Brothers Of The Road
[Intro]
G D G
[Verse]
G
We all go on a two month tour
D G
Nearly work ourselves sick
C
Now we don't know were all the money goes
G D G
But we sure ain't gettin' rich
C
I think the fat men in New York and L.A.
G D G
Are givin' us the old run around
G
You bring fifty thousand home and he says your overdrawn
F C G
It'll just about get you down
F C D
Just about get you down
[Chorus]
C G C
But we keep on pickin'(Keep on pickin')
G
And we keep on singin'(Keep on singin')
D G
And we try and try to get high so we can keep on grinin'
[Verse]
G
Oh you wish you had a home and someone of your own
C
to love you when you get back in town
G
But this kind of life don't cotton to a wife
F C G
It'll just about get you down
F C D C
Just about get you down
[Break]
G
Keep on pickin'
D G D G C
Keep on singin'
G
Keep on pickin'
D G D G
Keep on singin'
[Verse]
G
Yeah you got fortune and fame and a well known name
D G
Oh your really flyin' high
D C
Whether your rock or country or blues or funky
G D
We're all made the same inside
C
Livin' in fear of the later years
G
When nobody's gonna want you around
D G
Yes the brothers of the road all share the same load
F C G
and it'll just about get you down
F C D
If you let it it'll bring you down
[Chorus]
C
You gotta keep on pickin' (Keep on pickin')
G D G
You gotta keep on singin' (Keep on singin')
D
And you try and you try to stay high
G
so you can keep on grinin'
[Verse]
D G D
You spend a lot of time alone and talkin' on the phone
G D C
to the latest love that you've found
G C G
Then cry over the girl you really wanted in your world
F C G
It'll just about get you down
F C D
If you let it it'll bring you down
[Chorus]
C
Just keep on pickin' (Keep on pickin')
G
Just you gotta keep on singin' (Keep on singin')
D
You gotta try and try to stay high
G
So you can keep on grinin'
[Verse]
G
Livin' in fear of the later years
C
When nobody's gonna want you around
G D
Yes the brothers of the road all share the same load
F C G
And it'll just about get you down
F C D
Lord it's got a lot of us down
[Chorus]
C
But I will keep on pickin' (Keep on pickin')
G
I'm gonna gonna keep on singin' (Keep on singin')
D G
I'm gonna try and try to stay high so I can keep on grinin'
F C
I'm gonna keep on pickin' (Keep on pickin')
G D G
Boy just keep on singin' (Keep on singin')
D
You gotta try my music keeps me high
G
I'm gonna keep on grinin'
C
I'm gonna keep on pickin'
[Ending]
C
Keep on grinin'
G D G
Keep on singin' (Keep on singin')
D
I don't have to try and try to stay high
G
I'm gonna keep on grinin'