John Fullbright

High Road

John Fullbright


Tom: Em

G           C          G
Susie was a pearl of a woman
Em          C     G
Jack was a golden man,
D                           C
She told him she'd love him forever
D                   C     Em
And he gave her a wedding band
G             C             G
Parents said they were just children,
Em            C           G
Love comes as fast as it leaves
D                                    C
They think they've built a firm foundation
D                    C           Em
'Till life knocks it down with a breeze!


G             C         G
Living comes natural to many
Em           C        G
Love comes natural to few
D            B7           C
You take the high road to freedom
G              D           Em
I'll take the long road to you


G            C            G
Jack bought himself a new tractor,
   Em            C      G
The bank bought him the land
D                                  C
Said the work may be hard but it's honest,
D                C        Em
I'll pay them by May if I can

G              C              G
Sometimes they talk about children
Em            C              G
Names, and things that it'll do
D                              C
If it's a girl we'll call her Johanna,
D                     C         Em
She'll grow up to be just like you

G             C         G
Living comes natural to many
Em           C        G
Love comes natural to few
D            B7           C
You take the high road to freedom
G              D           Em
I'll take the long road to you


G               C                G
Jack was out ploughing the south field
Em         C             G
Trying to beat the next rain
D                            C
Susie, she watched through window
D                C       Em
As the down pour finally came
G                 C            G
He was riding the side of the terrace
Em                C       G
When the mud gave way to wheel
C                       D
Tractor tipped over on Jack
C            D            Em
The cold was all he could feel

G          C           G
Susie ran out to the rain storm
Em              C              G
Threw her arms around her true love
D                            C
The tears were lost in the water,
D         C         Em
Next to a puddle of blood

G           C           G
He told his wife not to worry
Em                       C         G
Said the soft ground has broken my fall
D                       C
He told he'd loved her forever
D                  C           Em
Then he didn't say nothing at all.


G          C            G
Susie grew old and grey headed
Em           C      G
She never did marry again
D                          B7   C
Jack took the high road to freedom,
G            D            Em          
She took the long road to him

G             C         G
Living comes natural to many
Em           C        G
Love comes natural to few
D            B7           C
You take the high road to freedom
G              D           Em
I'll take the long road to you




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