On The Road Again:Canned Heat.
#8 in UK and #16 in USA in 1968.
INTRO: E G A E (x3) + (Harmonica.)
#1.
E G
Well, I'm so tired of crying, but I'm out,
A E G A E
on the road again. I'm on the road a..gain.
E G
Well, I'm so tired of crying, but I'm out,
A E G A E
on the road again. I'm on the road a..gain.
E G A E E G A E
I ain't got no woman, just to call, my special friend.
#2.
E G
You know the first time I traveled out, in the
A E G A E
rain and snow..in the rain and snow.
E G
You know the first time I traveled out, in the
A E G A E
rain and snow..in the rain and snow.
E G A E G A E
I didn't have no payroll..not even no place to go.
#3.
E G A E
And my dear mother left me..when I was quite young..
G A E
when I was quite young.
E G A E
And my dear mother left me..when I was quite young..
G A E
when I was quite young.
E G A E G A E
She said, 'Lord, have mercy, on my wicked son.'
(Harmonica break.)
#4.
E G A E
Take a hint from me, Mama, please..don't you cry no more..
G A E
don't you cry no more.
E G A E
Take a hint from me, Mama, please..don't you cry no more..
G A E
Don't you cry no more.
E G A E G A E
Cause it's soon one morning, down the road I'm gone.
#5.
E G A E G A E
And I'm going to leave the city, got to go away..got to go a..way.
E G A E G A E
And I'm going to leave the city, got to go away..got to go a..way.
E G A E G A E
All this fussin' and fightin', man, I sure can't stay.
#6.
E G A E G A E
But I ain't going down that long old lonesome road..all by my..self.
E G A E G A E
But I ain't going down that long old lonesome road..all by my..self.
E G A E G A E
I can't carry you, Baby, gonna carry somebody else.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.