The Road To Bc Chords - Grace Petrie

Intro

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C Gadd4 Csus4 - Fadd9 G*

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C Gadd4 Csus4 - Fadd9 Follow similar or same picking pattern for verse

Verse 1

C In Alberta forest we first met G You offered me a cigarette C Csus4 - F And I didn't pause for thought C Followed down that campfire path Gadd4 F C G - Gadd4 Listening to you laugh at how I spoke C Well I think girls like you were born to make G Girls like me make mistakes C Csus4 I never even fought C Sparked a light beside you G Fadd9 C G Never even tried to tell you I don't smoke

Chorus

F C G* I was on the road to BC F C G* Stopped in Calgary, AB F C We were headed west to meet our fates G C G In Vancouver and the states F C G And see what destiny awaits for me Csus4 In BC C Gadd4 Csus4 - Fadd9 2x

Verse 2

C Through many dangers, toils and snares G Turbulence and baggage fares C F We had already come C Sailed across the clouds and picked up Gadd4 F C Gadd4 Seven hours to land in Stampede town C And later in the Ship and Anchor G When I acted like a wanker C You generously Pretended to be charmed G Csus4 C G When I chanced my arm on my last night in town

Chorus

Csus4 C G* Then we were on the road to BC Csus4 C G* We were on the road to BC Csus4 C You said "that mountain drive, it'll be so pretty G C G And good luck out there in the city Csus4 C G* And have a beer for me Csus4 In BC" Intro tab

Verse 3

C So we got into our backwards car G The roads mocked our idea of far C Csus4 We drove more than a day C G And it would take a better songwriter than me Csus4 C G To paint the Rockies using words C Well I'd never taken my three chords G And clumsy words to foreign shores C Csus4 And my bandmate and me C We took a deep breath each and tried to G Csus4 C G Show Jericho Beach something unheard

Chorus

Csus4 C G* And they blew our minds in BC Csus4 C G* Yeah the world was mine in BC Csus4 C And I lost my heart unto that city G C G But I always fell in love too quickly Csus4 C G* And I know there's part of me Csus4 (strum) C G Csus4 Still in BC C G Csus4 In BC C G Csus4 In BC C G Csus4 In BC

Verse 4

C Well now living's more than clocking age G When I stood on that Vancouver stage C F And tried to still the time C I knew that there was something here G Fadd9 That I'd been looking all my years to find C And though many friends adorned that quest G New and old and brief and best C G Still, you stayed in my mind C G And every mile that passed beneath my feet F I felt I'd left something behind

Chorus

F C G C G When I was on the road to BC F C G C G When I was on the road to BC F C Yeah, that mountain drive was just so pretty G C G But I wish you'd flown out to the city F C G F To meet me by the sea C G Csus4 In BC C G Csus4 In BC C G Csus4 In BC C G Csus4 In BC

Bridge

Csus4 C G And I know this nonsense is the stuff C G F C That the greatest daydreams are made of Csus4 C G And I know myself just well enough C G Csus4 G To know all I love is the thought of love Csus4 But you made me F C See I can still daydream Csus4 F Yeah, because, baby C/G - G Well I felt like I was sixteen C G Csus4 On the road to BC C G Csus4 To BC C G Csus4 To BC

Verse 5

C When you're living dreams, the time goes fast G I blinked and two more weeks went past C G Csus4 And I'm sat in LA C About to board a plane that's gonna G Csus4 Take me five thousand miles away C Through the sky and 'cross the water G Home means more than bricks and mortar C Csus4 - F And still I know my way C I swore to make it back someday G Csus4 - F C G And that's when you messaged me to say

Chorus

F C G You were on your way to BC F C G You were on your way to BC F C And that ocean view was just so pretty G C G But you wished I was still in the city F C G To meet you at the sea C G Csus4 -Fadd9 In BC C G Csus4 - Fadd9 In BC C G Csus4 - Fadd9 In BC C G Csus4 - Fadd9 C In BC ************************************ | h Hammer-on ************************************