Road To Cairo Chords & Tabs
Road to Cairo
(David Ackles)
Intro
Bbm F+/A Db/Ab Eb/G F# F+ F7 (run notes F A Bb c#dc#)
Verse (Sequence 1)
Bbm F+/A Db/Ab Eb/G
A fellow told me This here road leads to Cairo
F# F+ F7 (run F A Bb c#dc#)
I got to get me a ride
Bbm F+/A Db/Ab Eb/G
I got to go back Go back to my children
F# F+ F7 (run F A Bb c#dc#)
I got to see my little bride
Chorus (Sequence 2)
Bbm Eb Bbm Eb
I’ve been travellin' Gone a long long time
Bbm Eb Bbm Eb
Don't know what I'll find Scared of what I'll find
(C7/E) F+ F7
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But I just got to see them again
V2
Hey thanks for stoppin' Are you headed down to Cairo?
I wrecked my Lincoln in Saint Jo
Why to little old Cairo? No special reason
Look up some folks I used to know
Ch2
Me I travel some Have my share of fun
Now that's a life a man can live
Sure I've played and lost But who minds the cost
You got to take more than you give
V3
Hey you got another cigar? Son I sure like this car
Oh from your daddy as a gift Say on second thought
There's gifts I haven't bought Just drop me here
Thanks for the lift
Ch3
Yes I've travelled some Yes I've been a bum
Never have a dime for gin Left to make my way
Told her I can't stay To see my children poor as sin
V4
I know this road It leads straight into Cairo
Twenty-two miles straight ahead
I can't I can't walk down this road to Cairo
They're better thinkin' I'm dead
Ch4
I been travellin' Gone a long long time
Don't know what I'd find Scared of what I'd find
I can't I just can't walk down this road.
The song is basically Sequence 1 Verse followed by Sequence 2 Chorus
In case my copy is speeded up (The spirit of the Polydor underground), here are
the sequences in Am instead
Am E+/G# C/G D/F# E+ E7 (run e g#a cd#c)
Am D Am D Am D Am D (B7/D#) E+ E7
