Long Promised Road

Sent: Saturday, January 03, 1998 9:01 AM

Long Promised Road

written by Carl Wilson/Jack Rieley

performed by the Beach Boys

from "Surf's up", 1971

transcribed by Peter Eybert <pjoe@charon.muc.de>

So hard to answer future's riddle

When ahead is seeming so far behind

So hard to laugh a child-like giggle

When the tears start to torture my mind

So hard to shed the life of before

To let my soul automatically soar

But I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah

Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me

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Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

Sew up the wounds of evolution

And the now starts to get in my way

So what if life's a revelation

If the mind speaks of only today

So real, the pain of growing in soul

Of climbing up to reality's goal

But I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah

Knock down all the roaddblocks a-stumbling me

Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

Long promised road, trail starts at dawn

Carries on to the season's ending

Long promised road, flows to the source,

Em7 Am Asus Am Em7/H

gentle force, never ending, never ending

So hard to lift the jeweled sceptre

When the weight turns a smile to a frown

So hard to drink of passion nectar

When the taste of life's holding me down

So hard to plant the seed of reform

To set my sights on defeating the storm

So I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah

Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me

Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

Am G6 Em7 F (c h)

 

Hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah

Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me

Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

Oh, yeah-eah-eah-eah

Hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah

Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me

Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

I'd love to see you

I'd love to see you

I'd love to see you

I'd love to see you

I'd love to see you

I'd love to see you

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