Csus4	       C        Csus4	 F  C 
I wish I was a slave to an age-old trade 
     Csus4	      C            Csus4        F    C 
Like ridin' around on railcars and workin' long days 
F	              C	              Csus4  C 
Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways 
F	              C	              Csus4  C 
Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways 
  
 
  
        F             C 
Call it one drink too many 
        Am         C    C 
Call it pride of a man 
       F	     C                 Am         C      C 
But it don't make no difference if you sit or you stand 
	    F	        F           C        	       C 
'Cause they both end in trouble and start with a grin 
          F	      F   	  C                  C 
Yeah they both end in trouble and start with a grin 
  
  
         F        C        Am	  C     C 
We do it over and over and over a-gain 
         F        C	   Am     C     C 
We do it over and over and over a-gain  (RHYTHM CHANGE!!!!) 
  
F 
  Oh-oh 
Am 
  Oh-oh-oh-oh 
C       Cmaj9 
  Oh-oh 
F 
  Oh-oh 
Am 
  Oh-oh-oh-oh 
C        Cmaj9 
  Oh-oh 
F 
  Oh-oh 
Am 
  Oh-oh-oh-oh 
C        Cmaj9 
  Oh-oh 
  
                F	       Am 
I know there's  -  California  -  Oklahoma 
C		         	 Cmaj9 
   And all of the places I ain't ever been to but 
  
F 
   Down in the valley with 
Am 
   Whiskey rivers 
C		            	 Cmaj9 
   These are the places you will find me hidin' 
F		               Am 
   These are the places I will always go 
C		               Cmaj9 
   These are the places I will always go 
  
     F 
I am on my way 
     Am 
I am -  on my way 
     F	               Cmaj9 
I am on my way back to where I started 
  
F	Am	C	Cmaj9 
(- Keep repeating these chords -) 
  
Oh-oh 
Oh-oh-oh-oh 
Oh-oh 
  
Oh-oh 
Oh-oh-oh-oh 
Oh-oh 
- Continue in background - 
  
 more for the stars and the eyes of the walls 
I hear your name... 
  
I saw your face in the crowd and you came out 
You saw me walkin'... 
  
You got a sign on the door and it reads to me 
Just like the grass and the sun and the... 
  
Oh-oh 
Oh-oh-oh-oh 
Oh-oh 
  
Oh-oh 
Oh-oh-oh-oh 
Oh-oh 
  
     F 
I am on my way 
     Am 
I am -  on my way 
     F	               Cmaj9 
I am on my way back to where I started 
  
F              Am 
   California  -  Oklahoma 
C                                Cmaj9 
   And all of the places I ain't ever been to but 
F 
   Down in the valley with 
Am 
   Whiskey rivers 
C                                Cmaj9 
   These are the places you will find me hidin' 
  
F			       Am 
   These are the places I will always go 
  
F			       C             C 
   These are the places I will always go 
 
  
     F            C           Csus4   C      C 
So I wish I was a slave to an age-old trade 
  
F         F           C               Csus4  C 
Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways