John Denver

Gravel On The Ground

John Denver


Tom: D

    D       D/A     G/D     G       D/F#    Em7     E7      A
E|--2-------5-------3-------3-------2-------0-------0-------0---|
B|--3-------3-------3-------0-------3-------0-------0-------2---|
G|--2-------2-------0-------0-------2-------0-------1-------2---|
D|--0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------2---|
A|--x-------x-------x-------2-------0-------2-------2-------0---|
E|--x-------x-------x-------3-------2-------0-------0-------x---|


D    D/A    G/D    D    D    D/A    G/D    D

       G               D/F#             Em7                 D          
If our lives could lie before us like a straight and narrow highway
        G               D/F#       E7                 A
so that we could see forever, long before we took the ride,
         G             D/F#           Em7             D
we would never look to heaven, make a wish or climb a mountain,
            G               D/F#          Em7    A     D
'cause we'd always know the answer what's on the other side.

         D        G    D                  G      A      D
But life ain't no easy freeway, just some gravel on the ground.
    D       G     D              E7                A
You pay for every mile you go to spread some dust around.
       D        G    D                G         G      A
But we all have destinations, and the dust will settle down,
          G        G    G                  G      A      D
this life ain't no easy freeway, just some gravel on the ground.

D/A    G/D    D    D    D/A    G/D    D

         G               D/F#              Em7               D
So let's walk the road together, who knows what we'll find tomorrow.
      G                 D/F#           E7                A
Maybe good times, maybe sorrow will be waiting round the bend
      G                   D/F#               Em7              D
Given time, two hearts discover what they're feeling for each other.
       G                 D/F#           Em7         A      D
At the best we'll end up lovers, at the least we'll make a friend.

         D        G    D                  G      A      D
But life ain't no easy freeway, just some gravel on the ground.
    D       G     D              E7               A
You pay for every mile you go to spread some dust around.
       D        G    D                G         G      A
But we all have destinations, and the dust will settle down,
         D        G    D                  G      A      D
But life ain't no easy freeway, just some gravel on the ground.
    D       G     D              E7               A
You pay for every mile you go to spread some dust around.
       D        G    D                G         G      A
But we all have destinations, and the dust will settle down,
          G        G    G                  G      A      D
this life ain't no easy freeway, just some gravel on the ground.