Written by Camilla McGuinn/Roger McGuinn
Intro
C G D G
Verse
Summertime the sun would shine
C G
We’d lay out in the field
C G D
Sheltered in the shadow of a tree
G
We’d write our poems to take along
C G
And sing out on the road
C G D
And you would always sing this song to me
Chorus
C D
May the road rise to meet you
G G/F# Em
May the wind be at your back
C D G C G
May the sun shine down warm upon your land
C D G C
May the rain fall soft upon your face until we meet again
Am D C
May god hold you in the palm of his hand 
Instrumental
C G D C G
Verse
Autumn leaves would leave the tree
C G
In colours on the ground
C G D
Swirling patterns, beautiful to see
G
I’d lay my head down on your lap
C G
I would not make a sound
C G D
And you would always sing this song to me
Chorus
C D
May the road rise to meet you
G G/F# Em
May the wind be at your back
C D G C G
May the sun shine down warm upon your land
C D G C
May the rain fall soft upon your face until we meet again
Am D C
May god hold you in the palm of his hand
Verse
G
The winter days the tree
C G
Would shiver in the wind
C G D
Waiting for the warming touch of spring
G
You’d hold me in the firelight
C G
We’d stare into the flames
C G D
And this is what you always used to sing
Chorus
C D
May the road rise to meet you
G G/F# Em
May the wind be at your back
C D G C G
May the sun shine down warm upon your land
C D G C
May the rain fall soft upon your face until we meet again
Am D C
May god hold you in the palm of his hand
Am D C
May god hold you in the palm of his hand
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