written by Billy Joe Shaver 2/24/06 INTRO: G C D G Cadd9 Well it's down the road and up the hill and just around the bend G D Pick 'em and put 'em down and pick 'em up again C D G Cadd9 And it sets me into wonderin' what it's really all about G D G Fightin' for the things we know we'll always be without C Down the road by the way G Where the laughin' waters play D 'Cross the ribbon-wavin' sand G We go walkin' hand in hand C Nothin' old and nothin' new G Nothin' special there to do D In those good old yesterdays G Down the road by the way C D G Cadd9 Well it's light and lovely Brenda comin' cool across the waves G D Floatin' over rows she helped me hoe in yesterdays C D G Cadd9 And it's me whose thirsty now for all that sweet milk gone to waste G D Somewhere on the road of no returnin' yesterdays C D G Cadd9 Well it's down the road and up the hill and just about the bend G D Pick 'em and put 'em down and pick 'em up again C D G Cadd9 And it sets me into wonderin' what it's really all about G D Fightin' for the things we know we'll always be without OUTRO: C D G Cadd9 G D CDGCGDd9 CDGCGDG9