Denton Road Chords
by Michael Penn
Denton Road by Michael Penn is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A7, D, Em, F#m, G, Bm and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse
A7 D
I've heard people say they've come for miles
A7 D
To pay their due respects
A7 D
(for mileage, each expects).
A7 D
"A pillar of community and style".
A7 D
"At heart, a family man
Em F#m Em
Who'd had a change of plan".
D F#m G D
Goodbye Sally, Simi Valley,
G D G D
Denton Road, The Roosevelt Hotel
F#m G D
For my own farewell
F#m Bm F#m A7 D
And if you don't show, that's fine.
A7 D
What's it say about me that I'm bored?
A7 D
Don't need another speech
F#m D
To know I'm out of reach.
A7 D
Someone made a joke about the lord
A7 D
And somehow it relates
Em F#m
To a dash between the dates.
D F#m G D
Goodbye Sally, Simi Valley,
G D G D
Denton Road, The Roosevelt Hotel
F#m G D
For my own farewell
F#m G A7 D
And if you don't show, that's fine.
Bridge
G Em
I don't expect you to.
Bm B7 Em
You've got other things to do
G Bm D Bm D Em A7 Em
In a life I now know that I never really knew.
A7 D
The lights are going out. They shut the lid.
F#m D
I guess I lost the thread.
Em F#m
I'm in over my head.
D F#m G D
Goodbye Sally, Simi Valley,
G F#m D G D
Denton Road, The Roosevelt Hotel
F#m G D
For my own farewell
F#m G A7 D
And if you don't show, that's fine.
G D
For my own farewell
F#m G A7 D
And if you don't show, that's fine