The Roads My Middle Name Chords
by Bonnie Raitt
The Roads My Middle Name by Bonnie Raitt is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords B, A, E, B7 and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
INTRO: B A E B7
VERSE:
E A
I told you once the day we met
E A
I wouldn't be your queen.
E A
Your little darlin', sweet coquette
E A
Just wasn't my routine
E A
You've been around enough to know
E A
There's really no one else
E A
When I hear that siren call, baby
B7
I just can't help myself
CHORUS:
A
I gotta go
E
I hope you'll understand
B
I love you so
A E
Want you to be my man
A
I hear it call
E
Sounds so sweet and plain
B
I gotta go, baby,
A E
'cause the road's my middle name
VERSE:
A E
Well, it's hard enough to love someone
A E
When they're right close to home
A E
Don't you think I know it's hard, honey
B7
To squeeze the sugar from the phone
BREAK: E A E A E A B7
E A
Guess the road is in my blood
E A
'cause I'm my daddy's kid
E A
Just have to learn how to let me go
B7
Just like my momma did
CHORUS:
A
I gotta go
E
I hope you'll understand
B
I love you so
A E
Want you to be my man
A
I hear it call
E
Sounds so sweet and plain
B
I gotta go, baby,
A E
'cause the road's my middle name
CODA:
A
Hear it call
E
And it sounds so sweet and plain
B
I gotta go
A E
'cause the road's my middle name
B
I gotta go
A E
'cause the road's my middle name
B
Oooh, I gotta go, darlin'
A (tacit) NC E7
'cause the road's my middle name