Any Old Road

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