The Road Chords

KeyG Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays510

The Road by Alistair Griffin is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords G, C, D and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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           G         C      G 
Feel you heart the beating drum 
     C         G         C        G         C        D 
You face the fight, you see the light, the time has come 
        C             Em 
You and me a boy and girl 
             D                    C 
This day us ours we'll rule the world 


         G         C        D  
Cuz the road will take you home 
      C  G   C   G   D 
To wherever you may go 
           C               G 
From the hills up to the stars 
     Em              D 
No matter where you are 
     C                  G 
The road will take you home 


        G          C       G 
In my dreams I've seen us run 
  C          G          C            G        C       D  
Across the fields and through the streets and to the sun 
         C              Em 
And we danced into the light 
                 D               C 
We've found the place, we came alive 


          G        C         D 
And the road will take you home 
       C  G  C   G   D 
To wherever you may go 
           C               G 
From the hills up to the stars 
     Em              D 
No matter where you are 
     C                  G 
The road will take you home 



G  C  D 
C  G  C  G  D 
C  G 
Em D 
C  G 


          G        C         D 
And the road will take you home 
       C  G  C   G   D 
To wherever you may go 
           C               G 
From the hills up to the stars 
     Em              D 
No matter where you are 
     C                  G 
The road will take you home 
     C                  G 
The road will take you home 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante