The Open Road

Here to Stay - Best of 2000-2012

Same Old Man

        John Hiatt (born August 20, 1952 in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.) is an American rock guitarist, pianist, singer, and songwriter. He has been nominated for eleven Grammy Awards.  John Hiatt's sales have never quite matched his reputation. Hiatt's songs were covered successfully by everyone from Bonnie Raitt, Ronnie Milsap, and Willie Nelson to Iggy Pop, Three Dog Night, and The Neville Brothers, yet it took him 13 years to reach the charts himself.

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Intro:
Bm      G   D   Bm      G   D   
Bm      G   D   Bm      G   D   

Bm                G          D
Shrunken head and Mardi Gras beads
Bm                    G           D
Hanging on a rearview mirror that bleeds
Bm                      G     D
Keepin' her eyes on the open road
Bm                    G           D
No tellin' where that son-a bitch goes


Bm      G   D   Bm      G   D   
 

Bm                         G  D 
Got her doors locked doin' 75
Bm                           G       D
Don't care to be caught now, dead or alive
Bm                  G        D
Seen enough to kill anyone's soul
Bm                      G    D
Keepin' her eyes on the open road
Bm                      G    D
Keepin' her eyes on the open road

 
    G                   A
The open road where the hopeless come
G         A
To see if hope still runs
G                           G     D    A
One by one they bring their broke down loads
    G                        A
And leave 'em where the hobo dreams are stowed
           Bm   G     D    A
Out on the open road
           Bm   G     D    A
Out on the open road


Bm      G   D   Bm      G   D   

 
Bm                      G      D
Midnight fallin' like a bag of bones
Bm                    G         D
Weighted down now the rest with stones
Bm                       G         D
Bouncin' off a river the moon made steel
Bm                           G        D
Cracking off the chrome of a steering wheel


Bm                     G          D
Anything back there is burned and dead
Bm                     G          D
Any love they made any words they said
Bm                    G           D
Nothing to do now but drop it and roll
Bm                     G    D
Into the lights of the open road
Bm                     G    D
Into the lights of the open road

 
    G                   A
The open road where the hopeless come
G         A
To see if hope still runs
G                           G     D    A
One by one they bring their broke down loads
    G                        A
And leave 'em where the hobo dreams are stowed
           Bm   G     D    A
Out on the open road
           Bm   G     D    A
Out on the open road


Bm      G   D   Bm      G   D   
Bm      G   D   Bm      G   D   

 
Bm                G          D
Shrunken head and Mardi Gras beads
Bm                    G             D
Hanging on a rearview mirror on the beach
Bm                        G     D
Keepin' their eyes on the open road
Bm                    G           D
No tellin' where that son-a bitch goes


    G                   A
The open road where the hopeless come
G         A
To see if hope still runs
G                           G     D    A
One by one they bring their broke down loads
    G                        A
And leave 'em where the hobo dreams are stowed
           Bm   G     D    A
Out on the open road          (8x)


Bm      G   D   Bm      G   D   
Bm      G   D   Bm      G   D   

           Bm        G  D
Out on the open road           (4x)

Intro:
G      D      Am  G  C   Em   D   

G 
I was speeding through the dark
         D
I didn't know how far
       Am                    G               C
It can all run away with you sometimes in an empty box car
         G
You were trying to tell me something
         D
I wasn't listening to you
          Am             G/B
There was nothing but confusion 
                C
Every time that train come blowin' through


         G
Then you wrote me in a letter
        D
I don't how your courage came
    Am               G/B
You told me what you wanted
      C            
Every word in tears and flame
        G  
How you loved me more than ever
            D  
In spite of all the hurt inside
       Am                    G/B
And it cracked my heart wide open
               C
'til there was no place left to hide


              G
And I want to thank you babe
    D
For letting me back in
          Am    G/B
I want to thank you 
    C            Em        D
For asking me to love you again
          G
I want to thank you babe
    D
For letting me back in
          Am    G/B
I want to thank you 
    C            Em        D
For asking me to love you again


       G
I'd forgotten how to be patient
       D
I'd forgotten how to caress
       Am            G/B
I'd forgotten how to ask for help
           C
And how to struggle for my best
      G
I was harder than those iron wheels
D  
Rollin' down the track
          Am            G/B
And every trip I took I never looked
   C
To getting any feelin' back


              G
And I want to thank you babe
    D
For letting me back in
          Am    G/B
I want to thank you 
    C            Em        D
For asking me to love you again
          G
I want to thank you babe
    D
For letting me back in
          Am    G/B
I want to thank you 
    C            Em        D
For asking me to love you again


         G
Then you met me at the station
       D
With a promise and a kiss
            Am                G/B
You said my love for you will always be true
        C
But you must remember this
G
Respect me and protect me
          D
But don't expect me not to fall
    Am            G/B
And I will do the same for you 
  C
Until the final call


              G
And I want to thank you babe
    D
For letting me back in
          Am    G/B
I want to thank you 
    C            Em        D
For asking me to love you again
          G
I want to thank you babe
    D
For letting me back in


          Am    G/B
I want to thank you 
    C            Em        D
For asking me to love you again

          G
Thank you baby 
    D
For letting me back in
          Am    G/B
I want to thank you 
    C            Em        D
For asking me to love you again

Love You Again

D
What do we do now
A
What do we do now
G
What do we do now
G       A     D
What do we do now 

D                            A
When it's lying there with a busted heart
       G                    A      D
Like a piece of glass where do you start
      G             A       D
Do we pick it up or say goodbye
         G                 D     A
Is there one tear left for us to cry 

D
What do we do now
A
What do we do now
G
What do we do now
G       A     D
What do we do now

D                            A
What if I can't stay what if you can't stay
          G                   A         D
What if I can't leave what if you can't leave 
D                        A
What if I believed every word you say
        G              A   D
What if you believed until today
      G                A        D
Do we call the kids or call the cops
        G                  D       A
Can you hold me 'till this howling stops 

D
What do we do now
A
What do we do now
G
What do we do now
G       A     D
What do we do now

D                          A
Gimme back my steel, gimme back my nerve
      G                     A          D
Gimme back my youth for the dead man's curve
D                          A
For that icy feel when you start to swerve
        G                A     D
Give us back the love we don't deserve
G                          A        D
'cause we rode it long, we drove it hard
       G                 D   A
And we wrecked it in our own backyard

D
What do we do now
A
What do we do now
G
What do we do now
G       A     D
What do we do now

What Do We Do Now

Intro: 
C

Verse 1:
C      Fmaj7     C
Truth is I never was young
            G             Fmaj7
Shot like a bullet from a rusty old gun
                       G
I could never find the straight and true
                  Fmaj7   C
Honey, baby, till I found you


Verse 2:
       Fmaj7          C
I ain't sayin' I ever grown up, girl
             G           Fmaj7
Oh, I'm the biggest baby in the world
                      G
I know you can say a lot about that
                                Fmaj7       C
But you're so sweet, you keep it under your hat


Chorus:
       Fmaj7         C
Honey, I'm still the same old man
         G        Fmaj7
That you married way back when
                          G
A few less brain cells, a lot less hair
                   Fmaj7      C
Honey, tell me, do you still care?
           Fmaj7       C
I love you more than I ever did
           G           Fmaj7
I love you just like a little kid
                          G
Guess I'll always be your biggest fan
                     Fmaj7     C
Honey, I'm still the same old man


Verse 3:
        Fmaj7         C
We been down a rough road or two
         G          Fmaj7
This is another one we'll get through
              G
Don't ask me how I know
                       Fmaj7        C
I'm just saying, baby, please don't go


Verse 4:
            Fmaj7         C
Cause I can still sparkle up your eyes
        G            Fmaj7
You can still cut me down to size
               G
Please take me as I am
                     Fmaj7    C
Honey, I'm still the same old man

Repeat Chorus


Verse 5:
              Fmaj7            C
You start out trying to change everything
            G           Fmaj7
You wind up dancing with who you bring
                        G
I loved you then and my love still stands
                     Fmaj7    C
Honey, I'm still the same old man

C   
Jaja, okay okay
                  F
Ya sé qué pasa aquí
   A#                            C
Encuentras la grandeza frente a ti
             C
Y no sabes bien qué sentir
       F            A#                      C
Es adorable, que jamás los humanitos cambiarán
           C       F
Despierta ya, oye bien, 
           A#                   C
este como ves es Maui, de verdad
             C                F
Sé que como yo no encuentras dos
        A#          C
Lo que miras es un semi Dios

[Coro 1]
Am         F           C
  Yo solo sé decir de nada
        E7               Am
Por el mar, el cielo, el sol
                F            C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada
     E7                    C
Soy sólo un ordinario semi yo

[Estrofa 2]
C                                F  
Hey, ¿qué fortachón el cielo elevó?
                        A#
Cuando eras de esta altura, éste
C                  C
  Si la noche enfrió, 
                  F
¿quién fue quien fuego te llevó?
       A#          
¿Qué, alguien me nombró? 
C              C       F
  Oh, yo sólo lazo el sol
          A#                    C
De nada, para estirar tu diversión
          C       F
Brisa yo hago soplar, de nada, 
   A#           C
y así tus velas elevar

[Coro 2]
Am        F            C
  Yo sólo sé decir de nada, 
        E7                  Am
por las islas que traje del mar
              F                  C
No ruegues jamás, nunca más, de nada
         E7                     Am
¡Ha! Genial es mi manera de servir, 
    F
de nada, 
    C
de nada

[Parte Rap]
C
De nada dudes ya
Hey, honestamente te explicaré 
de natural modo cada fenómeno
El mar, el sol, el gas, 
oh, ese es Maui hablando de más
Anguilas que, yo las enterré, 
de la palmera los cocos creé
Un consejo, una lección te doy
No me molestes si en mi descanso estoy
Am
  El tapiz que en mi piel se ve, 
F
  es el mapa de lo que gané
C
  Por donde fui provoqué mil sucesos
E7
  Ve al pequeñín mini Maui nomás zapateando,
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ¡Hey!

[Coro 3]
Am          F              C
  Yo sólo puedo decir, de nada (de nada)
           E7              Am
Por el mundo especial que doy
                 F           C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada (de nada)
    E7                     Am
De nada hablaré, que ya me voy
          F            C
Te toca a ti decir de nada (de nada)
       E7             Am
Pues quiero esa barca ya
             F          C
Muy lejos navegaré, de nada (de nada)
       E7               Am
Pues Maui nada sabe de nadar
              F                 C  F C
(De nada) De nada (De nada) de nada
         C
Y gracias

De Nada

G      Em
I found a love for me
               C                         D
Darling just dive right in, and follow my lead
                G                 Em
Well I found a girl beautiful and sweet
          C                                  D
I never knew you were the someone waiting for me

                                 G
Cause we were just kids when we fell in love
              Em                     C               G  D
Not knowing what it was, I will not give you up this ti-ime
                   G                         Em
But darling just kiss me slow, your heart is all I own
             C                  D
And in your eyes you’re holding mine

       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D              Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

               G                    Em
Well I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know
                C                                        D
She shares my dreams, I hope that someday I’ll share her home
           G             Em
I found a love, to carry more than just my secrets
         C                              D
To carry love, to carry children of our own

                              G                     Em 
We are still kids, but we’re so in love, fighting against all odds
                  C               G  D
I know that we’ll be alright this ti-ime
               G                            Em 
Darling just hold my hand, be my girl, I’ll be your man
          C              D
I see my future in your eyes



       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

G Em C D 


       Em     C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight


Perfect

BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP


C         G
Baa, baa, black sheep,
F            C
Have you any wool?

F        C
Yes sir, yes sir,
G          C
Three bags full.

C           G
One for the master,
F           C
One for the dame,

F               C
And one for the little boy
G                  C
Who lives down the lane.

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Intro (2X):
Am	G	F	C

Verse 1:
                C	               Am		
There's so much craziness surrounding me
                F	 	             G		            
There's so much going on it gets hard to breathe
     Am     F		                          C
When all my faith has gone you bring it back to me
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

             C	             Am		
When I'm not sure of my priorities
               F	 	             G		
When I've lost sight of where I meant to be
     Am   F		            C
Like holy water washing over me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Verse 2:
          C	                   Am		
When my head is strong but my heart is weak
              F	 	          G		
I'm full of arrogance and uncertainty
     Am      F				                          C
When I can't find the words you teach my heart to speak
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me yeah

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Bridge:
G                           F                 C
    Everybody’s talking in words I don't understand
G                                    F              C
    You got to be the only one who knows just who I am
Em                                    F	
    You’re shining in the distance I hope I can make it through
           D	                              G                                    
Cause the only place that I want to be is right back home with you 


Verse 3:
                 C	             Am		
I guess there's so much more I have to learn
               F	 	                       G		
But if you're here with me, I know which way to turn
        Am         F		                   C
You always give me somewhere, somewhere I can run
Am	            G	       F   C
   You make it real for me 

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

You Make It Real

G         Em		  
1) Almost heaven,   West Virginia,
2) All my mem'ries, gather round her, 

   D			 C                G
1) Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah       River.
2) miner's lady,         stranger to blue water.

                      Em  
1) Life is old there, older than the trees, 
2) Dark and dusty,    painted on the sky, 

   D
1) younger than the mountains
2) misty taste of moonshine

   C			G
1) growin' like a breeze.
2) teardrop in my eye.

              G              D            Em        C
       Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong.
	      G               D              C            G
     West Virginia, Mountain momma, take me home Country roads


           Em       D            G 
 	I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me,
            C        G              D 
        the radio reminds her of my home far away
            Em               D            C
        and driving down the road I get a feeling 
 	       G                     D          D7    G
        that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.

Country Roads

Am      C              F              C
I had a dream, we were sipping whisky neat
        F              C                 G
Highest floor, the Bowery, and nowhere’s high enough
    Am              C                F             C
Somewhere along the lines, we stopped seeing eye to eye
         F               C           G
You were staying out all night and I had enough


      F           Am             F                    C       
No, I don't wanna know where you been or where you're goin’
      F               Am                 G
But I know I won't be home and you'll be on your own


            F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
            F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am        C              G         F   
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F         C              Am        G
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
F           C       G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)


Am  C  Am       C              F           C
       I had a dream, we were back to seventeen
       F                   C            G
Summer nights and the Libertines, never growing up
Am             C          F                 C
I'll take with me the polaroids and the memories
        F              C                G
But you know I'm gonna leave behind the worst of us


             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
             F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G               
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning

         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G  E7  Am
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
             F                    C                G                
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F            C           Am           G
No no, no no no, Bowery, no no, no no no, whiskey neat
F           C       G                     Am
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I, it ain’t me

It Ain't Me

Intro/Verse
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Chorus
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Solo
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School Friends

Verse 1:
G                                    Em        G        Em
There was a girl who lived in London town.
G                                 Em                   G      Em
The scenes and sounds, they would only bring her down
C                                   D
She had polkadots and rubies in her dreams,
C                   D
French fantasies on cinema screens...
        C             G/B    Am     G
And she knew from the finish to the start
C      G/B      Am   G
It was bound to fall apart
C         G/B     Am   Em
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.
Em                                D
Wouldn't it be sweet if she could die from a broken heart?

G     Em      G      Em

Verse 2: (the same chords)
There was a boy who lived inside his head.
He couldn't face the world, so he turned his back instead.
He couldn't see in front of his eyes;
His fantasies of outlaws had him hypnotised...

And he knew from the finish to the start
It was bound to fall apart
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.                        F
Wouldn't it be sweet if he could die from a broken heart?

   C              G           F
Behold his golden wings
       C              G         F
And behold his bronze bow.
                 C             G         F
Can you hear his silver arrows sing?
       C               G     
As his gaylied favours glow.

(then go back to the normal verse bit)

There was a boy and girl who fell in love:
They both were in love with the stars and sky above,
Cinderella, cigarettes and scenes from the past
Were chasing them too fast for this love to ever last...

And they knew from the finish to the start
It was bound to fall apart
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.                         F
Wouldn't it be sweet if they could die from a broken heart? 

C   G    F    C    G

Repeat F  C  G until the end. End on G.

Arrows Of Eros

Am
There's a sadness all around us
          F                         C
There are words we're too afraid to say
                                        Am
The things that I thought would last forever
    F              G
Are changing every day

          Am
There's a hunger can't be satisfied
        F                       C
And the streets are filled with rage
C                       Am
It's time to dig deep inside ourselves
F                       G
And face the life we've made

Am
It's gonna take two of us
C                           Am
Ijust can't do it all on my own
F				  C
I see the day gettin' brighter
G                    F
Hold me a little bit tighter

C                      Am      F
Out of the darkness in hand in hand
     Am               F        G
Baby together we will make our stand
C                             Am      F
Reach out and touch me we can win somehow
       Am              F                G
I know there's nothing that can stop us now
F              Am                 G   C
Oh, baby, come with me out of the darkness

...

Out Of The Darkness

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
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