Green Lights by Max Stalling Album: Wide Afternoon Transcribed by: Ryan Giesecke ----------------------------------- Intro: DAGAD Verse 1: G A D Here I am back on the road again G A D Don't it feel just like my old worst friend G A D The ne'er do well that a mother prays against G A D Jack Kerouac meets Huckleberry Finn Verse 2: G A D Yes I know the ways of this old friend of mine G A D He's got some good intentions misinterpreted every time G A D Said "the road is long and winding" but what he really meant G A D Was the comfort you are seeking will not meet you at the end Chorus 1: G D Gets me going like a fiddle tune G D Don't even know what my feet are doing G A D Hey, don't fiddlers earn their pay, OK G D Green lights all the way to nowhere G D Half the fun is in the getting there G A D And once you figure that out you're on your way Verse 3: G A D Oh, it's hot out on the road today G A D No cover, no cloud, no chance for escape G A D Except that 18 wheeler on the straight-away G A D So I pull up, match his speed and steal some shade Chorus 2: G D Guess I got me the Gypsy virus G D No cure for the ramblin-itis G A D Except some asphalt and some days, fine days G D Green lights all the way to nowhere G D Half the fun is just in getting there G A D And once you figure that out you're on your way Guitar Solo: GADGGAD Verse 4: G A D The road can give you fortunes that are yours to use or keep G A D Or it can take your very life if it lulls you off to sleep G A D But so can any style of life or friend that you might choose G A D So being dead and friendless, man that's the only way to lose Chorus 3: G D Tomorrow shines like a gold doubloon G D You could have it if you wanted to G A D You just have to hold your mouth the right way, that's the way G D Green lights all the way to nowhere G D All the fun is just the getting there G A D And once you figure that out you're on your way Ending: G A G A G A D D Well I'd best be on, Well I think I'm on, I'm finally on my way