On The Road Again
Willie Nelson (1980)
Try with 'Carter' Picking (Alternating Thumb)
4/4 | T3 - D - T4 - D - | or 4/4 | T3 - D u T4 - D u |
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
On the | [C] road again | [C] | [C]
Just can't | [C] wait to get on the | [E7] road again
| [E7] The life I | [E7] love is making | [Dm] music with my | friends
And | [F] I can't wait to get | [G7] on the road a- | [C] gain | [C]
On the | [C] road again | [C] | [C]
Goin' | [C] places that I've | [E7] never been | [E7]
Seein' | [E7] things that I may | [Dm] never see a- | gain
And | [F] I can't wait to get | [G7] on the road a- | [C] gain | [C]
Chorus
On the | [F] road again | [F]
Like a | [F] band of gypsies | we go down the | [C] highway | [C]
We're the | [F] best of friends | [F]
In- | [F] sisting that the | world keep turning | [C] our way | [C]
and | [G7] our way | [G7↓]
On the | [C] road again | [C] | [C]
Just can't | [C] wait to get on the | [E7] road again
| [E7] The life I | [E7] love is making | [Dm] music with my | friends
And | [F] I can't wait to get | [G7] on the road a- | [C] gain | [C]
Instrumental Verse x2 (optional)
Chorus
On the | [F] road again | [F]
Like a | [F] band of gypsies | we go down the | [C] highway | [C]
We're the | [F] best of friends | [F]
In- | [F] sisting that the | world keep turning | [C] our way | [C]
and | [G7] our way | [G7↓]
On the | [C] road again | [C] | [C]
Just can't | [C] wait to get on the | [E7] road again | [E7]
The life I | [E7] love is making | [Dm] music with my friends | [Dm]
And | [F] I can't wait to get | [G7] on the road a- | [C] gain | [C]
And | [F] I can't wait to get | [G7] on the road a- | [C] gain | [C]
| [F] | [G] | [C] | [C↓]
#Original in key of E but much easier to play and sing in C.
#Try using an alternating thumb picking pattern: 'Carter Picking'
#Last Updated 1/5/18 JJ
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Willie Nelson (1980)
Try with 'Carter' Picking (Alternating Thumb)
4/4 | T3 - D - T4 - D - | or 4/4 | T3 - D u T4 - D u |
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
On the | [C] road again | [C] | [C]
Just can't | [C] wait to get on the | [E7] road again
| [E7] The life I | [E7] love is making | [Dm] music with my | friends
And | [F] I can't wait to get | [G7] on the road a- | [C] gain | [C]
On the | [C] road again | [C] | [C]
Goin' | [C] places that I've | [E7] never been | [E7]
Seein' | [E7] things that I may | [Dm] never see a- | gain
And | [F] I can't wait to get | [G7] on the road a- | [C] gain | [C]
Chorus
On the | [F] road again | [F]
Like a | [F] band of gypsies | we go down the | [C] highway | [C]
We're the | [F] best of friends | [F]
In- | [F] sisting that the | world keep turning | [C] our way | [C]
and | [G7] our way | [G7↓]
On the | [C] road again | [C] | [C]
Just can't | [C] wait to get on the | [E7] road again
| [E7] The life I | [E7] love is making | [Dm] music with my | friends
And | [F] I can't wait to get | [G7] on the road a- | [C] gain | [C]
Instrumental Verse x2 (optional)
Chorus
On the | [F] road again | [F]
Like a | [F] band of gypsies | we go down the | [C] highway | [C]
We're the | [F] best of friends | [F]
In- | [F] sisting that the | world keep turning | [C] our way | [C]
and | [G7] our way | [G7↓]
On the | [C] road again | [C] | [C]
Just can't | [C] wait to get on the | [E7] road again | [E7]
The life I | [E7] love is making | [Dm] music with my friends | [Dm]
And | [F] I can't wait to get | [G7] on the road a- | [C] gain | [C]
And | [F] I can't wait to get | [G7] on the road a- | [C] gain | [C]
| [F] | [G] | [C] | [C↓]
#Original in key of E but much easier to play and sing in C.
#Try using an alternating thumb picking pattern: 'Carter Picking'
#Last Updated 1/5/18 JJ
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