The Road Shines Bright

Written by John Stewart

‘The Road Shines Bright’ is from “The Lonesome Picker Rides Again”, Warner Bros., 1971, CD re-release by Line Records, 1990. It´s also on the live double CD “Front Row Music - Before the War”, Neon Dreams CD, 2001.

Now we´ve done all the songs from the great Lonesome Picker album. Guitars John and Fred ‘The Flash’ Carter, drums Russ Kunkel, bass Bryan Garofalo, conga King Errison, banjo Chris Darrow, pedal steel, Buddy Emmons, bg vocals the fabulous and far-famed Dump Trucks – the song was bound to sound good.

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(D)(D) (D4)(D4)(D4) (D)(D) (D4)(D4)(D4)

[keep playing this pattern for the verses –

we haven´t written it out there so as not to confuse you]

(D)Listen to the (D4)hymn in the (D)high school (D4)gym,

´Cause the (D)church burned (D4)down last (D)night.(D) (D4)(D4)(D4)

(D)Glory, (D4)Glory, (D)Halle(D4)lujah,

(D)I can (D4)see the (D)light.(D) (D4)(D4)(D4) (D)(D) (D4)(D4)(D4)

But (D)I got a (D4)church right (D)here in(D4)side,

And it (D)does me (D4)quite all (D)right.(D) (D4)(D4)(D4)

It (D)shows me the (D4)road that (D)goes to (D4)home,

And (D)I can (D4)see the (D)light.(D) (D4)(D4)(D4) (D)(D) (A7)(A7)

And the (D)road (F#m)shines (Bm)bright,

And the (E)road (E7)shines (A)bright, (A7)

Oh, the (D)road (F#)shines (G)bright

When you're (A)going (D)home.(D) (D4)(D4)

(D)(D)(D) (D4)(D4) (D)(D) (D4)(D4) (D)(D) (D) (D4)(D4)

[resume pattern, sometimes 2, sometimes 3 (D4)s]

(D)Bless you, (D4)long and (D)lonesome (D4)highway,

(D)You're gonna (D4)save my (D)life.(D) (D4)(D4)(D4)

(D)Headlights (D4)shining in the (D)cat eyes (D4)walking,

And (D)I can (D4)see the (D)light.(D) (D4)(D4)(D4)

(D)(hold)Glory, (G)(hold)Glory, (D)Hal(F#m)le(Bm)lujah,

(D)(hold)I can (A)(hold)see the (D)(hold)light. (G)(A)

(D)(hold)Glory, (G)(hold)Glory, (D)Hal(F#m)le(Bm)lujah,

(D)(hold)I can (A)(hold)see the (D)light.(D) (D4)(D4) (D)(D) (A7)(A7)

And the (D)road (F#m)shines (Bm)bright,

And the (E)road (E7)shines (A)bright, (A7)

Oh, the (D)road (F#)shines (G)bright

When you're (A)going (D)home.(D) (D4)(D4) (D)(D) (A7)(A7)

Oh, the (D)road (F#m)shines (Bm)bright,

Oh, the (E)road (E7)shines (A)bright, (A7)

Oh, the (D)road (F#)shines (G)bright

When you're (A)going...

(D)Glory, (G)Glory, (D)Hal(F#m)le(Bm)lujah,

(D)I can (A)see the (D)light. (G)(A)

(D)Glory, (G)Glory, (D)Hal(F#m)le(Bm)lujah,

(D)I can (A)see the (G)(hold)light.....

(D)(D) (D4)(D4)(D4)

(D)(D)See the light. (D4)(D4)(D4)

(D)(D) (D4)(D4)(D4) (D)(D) (D4)(D4)(D4)...(fade out)

Charlie Woodward, Art Faller & janhauenstein@gmx.de

September 2005