E
A
When I was a boy
E
B
E
A
E
B
Four houses down from me was a family with an only child
E
A
E
A
E
B
A
She was the only girl in this whole world that could make me smile
B
A
B
E
A
B
E
Down the road, I made up reasons to go down the road
E
B
E
A
E
B
Somewhere inside of me, there was something she took a liking to
E
A
E
A
E
B
A
And I asked her to marry me and she said she really wanted to
B
A
B
E
A
B
E
B
Down the road, and see what life’s gonna hold, down the road
C~m
G~m7
A
E
B
Her mama wants to know am I washed in the blood or just in the wa ter
C~m
G~m7
A
E
B
A
Her daddy wants to know if I make enough to take his daughter
B
A
B
E
A
B
E
Down the road, before he can let her go down the road
E
A
B
A
B
E
A
B
E
E
B
E
A~B
E
B
Now down the street from here, there’s an engineer with an only son
E
A~B
E
A~B
E
B
A
B
And our baby girl says she believes that he is the only one, down the road
C~m
G~m7
A
E
B
Her mama wants to know is he washed in the blood or just in the wa ter
C~m
G~m7
A
E
B
A
And I want to know that he makes enough to take my daughter
B
A
B
E
A
B
E
A
Down the road, when it comes time to go down the road
B
A
B
E
A
B
E
Down the road, you know I want to help her go down the road
C~m
A~B
E
B
A
G~m7
