Holy Road
(This transcription is based on the original version of the song,
which was more acoustic than the version on "These Hands")
Capo on 2nd fret
Play main riff by barring Bm chord, then lifting and replacing index
finger (if you haven't heard the original version of the song or seen it
live, you won't get what I mean but carry on anyway!) something like this:
(Tab relative to capo)
E--------------------|
B-3----3---3--3--3---|
G-4----4---4--4--4---|
D-4----4---4--4--4---|
A-2----0---2--0--2---| Hope you can follow my signposting!
E--------------------|
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|Bm | | | ||:Bm |
1.I've been searching for a
| | | |A |
long long time I track by day and I listen by night I hear people
_____________________ ___________
|1,2,3,5,7,8. ||4,6,9.
|E/G# |Bm | :||Bm | |
that can't get no rest back you're gonna
|A |E |A |
have to forgive you're gonna have to accept take that step
|E |Bm | |A |
right upon that holy road won't you get me on
__________ ___________________
|1. ||2.
|E/G# |Bm | :|| |A |
get me on that holy road won't you get me on
|E/G# |Bm | |A |E/G# |
get me on that holy road get me on________ get me on that holy
to@
|F# |E/G# NC | |Bm | |E |
road______ get me on that holy road
DS%w/-rpt
|A |Bm |A |E |A |Bm | || al @
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|Bm | ||:A |E/G# |Bm | :||
road won't you get me on holy road get me
2.My nerves are strained 3.Well there's been a lot of trouble
I'm on the edge of my chair Down this way
I might be listening Look at all the bones
For something that's not there Scattered on the trail
It's hard to tell We've been bashed
I've been on the trail so long And we've done the bashing too
4.So many crimes 5.So much heartache in the world
Never been solved I can't forget
So many confessions So much love sometimes we neglect
I wish I wasn't told So many dreams
Words in anger Sometimes
You can't take them back You have to let them go
You're gonna have to forgive...
6.You know you can't go on like this 7.Who's gonna know
When it's eating you inside Where to find this road
If you don't do something soon Is it overseas
You know you're gonna die Or in a new age bookstore
Before your time Don't worry about it
Before your time is due Don't think too much
You're gonna have to forgive...
8.You're gonna have to endure 9.You may have to get out of your
And learn like the rest Car and start walking
You might be held You may have to cut your losses
On the ground in silence Now and start talking
Until you're told You may have to find yourself
You can get up now All over again
Whatever it is
You're gonna have to forgive
And take that step
Right upon that holy road