"Gravel Road Requiem", by Scott Andrew LePera From the album "Where I've Been" Licensed under the Creative Commons nc-by-sa 2.0 license Transcription by Adam Sampson Key: G (The recording is in G, but very flat -- you'll need to tune down if you want to play along with it.) Gsus2 Csus2 they crisscross in the dark Am7 on the outskirts of Urbana Csus2 Gsus2 like the lines on the old man's hand they roll beside the tracks and the woods outside of Chester in dots and broken dashes on the map and some are dry and cracked and some are washed away some linger on like a fading tattoo and they go to forgotten places and they all have secret names like Hardin's Run and Old Route 22 G D Em7 will you be my friend C can I take you to the end G D Am7 C can you show me where I've been G D Em7 C can you say you knew me then G D Am7 C it's just my requiem Gsus2 Csus2 Am7 Csus2 I'm riding on a dirt road in early summer in the dark I never thought this place would be so wise and the living room lights from the houses on the hills roll on by, disappear before my eyes Em D and I follow the lines G/B traced out by the power lines Csus2 beyond the ridge and out of sight Am7 Csus2 but not out of my mind [chorus:] G D Em7 will you be my friend C can I take you to the end G D Am7 C can you show me where I've been G D Em7 C can you say you knew me then G D G/B Csus2 this is my gravel road requiem, my gravel road requiem G D Am7 C G D Em7 C G/A (engine burns) engine burns G/C Em and I'm sleeping with my eyes half open D roll down the window to stay awake G/C Csus2 C/A this ain't the place to come looking for a change Csus2/NB I'm the one who's older, all my roads all look the same Gsus2 Csus2 just waiting on my muse Am7 to sing me to sleep Csus2 just looking for inspiration in the gravel at my feet just looking for a back road to teach me something about me just looking out for something a little lonelier than me [chorus] G D Em7 will you be my friend C can I take you to the end G D Am7 C can you show me where I've been G D Em7 C can you say you knew me then, this is my gravel road G D Csus2 requiem (requiem), my gravel road G D C/E Csus2 requiem (requiem), my gravel road G D Csus2 requiem (requiem), my gravel road G D C/E Csus2 requiem (requiem) Gsus2 Csus2 Csus2/B Am7 Csus2M7