May The Road Rise Chords
May The Road Rise by Roger McGuinn is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, D, G and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C D G Em
Summertime the sun would shine we'd lay across the field
C D
Sheltered in the shadow of a tree
C D G Em
We'd write our poems to take along And sing out on the road
C D
And you would always sing this song to me
C D
May the road rise to meet you
G Em
May the wind be at your back
C D G
May the sun shine warm upon your land
C D
May the rain fall soft upon your face
G Em
Until we meet again
C D G
May God hold you in the palm of his hand
C D G Em
Autumn leaves that change our tree To colours on the ground
C D
Swirling patterns beautiful to see
C D G Em
I'd lay my head down on your lap I wouldn't make a sound
C D
And you would always sing this song to me
C D
May the road rise to meet you
G Em
May the wind be at your back
C D G
May the sun shine warm upon your land
C D
May the rain fall soft upon your face
G Em
Until we meet again
C D G
May God hold you in the palm of his hand
C D G Em
Through the winter days our tree would shiver in the wind
C D
Waiting for the warming touch of spring
C D G Em
I'd hold you in the firelight We'd stare into the flames
C D
And this is what you always used to sing
C D
May the road rise to meet you
G Em
May the wind be at your back
C D G
May the sun shine warm upon your land
C D
May the rain fall soft upon your face
G Em
Until we meet again
C D G
And may God hold you in the palm of his hand
C D
And may the rain fall soft upon your face
G Em
Until we meet again
C D G
And may God hold you in the palm of his hand