Further Down the Road Lyrics

1 beat per chord 3 +
' = 1 beat Fmaj7 change: Am Fmaj7
! = no chord
Tune down one half step - song is pitched in B
INTRO:
! C G Fmaj7 ' Fmaj7 ' ' !
C G Fmaj7 ' Fmaj7 ' ' !
I'm not a-fraid to
VERSE-A:
C G Fmaj7 ' Fmaj7 ' ' !
Say I've had my ups and downs__
C G Fmaj7 ' Fmaj7 ' ' !
__ on any other day__
C G Fmaj7 ' Fmaj7 ' ' !
__ I'd run me out of town__
C G Fmaj7 ' Fmaj7 ' ' '
__ now I'm
VERSE-B:
(band enters)
C G5 Fmaj7 ' Fmaj7 ' ' '
Stand-__ ing in the middle of a good dream__
C G5 Fmaj7 ' Fmaj7 ' ' '
Try'n'__ to figure what I do and don't need__
C G5 Fmaj7 ' Fmaj7 ' ' '
Hop-__ing I can give myself a good chance__ not too
C G5 Fmaj7 ' Fmaj7 ' ' '
Proud__ to show the spirit that I once had__ I
CHORUS:
G ' Am '
Guess we'll wait for the night to fall we'll
G ' Am '
Sleep right through to the breaking dawn I
F ' G ' F ' C !
Guess we'll find out further down the road__
RE-INTRO:
C G Fmaj7 ' Fmaj7 ' ' !
Will I have the strength to
VERSE-A:
C G Fmaj7 ' Fmaj7 ' ' !
Take the oppor-tunity when it comes__
C G Fmaj7 ' Fmaj7 ' ' !
__ am I laid to
C G Fmaj7 ' Fmaj7 ' ' !
Waste if I lose my nerve and run__
C G Fmaj7 ' Fmaj7 ' ' '
__ now I'm
VERSE-B:
C G5 Fmaj7 ' Fmaj7 ' ' '
Stand-__ing in the middle of a good dream__
C G5 Fmaj7 ' Fmaj7 ' ' '
Wait-__ing on a number that I can't reach__
C G5 Fmaj7 ' Fmaj7 ' ' '
Hop-__ing I can give myself a good chance__ and not too
C G5 Fmaj7 ' Fmaj7 ' ' '
Proud__ to say I'd love a little romance__ I
CHORUS:
G ' Am '
Guess we'll wait for the night to fall we'll
G ' Am '
Sleep right through to the breaking dawn I
F ' G ' F ' C '
Guess we'll find out further down the road__
BRIDGE:
D ' Dsus4 D G ' C '
(solo)
D ' Dsus4 D G ' C '
Ooh______ well I never let love sink its claws in me
D ' Dsus4 D G ' C '
Ooh______ all I ever asked was happi-ness for
LINK:
Fmaj7 ' ' ' Fmaj7 ' ' !
You_____
RE-INTRO:
C G Fmaj7 ' Fmaj7 ' ' !
C G Fmaj7 ' Fmaj7 ' ' '
now I'm
HALF-VERSE-B:
C G5 Fmaj7 ' Fmaj7 ' ' '
Stand-__ing in the middle of a good dream__
C G5 Fmaj7 ' Fmaj7 ' ' '
Wait-__ing on a number that I can't reach__ I
CHORUS:
G ' Am '
Guess we'll wait for the night to fall we'll
G ' Am '
Sleep right through to the breaking dawn I
F ' G ' F ' C '
Guess we'll find out further down the road__ this
CHORUS-VARIATION:
G ' Am '
Feeling's worth its weight in gold just
G ' Am '
Praying for it to unfold I
F ' G ' F ' C '
Guess we'll find out further down the road__
EPILOGUE: (standard tuning)
D ' ' '
G* D ' ' A D ' ' (three times)
G* D ' ' A G (end on 2+)
CHORDS:
Opening lick is a pick-up on Beat-4 (based on C-chord in eighth position)
Stumbling rhythm has accents on 2 and 3+ thus:
> > >
Main guitar plays Fmaj7/A throughout, but only the
gliss strum on Beat-1 produces the bass note clearly.
Open 1st-string occasionally forms G6
INTRO/VERSE-A:
NC C G (Am) Fmaj7 Fmaj7/A NC
h = hammer on
p = pull off
` = position shift (slide and pick again)
/ = slide legato (destination not picked)
Vocal melody is phrased differently in VERSE-B sections
and progression is played entirely in first position.
VERSE-B:
(let ring)
1 + 2 + a 3 e + 4 + 1 2 + 3e+a4e+a
o = open strings occur incidentally with fingering change
TREMOLO GUITAR:
^ = quarter-step bend
b = half-step bend
r = release bend
EPILOGUE:
(let ring)