Down The Road

E A When I was a boy E B E A E B Four houses down from me was a family with an only child E A E A E B A She was the only girl in this whole world that could make me smile B A B E A B E Down the road, I made up reasons to go down the road E B E A E B Somewhere inside of me, there was something she took a liking to E A E A E B A And I asked her to marry me and she said she really wanted to B A B E A B E B Down the road, and see what life's gonna hold, down the road C#m G#m7 A E B Her mama wants to know am I washed in the blood or just in the water C#m G#m7 A E B A Her daddy wants to know if I make enough to take his daughter B A B E A B E Down the road, before he can let her go down the road E A B A B E A B E E B E A/B E B Now down the street from here, there's an engineer with an only son E A/B E A/B E B A B And our baby girl says she believes that he is the only one, down the road C#m G#m7 A E B Her mama wants to know is he washed in the blood or just in the water C#m G#m7 A E B A And I want to know that he makes enough to take my daughter B A B E A B E A Down the road, when it comes time to go down the road B A B E A B E Down the road, you know I want to help her go down the road