The Long Road Ahead Chords

KeyAm Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays434

The Long Road Ahead by Shooter Jennings is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords Am, F, C, G, Em and Fmaj7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro: Am  F  C 

Verse 1
 
Am                F 
Mother may bell's in a a quiet hell. 
C 
I hear a gun and a heart and slay bells. 
Am                  F                
I'd say things have changed quite a bit, 
C 
Since I was young and mother didn't give a shhh. 
Am               F 
I can't be saved it's too late, 
C 
But with a little help I might concentrate, 
Am             F 
Long enough to start believing  
C 
just to make sure your still breathing. 


G               C 
No time for the broken hearted, 
F                  C 
Got to finish just what we started. 
G                       C 
The only promise to the pour departed, 
F                    C 
Is that they wind up dead. 
G               C 
Just as sure as holy violence, 
F             C 
We start our songs in silence, 
G                      C 
Were all looking for a little guidance 
F                  C 
Down the long road ahead 

Intro

Verse 2
  
Am                    F 
There's a cold breeze through city streets, 
C 
Blows leaves like dreams neath busy feet  
Am                   F 
Then somewhere in an easy chair. 
C 
Somebody's momma cry, cause baby ain't there. 
Am        F 
My baby's so lazy  
C                
like to sit around, drive me crazy. 

Chorus 

Bridge/Guitar Solo: Em  Em  F  F  Em  
Em  C  C  Fmaj7  Fmaj7  C  C  Fmaj7 Fmaj7   

Chorus 
    	

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