Stones In The Road

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[The chords need some explanation. There are two ways to play G, and two

ways to play D. The chords that say G? or D? are places where she sometimes

plays it one way, and sometimes the other. (It doesn't mean I'm not sure

about the chord!) Also, the chord names are over-simplified; Am7 is really

Am7(4), Em is really Em9, etc.]

[G = 055500; D = 000020; C(9) = 230100; D* = 453000; Am7 = 777600;

G* = 020100; Gsus4 = 030100; Em = 222000; Em/D = 022000; Em* = 222100.]

[Thanks a lot to Chris Pelow (pelow@krdc.int.alcan.ca) for the help with the

chord fingerings, and John Smiley (jd4147@halcyon.com) for the videotape.]

n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c.

G D C(9) C(9) D? D? Am7 Am7

G D C(9) C(9) D? D? G? G?

G D C(9) C(9) D? D? Am7 Am7

When we were young, we pledged allegiance every morning of our lives

G D C(9) C(9) D? D? G? G?

The classroom rang with children's voices under teacher's watchful eye

G D C(9) C(9) D? D? Am7 Am7

We learned about the world around us at our desks and at dinnertime

G D C(9) C(9) D? D? G? G?

Reminded of the starving children, we cleaned our plates with guilty minds

C(9) C(9) D D G* Gsus4 - G* D D

And the stones in the road shone like dia - monds in the dust

Am7 Am7 Em Em/D C(9) G* D D

And then a voice called to us to make our way back home

When I was ten, my father held me on his shoulders above the crowd

To see a train draped in mourning pass slowly through our town

His widow kneeled with all their children at the sacred burial ground

And the TV glowed that long hot summer with all the cities burning down

And the stones in the road flew out beneath our bicycle tires

Worlds removed from all those fires as we raced each other home

C(9) C(9) C(9) C(9) D D G* G*

And now we drink our coffee on the run, we climb that ladder rung by rung

C(9) C(9) C(9) C(9) Em* C(9) D D D D

We are the daughters and the sons, and here's the line that's missing

The starving children have been replaced by souls out on the street

We give a dollar when we pass, and hope our eyes don't meet

We pencil in, we cancel out, we crave the corner suite

We kiss your ass, we make you hold, we doctor the receipt

And the stones in the road fly out from beneath our wheels

Another day, another deal, before we get back home

And the stones in the road leave a mark from whence they came

A thousand points of light or shame, baby, I don't know

ACOUSTIC GUITAR INTRO AND SOLO:

Note: let all the notes ring as much as possible.

E --|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

B --|----0-3---3-----|------------3---|------3-------1-|--0---0---------|

G --|0-----2---0-----|--0-----------0-|--0-2-2---0---0-|--0---0---------|

D 0-|--0-----------4-|------2---------|4-------------0-|--0---0-------0-|

A --|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

E --|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

B ----0-3---------|------------3---|----------------|----------------|

G 0-----2---0-----|--0-----------0-|--0-2-0-------0-|----------------|

D --0-----------4-|------2---------|4-----0---4---0-|----------------|

A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

PIANO SOLO (arranged for guitar, obviously):

E ----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

B 3-----3---3---3-|3-----------3--3--|3-----------3--3--|1--0--------------|

G ----------------|---0--0--0--------|---0--0--0--------|------0--2-----2--|

D ----------------|triplet--triplet--|triplet--triplet--|triplet-----2-----|

A ----------------|------------------|------------------|---------triplet--|

E ----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

E ------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

B ------------------|----------------|------1---------|----------------|

G 2--0--------0--2--|0---------------|--0-2---------0-|----------------|

D ------0--4--------|----------0=2---|4-----------4---|----------------|

A triplet--triplet--|--------------3-|----------------|----------------|

E ------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com