Ragged As The Road

E E This road I'm on, it's black top and gravel E/G# A E It's a faded blue line, this road I travel A E E/G# A And it's a well worn path, it's a cold bar ditch E D A B It's a brake man sleepin' on a dead man's switch E A B E And I'm rollin', faster than a locomotive A B E Tougher than the edge of the rockies C#m A B E Hotter than a smoking gun, ragged as the road I'm on E And this road I'm on, it's been cracked by the cold E/G# A E It's been scorched by the sun and searched by the soul A E E/G# A And it's a working back breakin', it's a pick axe swinging E D A B It's steel wheels turning on steel rails singing E A B E And I'm rollin', faster than a locomotive A B E Tougher than the edge of the rockies C#m A B E Hotter than a smoking gun, ragged as the road I'm on C#m A C#m B E E This road lies ahead, like life on a brush E/G# A E It's a virgin canvas free from human touch A E E/G# A And it's ours for the taking or the leaving behind E D A B It's a ghost of the past with the future to find E A B E It's got me rollin', faster than a locomotive A B E Tougher than the edge of the rockies C#m A B C#m A B Hotter than a smoking gun, ragged as the road E A B E It's got me rollin', faster than a locomotive A B E Tougher than the edge of the rockies C#m A B E Hotter than a smoking gun, ragged as the road I'm on E C#m A B E