Rough Road Ahead Chords
by Mean Mary
Rough Road Ahead by Mean Mary is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Am and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: D Am
N.C. Am
If you’ve got the will, oh, don’t sit still
G Am
Just ride that thrill right up the hill
Before you’re dead, when the weak have fled
G N.C. Am
Or you will tread the rough road ahead
verse 1
The half-hearted getter and the faint-hearted quitter
G Am
Both sit in the gutter and both agree
They moan and they mutter and utter so bitter
D
So double-dipped down, they’ll never get free
verse 2
Am
Locked out, knocked out, feet up like a beat pup
G Am
Ride to your ruin in an old rockin’ chair
Rock till you’re clocked out, eat your defeat up
G Am
Slide some more glue in, ‘cause you ain’t got a prayer
N.C. Am
If you’ve got the will, oh, don’t sit still
G Am
Just ride that thrill right up the hill
Before you’re dead, when the weak have fled
G N.C. D
Or you will tread the rough road ahead
verse 3
Am
Don’t let the dawn’s light break upon a lost fight
G Am
You gotta get freed from life’s stampede
Goin’ on, on and on, going, going, going, gone
D
Gotta take the lead at breakneck speed
verse 4
Am
Zig-zag a tail spinner, don’t brag before dinner
G Am
Last to the last and show what you know
Not a rag-tag beginner, but an in-the-bag winner
G Am
Goin’ too fast and can’t find slow
N.C. Am
If you’ve got the will, oh, don’t sit still
G Am
Just ride that thrill right up the hill
Before you’re dead, when the weak have fled
G N.C. Am
Or you will tread the rough road ahead