Unpaved Roads

Intro 

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I used to think that life was like an unpaved road 
           G7 
And it can take you wherever you want to go 
Bm 
Where you want to you just turn and steer 
G7 
Burn the gas the streets are wide and clear 



                 D 
But it turns out you can drive it, but you can't lead 
       G7 
And it curves over all kinds of lands and seas 
Bm 
Drops you down so far in the valley below 
    G7 
And turns you 'round when there is too much snow 


 
          D 
I thought I could find the place where your road begins 
             G7 
And we could drive around this land with all our friends 
         Bm 
We could show each other all the sights we love 
    G7 
And share the dreams that we've been thinking of 


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But when I got to the place to meet, the car was cold on a dead end street 
A                     Bm                   G             A 
I sat on your chair, 'mid all the pictures of the girl I knew 
            A     G  A 
And I just inhaled 
                   D  G 
The faded smell of you 
Bm   G 
Ooh, ooh 



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You were never gonna spend your life with me 
          G7 
Guess God had other plans for us to see 
    Bm 
But we would've had so many years of fun 
              G7 
That would've meant the world to me when it's all done 



     D 
So I think of you taking all day endless drives 
        G7 
Driving north into the sky on balding tires 
          Bm 
With your hand outside the window in the sun 
    G7 
And snuggling with whoever was your one 


    A            G 
But if I could see you 
A                   G 
Talk just one last time 
  A                    G      A 
I hope that you would tell me 



          D 
I've been out there where there are no unpaved roads 
      G7 
Just about as far as this old car can go 
          Bm 
I've been way beyond the stars you see at night 
    G7 
And right into the heart of blinding light 



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How I wish that I could show you Mercury 
           G7 
Oh, man, I think that you would like Orion III 
  Bm 
I hold on to your picture now, my friend 
       G7                            A 
Cause someday I hope we can drive again 



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Past them open roads 
               Bm  A 
Past them open roads 

Outro 

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Yeah I've been out there where there's no unpaved roads 
      G7 
Yeah, just about as far as this car can go 
        Bm 
Oh, and way beyond the stars you see at night 
    G7 
And right into the heart of blinding light