Any Old Road Balsam Range
E
F#m A E
Slammed the door behind him, called his daddy “dumb”
F#m A E
He left home with tomorrow a-ridin’ on his thumb
Bm A E
No particular direction, seventeen and scared
A
Hitched a ride beside the road, driver said “Son, where you goin?’”
B7 E
He said “anywhere but here”
A E
If you don’t know where you’re goin’, any old road will take you there
F#m B7 E
When it’s ramblin’ seeds you’re sowin’, you can’t find the will to care
A C#m F#
Any way you travel, red dirt, clay or gravel
A B7
Lost without a prayer, destination anywhere
E
Any old road will take you there
F#m A E
A little all night café, a young woman there in tears
F#m A E
The waitress says “You want some coffee? Does anybody know you’re here?”
Bm A E
She slowly tells a story, says “he don’t love me anymore
A
I left my ring there by the bed and I don’t know what lies ahead
B7 E
I’ve never been this ‘gone’ before”
A E
If you don’t know where you’re goin’, any old road will take you there
F#m B7 E
When it’s ramblin’ seeds you’re sowin’, you can’t find the will to care
A C#m F#
Any way you travel, red dirt, clay or gravel
A B7
Lost without a prayer, destination anywhere
E
Any old road will take you there
D C#m
Sometimes the road is narrow, sometimes the path is straight
C B7
At times we face so many curves our turns are hard to take
A G#m
If you don’t know where you’re goin’, any old road will take you there
F#m B7 E
When it’s ramblin’ seeds you’re sowin’, you can’t find the will to care
A C#m F#
Any way you travel, red dirt, clay or gravel
A B7
Lost without a prayer, destination anywhere
E
Any old road will take you there
F#m A
Out there runnin’ scared, in the middle of nowhere
B7 F#m B7 E
Any old road will take you to her