Neon Road

 

Written by John Stewart


Neon Road is on Rough Sketches, Folk Era CD (97).  Fine song, fun to play!  I think it needs to be strummed.


 

(G, bass run G-A-B-[C, already on next chord] (C, C-B-A-[G])

(G, G-A-B-[C]) (C, A—[G])

(G, G-A-B-[C]) (C, C-B-A-[G])

(G, G-A-B-[C]) (C, A—[G]) (G)

If you’re (C)driving on the (G)highway

And you (C)see the (D) stumble (G)man,

You can (C)stop and pick me (G)up and

You can (C)tell me (A) who I (D)am.

I’ve been (C)searching for an (G)answer

Like a (C)runner (A)I have (G)said,

I bel(C)lieve that I will (G)find it

On the (C)black top (A) up a(D)head. (bass run on D-chord: D-C-B-A)

 

Give me (C)Airstreams, give me (G)highways,

Oh, (C)show me the (D)neon (Em)road.

Give me (C)Chi-Town, give me (G)St. Louis,

Show me the (C)high(G)way (D)home,

The highway (Em)home.

 

It was (C)194(G)5 and

We were (C)living (D)through the (G)war,

In the (C)words of Harry (G)Truman,

”Give ‘em (C)Hell then (A) give ‘em (D)more.”

We had (C)honour, we had (G)promise,

We had (C)dreams of (A)better (Em)days.

Yeah, but (C)somewhere in the (G)short strokes

We got (C)lost a(A)long the (D)way. (bass run on D-chord: D-C-B-A)

 

Give me (C)Fairlanes, give me (G)top down,

Oh, (C)show me the (D)Neon (Em)Road

Give me (C)Tulsa, give me (G)Flagstaff, yeah,

Show me the (C)high(G)way (D)home,

Yeah, the highway (Em)home.

 

I re(C)call the days of (G)summer

In my (C)shining (D)Chevro(G)let,

In the (C)orange groves of Po(G)mona.

Awkward (C)moves and (A)endless (D)days,

El Do(C)rados sang "Momma (G)Knockin",

We were (C)rockin’ (D)through the (Em)times.

Down in (C)Memphis they were (G)talking, yeah,

About a (C)boy who (A)crossed the (D)line. (bass run on D-chord: D-C-B-A))

 

Give me (C)Airstreams, give me (G)joy rides,

Oh, (C)show me the (D)Neon (Em)Road.

Give me (C)Kingman, give me (G)Barstow, yeah,

Show me the (C)high(G)way (D)home.

Give me (C)Fairlanes, yeah, give me (G)tailfins, yeah,

(C)Show me the (D)Neon (Em)Road.

Give me (C)Baghdad, give me (G)Amboy,

Show me the (C)high(G)way (D)home,

Yeah, the highway (Em)home,

Yeah, the (D)highway (Em)home,

Yeah, the (D)highway (Em)home.   (D)  (Em)

 

© John Stewart, All Rights Reserved

 

Charlie Woodward & janhauenstein.@gmx.de & Art Faller

 

January 2007