D] works hard enough, [A] he can turn that straw [E] into gold.
[A] Or ain't that the way [F#m] it's supposed to be, [D] out on twelve [A] mile road.
[E]
Out [A] on twelve mile [E] road, Lord it [F#m] turns so slow,
[D]
Hanging on [A] to a [F#m] ragged drain, [D]
[A] out on twelve mile road.
[A] [B]
[A] You hope for the day [D] when the air is clean, [A] the fences are [E]
untrue,
All of your [F#m] worries vanish like [D] smoke, all the hard [E] times are [B] through.
[A] You look down from the top [F#] of a hill, [A] your dreams will be there [E] to hold.
Or ain't that the way it's [F#m] supposed to be, [D] out [E] on twelve mile [A]
road.
[E]
Out [A] on twelve mile [E] road, Lord it turns [F#m] so slow,
[D]
Hanging on to [A] a [F#m] ragged drain, [D] out on [A] twelve mile road.
[E] Out [A] on twelve mile [E] road, Lord it turns [F#m] so slow,
[D] It ain't rained [A] since [F#m] April, [D] out [E] on twelve mile road.
[A] [F#m] [D]
[A]
Key:
A
D
E
F#m
B
A
D
E
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] There's an old [B] gravel road, [A] hollow in [E] section line,
_ [A]
Out where [F#m] lives are held [D] together with sweat and bale [B] and twine.
[A] Where you rattle your [D] bones on a tractor, _ [A]
over thirty [E] years old.
[A] And there's a [F#m] mortgage and kids to be [D] fed out on twelve [A] mile road.
[D] _
_ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [A] Just a [D] stretch of country, _ _ [A] a wind comes [E] blowing through,
_ [A] _ Homesteaders [F#m] starved out and blew away, [D] there's nobody out [E] here but you.
_ [A] You know someday [D] it's gonna turn around, [A] Lord it [E] turns so slow,
_ [A] It ain't rained [F#m]
since April, _ [D] out on twelve [A] mile road.
_ _ _ [E] _ _
Out [A] on twelve mile [E] road, Lord it [F#m] turns so slow,
[D]
Hanging [A] on to a ragged drain, [D]
out [A] on twelve mile [Bm] road. _
_ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [A] You raise some [D] hay, you head a cow, [A] you swing a [E] hammer in town,
[A] You do everything [F#m] you can by God do, [D] to keep your [E] feet on the ground.
[A] Cause if a man [D] works hard enough, [A] he can turn that straw [E] into gold.
[A] Or ain't that the way [F#m] it's supposed to be, [D] out on twelve [A] mile road.
_ _ _ [E]
Out [A] on twelve mile [E] road, Lord it [F#m] turns so slow,
_ [D]
Hanging on [A] to a [F#m] ragged drain, [D]
[A] out on twelve mile _ road.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _
_ [A] You hope for the day [D] when the air is clean, [A] the fences are [E]
untrue,
_ All of your [F#m] worries vanish like [D] smoke, all the hard [E] times are [B] through.
[A] You look down from the top [F#] of a hill, [A] your dreams will be there [E] to hold.
Or ain't that the way it's [F#m] supposed to be, [D] out [E] on twelve mile [A]
road.
_ _ _ [E] _
Out [A] on twelve mile [E] road, Lord it turns [F#m] so slow,
_ [D]
Hanging on to [A] a [F#m] ragged drain, [D] out on [A] twelve mile road.
[E] Out _ [A] on twelve mile [E] road, Lord it turns [F#m] so slow,
[D] It ain't rained [A] since [F#m] April, [D] out [E] on twelve mile road. _ _
_ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] There's an old [B] gravel road, [A] hollow in [E] section line,
_ [A]
Out where [F#m] lives are held [D] together with sweat and bale [B] and twine.
[A] Where you rattle your [D] bones on a tractor, _ [A]
over thirty [E] years old.
[A] And there's a [F#m] mortgage and kids to be [D] fed out on twelve [A] mile road.
[D] _
_ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [A] Just a [D] stretch of country, _ _ [A] a wind comes [E] blowing through,
_ [A] _ Homesteaders [F#m] starved out and blew away, [D] there's nobody out [E] here but you.
_ [A] You know someday [D] it's gonna turn around, [A] Lord it [E] turns so slow,
_ [A] It ain't rained [F#m]
since April, _ [D] out on twelve [A] mile road.
_ _ _ [E] _ _
Out [A] on twelve mile [E] road, Lord it [F#m] turns so slow,
[D]
Hanging [A] on to a ragged drain, [D]
out [A] on twelve mile [Bm] road. _
_ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [A] You raise some [D] hay, you head a cow, [A] you swing a [E] hammer in town,
[A] You do everything [F#m] you can by God do, [D] to keep your [E] feet on the ground.
[A] Cause if a man [D] works hard enough, [A] he can turn that straw [E] into gold.
[A] Or ain't that the way [F#m] it's supposed to be, [D] out on twelve [A] mile road.
_ _ _ [E]
Out [A] on twelve mile [E] road, Lord it [F#m] turns so slow,
_ [D]
Hanging on [A] to a [F#m] ragged drain, [D]
[A] out on twelve mile _ road.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _
_ [A] You hope for the day [D] when the air is clean, [A] the fences are [E]
untrue,
_ All of your [F#m] worries vanish like [D] smoke, all the hard [E] times are [B] through.
[A] You look down from the top [F#] of a hill, [A] your dreams will be there [E] to hold.
Or ain't that the way it's [F#m] supposed to be, [D] out [E] on twelve mile [A]
road.
_ _ _ [E] _
Out [A] on twelve mile [E] road, Lord it turns [F#m] so slow,
_ [D]
Hanging on to [A] a [F#m] ragged drain, [D] out on [A] twelve mile road.
[E] Out _ [A] on twelve mile [E] road, Lord it turns [F#m] so slow,
[D] It ain't rained [A] since [F#m] April, [D] out [E] on twelve mile road. _ _
_ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _