Intro:
E A E B E A E
Verse
F#m A E
He slammed the door behind him, called his daddy “dumb”
F#m A E
He left home with tomorrow a-ridin’ on his thumb
F#m A E
No particular direction, seventeen and scared
E A F#m A E
Hitched a ride beside the road, driver said “Son, where you goin?’”
A E (hold)
He said “anywhere but here”
A E
If you don’t know where you’re goin’, any old road will take you there
E A F#m B E
When it’s ramblin’ seeds you’re sowin’, you can’t find the will to care
A C#m F#m
Any way you travel, red dirt, clay or gravel
A F#m
Lost without a prayer, destination anywhere
E
Any old road will take you there
Verse 2
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?”
F#m A E
She slowly tells a story, says “he don’t love me anymore,
E A F#m A E
I left my ring there by the bed and I don’t know what lies ahead
A E (hold)
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
E A F#m B E
When it’s ramblin’ seeds you’re sowin’, you can’t find the will to care
A C#m F#m
Any way you travel, red dirt, clay or gravel
A F#m
Lost without a prayer, destination anywhere
E
Any old road will take you there
Bridge
D A
Sometimes the road is narrow, sometimes the path is straight
F#m B
At times we face so many curves our turns are hard to take
N.C. A G#m
If you don’t know where you’re goin’, any old road will take you there
G#m A F#m B E
When it’s ramblin’ seeds you’re sowin’, you can’t find the will to care
A C#m F#m
Any way you travel, red dirt, clay or gravel
A F#m
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
B F#m A E
Any old road will take you there