[Intro - No drums - BPM 90 - Barre chords for verses] [Freetime]
[G] Kyrie E [F]leison [G] Kyrie E [F]leison [G] Kyrie Eleison
[Vamp - just bass drum G to G7]
[Verse] (Just bass drum and play bass of chords muted) [G] The wind blows hard against this mountainside, [G] Across the sea, into my soul. [F] It reaches into where I cannot hide, [G] Setting my feet upon the road. (play G7 to G as riff)
(offbeat xxxx xxxX - no snare, just chord and bass drum)
[Verse - Drums in - G to G7 back to G riff] [G] My heart is old, it holds my memories, [G] My body burns a gem-like flame. [F] Somewhere between the soul and soft machine, [G] Is where I find myself again.
[Chorus - Open chords to sound bigger] [C] Kyrie E [Dm] leison, down the [Em] road that I must [F] travel. [G] [C] Kyrie E [Dm] leison, through the [F] darkness of the [Am] night [G] [C] Kyrie E [Dm] leison, where I'm [Em] going will you [F] follow? [G] [C] Kyrie E [Dm] leison, on a [Em] highway in the [F] light. [G]
[Vamp G to G7]
[Verse] [G] When I was young I thought of growing old, [G] Of what my life would mean to me. [F] Would I have followed down my chosen road? [G] Or only wished what I could be?
[Chorus] [C] Kyrie E [Dm] leison, down the [Em] road that I must [F] travel. [G] [C] Kyrie E [Dm] leison, through the [F] darkness of the [Am] night [G] [C] Kyrie E [Dm] leison, where I'm [Em] going will you [F] follow? [G] [C] Kyrie E [Dm] leison, on a [Em] highway in the [F] light. [G]
Key shifts up one whole step to D [Chorus 2 - A ccapella with drums - minimal guitar] [D] Kyrie E [Em] leison, down the [F#m] road that I must [G] travel. [A] [D] Kyrie E [Em] leison, through the [G] darkness of the [Bm] night. [A] (guitar in) [D] Kyrie E [Em] leison, where I'm [F#m] going will you [G] follow? [A] [D] Kyrie E [Em] leison, on a [F#m] highway in the [G] light. [A]
[Chorus 2 - Full drums] [D] Kyrie E [Em] leison, down the [F#m] road that I must [G] travel. [A] [D] Kyrie E [Em] leison, through the [G] darkness of the [Bm] night. [A] [D] Kyrie E [Em] leison, where I'm [F#m] going will you [G] follow? [A] [D] Kyrie E [Em] leison, on a [F#m] highway in the [G] light. [A] [End] [D]
During chorus play snare with no chord and the chord on upbeat for those pushes/stabs C to D section in chorus play Snare + Bass then chord with upstroke to get offbeat BPM 86 [Intro - run during C chord 32010 3x010 32010 3x210] (lifting finger off the B on A string helps emphasise the higher D) | G D | C | G D | C |
[Verse 1] [G] I don't [D] know where I'm [C] going, [C/G?] [G] but I [D] sure know where I've [C] been. [C/G?] [G] Hanging on the [D] promises in [C] songs of yesterday. [C] ...... [G/B] ... [Am] And I've made up my min [D] d [Am] I ain't wasting no more [D] time.... [C] ..... [D] . [Verse 2] [G] Though I keep [D] searching for an [C] answer, [C/G?] [G] I never seem to f [D] ind what I'm looking f [C] or.. [C/G?] [G] Oh Lord, I [D] pray you give me s [C] trength to carry on. [C] ...... [G/B] ... [Am] 'cause I know what it mean [D] s to [Am] walk along, the lonely street of [D] dreams.. [C] ... [D] .....
[Chorus] And [G] here I go a [C] gain on my o [D] wn.. [C] .... [D] .... going [G] down the only r [C] oad I've ever kn [D] own. [C] .... [D] ..... Like a d [G] rifter I was b [C] orn to walk a [D] lone. [C] .. [G/B] ....... [Am7] And I've made up my mi [D] nd, [Am7] I ain't wasting no more t [D] ime.. [C] ... [D] .....
[Verse 3] [G] I'm just another [D] heart in need of [C] rescue... [C/G?] ....... [G] waiting on [D] love's sweet chari [C] ty..... [C/G?] .... [G] And I'm gonna [D] hold on for the [C] rest of my days. [C] ...... [G/B] ... [Am7] 'cause I know what it mea [D] ns, to [Am7] walk along, the lonely street of [D] dreams.. [C] ... [D] .....
[Chorus] And [G] here I go a [C] gain on my o [D] wn.. [C] .... [D] .... going [G] down the only r [C] oad I've ever kn [D] own. [C] .... [D] ..... Like a d [G] rifter I was b [C] orn to walk a [D] lone. [C] .. [G/B] ....... [Am7] And I've made up my mi [D] nd, [Am7] I ain't wasting no more t [D] ime. But [C] here I [D] go a [Em] gain, [Am] here I go ag [Em] ain. [Am] Here I go ag [Em] ain, [Am] ooooh baby.. [Am] .... [C] ... [D] .
[Solo] | G D/G | C/G | G D/G | C/G | | G D/F# | C/E C G/B|
[Pre-chorus] [Am7] And I've made up my mi [D] nd, [Am7] I ain't wasting no more t [D] ime.. [C] ... [D] .....
[Chorus] And [G] here I go a [C] gain on my o [D] wn.. [C] .... [D] .... going [G] down the only r [C] oad I've ever kn [D] own. [C] .... [D] ..... Like a d [G] rifter I was b [C] orn to walk a [D] lone. [C] .. [G/B] ....... [Am7] And I've made up my mi [D] nd, [Am7] I ain't wasting no more t [D] ime.. [C] ... [D] .....
And [G] here I go a [C] gain on my o [D] wn.. [C] .... [D] .... going [G] down the only r [C] oad I've ever kn [D] own. [C] .... [D] ..... Like a d [G] rifter I was b [C] orn to walk a [D] lone. [C] .. [G/B] ....... [Am7] 'cause I know what it mea [D] ns, to [Am7] walk along, the lonely street of [D] dreams.. [C] ... [D] .....
And [G] here I go a [C] gain on my o [D] wn.. [C] .... [D] .... going [G] down the only r [C] oad I've ever kn [D] own. [C] .... [D] ..... Like a d [G] rifter I was b [C] orn to walk a [D] lone. [C] .. [G/B] ....... (fade out)
