verse 1
C C
I would not black woman, tell the reason why (Why?)
C C
Black woman's evil, do things on the sly (No!)
C C
Look for your supper to be good and hot (Uh-huh?)
C C
She'll never put a neck-bone in the pot
Chorus
F F
She's on the road again, (just as sure as you're born)
C C
Lord, a natural-born eastman on the road again
F F
She's on the road again, (oh, sure as you're born)
C C
Lord, a natural-born eastman on the road again
verse 2
C* C*
I went to my window, my window was propped
C* C*
I went to my door, my door was locked
C* C*
I stepped right back, I shook my head
C* C*
A big black nigger in my folding bed
C* C*
I shot through the window, I broke the glass
C* C*
I never seen a little nigger run so fast
Chorus
F F
He's on the road again, (just as sure as you're born)
C C
Lord, a natural-born eastman on the road again
F F
He's on the road again, (oh, sure as you're born)
C C
Lord, a natural-born eastman on the road again
Verse
C
Your friend come to your house, while passing, to rest his hat. (Yeah)
C
The next thing he want to know where's your husband at
C
She says, "I don't know. He's on his way to the pen
C
"Come on, mama, let's get on the road again
Chorus
F F
He's on the road again, (oh, sure as you're born)
C C
Lord, a natural-born eastman on the road again
F F
He's on the road again, (oh, sure as you're born)
C C
Lord, a natural-born eastman on the road again
Break
C C C C
C C C C
F F C C
F F C C
C C C C
C C C C
Outro
F F C G C C
Come on, mama, on the road again
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