CAPO: 2nd Fret INTRO: G C Em D (2x) G C Em Make it happy ever after D G With all the love I've thrown away C Em Make some golden tomorrow D With everything I left today G C And you could make a mountain of excuses Em D G Find me any reason to stay C Em But it's too late for making offers D Too late for anything that anyone might say CHORUS: G Em C I got open road D Ahead of me G Em C D G And it goes as far as I can see C Em Once you had everything to teach me D G Once I had everything to learn C Now you can stand beside me one more time Em D And watch these pretty bridges burn G C And then you can take the high road Em D Way up there where every thing's so clear G C And I will keep wandering around these back alleyways Em D I will try to find my own way out of here CHORUS: G Em C Try to find that open road D Ahead of me G Em C D 'Cause it goes as far as I can see BRIDGE: F C And if the truth be told G D I'd live my life that way G Em A With an open road, nothing to hold D Nothing standing in my way G And I will leave this sweet new England Em And I will leave these ghosts of you C I will climb onto that train D Find a seat that's got no view G And I will take what I need with me Em I will not take what I don't C And I will say that I'll be back here D But I know that I won't G And I will live with empty pockets Em And I will live with empty sleeves C I will know that there is nothing D In this world I cannot leave G And I will tell my friends I love them Em I will hope that they know C That I need nobody beside me D G Gm On this open road___ OUTRO: (## repeat and fade to end ##) Em Make it fever C Make it fever D Make it fever G Happy ever day