INTRO:
VERSE:
I was
longing to be w
ooed
I was
ready to be
humbled
by the w
ords that you had w
ritten
by the
syllables you
mumbled
yeah, I was r
eady in my h
eart
to h
ave my heart in
vaded
by the f
ervour of your p
assion
yes, I
came to be per
suaded
VERSE:
But when I h
eard your ragged v
oice
something s
witched in my per
ception
and I k
new I was the
victim
of a
beautiful dec
eption
all my o
nce exact bel
iefs
like t
angled threads unr
avelled
I walked out,
stunned and libe
rated
a
nd so began my t
ravels
CHORUS:
Keep the r
iver on your r
ight
and the h
ighway at your s
houlder
and the f
ront line in your si
ghts, pion
eer
Keep your
eye on the r
oad
r
emember what you t
old her
this is all in c
ode,
my d
ear
VERSE:
You better g
et yourself a c
oat
said the h
andsome taxi d
river
and he s
ighed like seven b
ridges
like a n
atural-born sur
vivor
as we d
rove into the n
ight
I could f
eel the forest j
angling
all the c
hoices laid be
fore me
and their c
onsequences
dangling
VERSE:
We came u
pon a stricken s
hip
that
must have once been s
plendid
t
he captain as he d
ied said
‘Boys, our
revels now are
ended’
I heard a w
ild holy ba
nd
playing j
azz that was out
rageous,
that rec
alled the days of
rapture
when our l
ove was still young and con
tagious
CHORUS:
Keep the r
iver on your r
ight
and the h
ighway at your s
houlder
and the f
ront line in your si
ghts, pion
eer
Keep your
eye on the r
oad
r
emember what you t
old her
this is all in c
ode,
my d
ear
VERSE:
In a
dim-lit motel r
oom
two sad l
overs were dis
coursing
on the d
ignity of
exile
and the m
erits of div
orcing
she said ‘
all certainty is g
one’
but he l
eapt up, still de
nying,
cried ‘I w
on’t believe the f
lame I lit
is d
ead or even
dying’
VERSE:
S
he left
him drooling in the d
ust
and with r
ucksack packed be
gun her
bitter journey to the
border
which is w
here I wooed and
won her
she was A
phrodite, H
elen, Thetis,
Eve among the
satyrs
She was V
enus in a v-neck s
weater
she was a
ll that ever
mattered
CHORUS:
Keep the r
iver on your r
ight
and the h
ighway at your s
houlder
and the f
ront line in your si
ghts, pion
eer
Keep your
eye on the r
oad
r
emember what you t
old her
this is all in c
ode,
my d
ear
VERSE:
Like
Dean Moriarty’s g
host
I came in q
uest of secret k
nowledge
in the w
inter of my j
ourney
to a cr
umbling Druid c
ollege
there I r
ead the books of l
ore
and c
ontemplated in s
eclusion
but I t
ook my leave em
bittered,
st
ill in love with my il
lusions
VERSE:
In the d
rizzling Irish r
ain
as a t
ender dawn was b
reaking
in a d
oorway I stood s
pellbound by
the a
ncient music they were m
aking
I took my b
reakfast with the G
ods
on a bl
ushing summer m
orning
till a w
ind blew them all a
way
I had m
isread every w
arning
CHORUS:
Keep the r
iver on your r
ight
and the h
ighway at your s
houlder
and the f
ront line in your si
ghts, pion
eer
Keep your
eye on the r
oad
r
emember what you t
old her
this is all in c
ode,
my d
ear
VERSE:
Under c
old electric l
ight
I w
atch the scenes mu
tating
like an
old time frontier
ballad
or a c
arousel ro
tating
As if in a
moment from a f
ilm
w
ith astonishing pre
cision
the c
amera zooms in c
lose
and a f
igure comes into
vision
VERSE:
I’m in To
kyo, it’s d
awn
and it’s
raining halle
lujahs
down the b
right-lit neon
canyons
along the s
idewalks of Shi
buya
I’m t
rying to take a st
ance
and r
ise above my contra
dictions
but I’m j
ust a bunch of words in p
ants
and m
ost of those are f
iction
CHORUS:
Keep the r
iver on your r
ight
and the h
ighway at your s
houlder
and the f
ront line in your si
ghts, pion
eer
Keep your
eye on the r
oad
r
emember what you t
old her
this is all in c
ode,
my d
ear
CHORUS:
Keep the r
iver on your r
ight
and the h
ighway at your s
houlder
and the f
ront line in your si
ghts, pion
eer
Keep your
eye on the r
oad
r
emember what you t
old her
this is all in c
ode,
my d
ear
INSTRUMENTAL/OUTRO/SOLO:
(CHORUS CHORDS – 3x’s)
CAPO 1st FRET
SONG: LONG STRANGE GOLDEN ROAD
ARTIST: THE WATERBOYS
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM
LONG STRANGE GOLDEN ROAD
THE WATERBOYS
CAPO: 1st FRET
INTRO:
VERSE:
I was
longing to be w
ooed
I was
ready to be
humbled
by the w
ords that you had w
ritten
by the
syllables you
mumbled
yeah, I was r
eady in my h
eart
to h
ave my heart in
vaded
by the f
ervour of your p
assion
yes, I
came to be per
suaded
VERSE:
But when I h
eard your ragged v
oice
something s
witched in my per
ception
and I k
new I was the
victim
of a
beautiful dec
eption
all my o
nce exact bel
iefs
like t
angled threads unr
avelled
I walked out,
stunned and libe
rated
a
nd so began my t
ravels
CHORUS:
Keep the r
iver on your r
ight
and the h
ighway at your s
houlder
and the f
ront line in your si
ghts, pion
eer
Keep your
eye on the r
oad
r
emember what you t
old her
this is all in c
ode,
my d
ear
VERSE:
You better g
et yourself a c
oat
said the h
andsome taxi d
river
and he s
ighed like seven b
ridges
like a n
atural-born sur
vivor
as we d
rove into the n
ight
I could f
eel the forest j
angling
all the c
hoices laid be
fore me
and their c
onsequences
dangling
VERSE:
We came u
pon a stricken s
hip
that
must have once been s
plendid
t
he captain as he d
ied said
‘Boys, our
revels now are
ended’
I heard a w
ild holy ba
nd
playing j
azz that was out
rageous,
that rec
alled the days of
rapture
when our l
ove was still young and con
tagious
CHORUS:
Keep the r
iver on your r
ight
and the h
ighway at your s
houlder
and the f
ront line in your si
ghts, pion
eer
Keep your
eye on the r
oad
r
emember what you t
old her
this is all in c
ode,
my d
ear
VERSE:
In a
dim-lit motel r
oom
two sad l
overs were dis
coursing
on the d
ignity of
exile
and the m
erits of div
orcing
she said ‘
all certainty is g
one’
but he l
eapt up, still de
nying,
cried ‘I w
on’t believe the f
lame I lit
is d
ead or even
dying’
VERSE:
S
he left
him drooling in the d
ust
and with r
ucksack packed be
gun her
bitter journey to the
border
which is w
here I wooed and
won her
she was A
phrodite, H
elen, Thetis,
Eve among the
satyrs
She was V
enus in a v-neck s
weater
she was a
ll that ever
mattered
CHORUS:
Keep the r
iver on your r
ight
and the h
ighway at your s
houlder
and the f
ront line in your si
ghts, pion
eer
Keep your
eye on the r
oad
r
emember what you t
old her
this is all in c
ode,
my d
ear
VERSE:
Like
Dean Moriarty’s g
host
I came in q
uest of secret k
nowledge
in the w
inter of my j
ourney
to a cr
umbling Druid c
ollege
there I r
ead the books of l
ore
and c
ontemplated in s
eclusion
but I t
ook my leave em
bittered,
st
ill in love with my il
lusions
VERSE:
In the d
rizzling Irish r
ain
as a t
ender dawn was b
reaking
in a d
oorway I stood s
pellbound by
the a
ncient music they were m
aking
I took my b
reakfast with the G
ods
on a bl
ushing summer m
orning
till a w
ind blew them all a
way
I had m
isread every w
arning
CHORUS:
Keep the r
iver on your r
ight
and the h
ighway at your s
houlder
and the f
ront line in your si
ghts, pion
eer
Keep your
eye on the r
oad
r
emember what you t
old her
this is all in c
ode,
my d
ear
VERSE:
Under c
old electric l
ight
I w
atch the scenes mu
tating
like an
old time frontier
ballad
or a c
arousel ro
tating
As if in a
moment from a f
ilm
w
ith astonishing pre
cision
the c
amera zooms in c
lose
and a f
igure comes into
vision
VERSE:
I’m in To
kyo, it’s d
awn
and it’s
raining halle
lujahs
down the b
right-lit neon
canyons
along the s
idewalks of Shi
buya
I’m t
rying to take a st
ance
and r
ise above my contra
dictions
but I’m j
ust a bunch of words in p
ants
and m
ost of those are f
iction
CHORUS:
Keep the r
iver on your r
ight
and the h
ighway at your s
houlder
and the f
ront line in your si
ghts, pion
eer
Keep your
eye on the r
oad
r
emember what you t
old her
this is all in c
ode,
my d
ear
CHORUS:
Keep the r
iver on your r
ight
and the h
ighway at your s
houlder
and the f
ront line in your si
ghts, pion
eer
Keep your
eye on the r
oad
r
emember what you t
old her
this is all in c
ode,
my d
ear
INSTRUMENTAL/OUTRO/SOLO:
(CHORUS CHORDS – 3x’s)
IN CONCERT THEY PLAY IN THIS KEY
SONG: LONG STRANGE GOLDEN ROAD
ARTIST: THE WATERBOYS
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM
LONG STRANGE GOLDEN ROAD
THE WATERBOYS
INTRO:
VERSE:
I was
longing to be w
ooed
I was
ready to be
humbled
by the w
ords that you had w
ritten
by the
syllables you
mumbled
yeah, I was r
eady in my h
eart
to h
ave my heart in
vaded
by the f
ervour of your p
assion
yes, I
came to be per
suaded
VERSE:
But when I h
eard your ragged v
oice
something s
witched in my per
ception
and I k
new I was the
victim
of a
beautiful dec
eption
all my o
nce exact bel
iefs
like t
angled threads unr
avelled
I walked out,
stunned and libe
rated
a
nd so began my t
ravels
CHORUS:
Keep the r
iver on your r
ight
and the h
ighway at your s
houlder
and the f
ront line in your si
ghts, pion
eer
Keep your
eye on the r
oad
r
emember what you t
old her
this is all in c
ode,
my d
ear
VERSE:
You better g
et yourself a c
oat
said the h
andsome taxi d
river
and he s
ighed like seven b
ridges
like a n
atural-born sur
vivor
as we d
rove into the n
ight
I could f
eel the forest j
angling
all the c
hoices laid be
fore me
and their c
onsequences
dangling
VERSE:
We came u
pon a stricken s
hip
that
must have once been s
plendid
t
he captain as he d
ied said
‘Boys, our
revels now are
ended’
I heard a w
ild holy ba
nd
playing j
azz that was out
rageous,
that rec
alled the days of
rapture
when our l
ove was still young and con
tagious
CHORUS:
Keep the r
iver on your r
ight
and the h
ighway at your s
houlder
and the f
ront line in your si
ghts, pion
eer
Keep your
eye on the r
oad
r
emember what you t
old her
this is all in c
ode,
my d
ear
VERSE:
In a
dim-lit motel r
oom
two sad l
overs were dis
coursing
on the d
ignity of
exile
and the m
erits of div
orcing
she said ‘
all certainty is g
one’
but he l
eapt up, still de
nying,
cried ‘I w
on’t believe the f
lame I lit
is d
ead or even
dying’
VERSE:
S
he left
him drooling in the d
ust
and with r
ucksack packed be
gun her
bitter journey to the
border
which is w
here I wooed and
won her
she was A
phrodite, H
elen, Thetis,
Eve among the
satyrs
She was V
enus in a v-neck s
weater
she was a
ll that ever
mattered
CHORUS:
Keep the r
iver on your r
ight
and the h
ighway at your s
houlder
and the f
ront line in your si
ghts, pion
eer
Keep your
eye on the r
oad
r
emember what you t
old her
this is all in c
ode,
my d
ear
VERSE:
Like
Dean Moriarty’s g
host
I came in q
uest of secret k
nowledge
in the w
inter of my j
ourney
to a cr
umbling Druid c
ollege
there I r
ead the books of l
ore
and c
ontemplated in s
eclusion
but I t
ook my leave em
bittered,
st
ill in love with my il
lusions
VERSE:
In the d
rizzling Irish r
ain
as a t
ender dawn was b
reaking
in a d
oorway I stood s
pellbound by
the a
ncient music they were m
aking
I took my b
reakfast with the G
ods
on a bl
ushing summer m
orning
till a w
ind blew them all a
way
I had m
isread every w
arning
CHORUS:
Keep the r
iver on your r
ight
and the h
ighway at your s
houlder
and the f
ront line in your si
ghts, pion
eer
Keep your
eye on the r
oad
r
emember what you t
old her
this is all in c
ode,
my d
ear
VERSE:
Under c
old electric l
ight
I w
atch the scenes mu
tating
like an
old time frontier
ballad
or a c
arousel ro
tating
As if in a
moment from a f
ilm
w
ith astonishing pre
cision
the c
amera zooms in c
lose
and a f
igure comes into
vision
VERSE:
I’m in To
kyo, it’s d
awn
and it’s
raining halle
lujahs
down the b
right-lit neon
canyons
along the s
idewalks of Shi
buya
I’m t
rying to take a st
ance
and r
ise above my contra
dictions
but I’m j
ust a bunch of words in p
ants
and m
ost of those are f
iction
CHORUS:
Keep the r
iver on your r
ight
and the h
ighway at your s
houlder
and the f
ront line in your si
ghts, pion
eer
Keep your
eye on the r
oad
r
emember what you t
old her
this is all in c
ode,
my d
ear
CHORUS:
Keep the r
iver on your r
ight
and the h
ighway at your s
houlder
and the f
ront line in your si
ghts, pion
eer
Keep your
eye on the r
oad
r
emember what you t
old her
this is all in c
ode,
my d
ear
INSTRUMENTAL/OUTRO/SOLO:
(CHORUS CHORDS – 3x’s)
Chord lagu Long Strange Golden Road punya ritme dan masuk dalam album Modern Blues (2015).
Di website ini, kamu juga bisa dapetin chord lain, seperti chord lagu jazz, chord lagu country, pop, rock, dll.
Jangan lupa selalu latihan untuk mainin gitar lagu Long Strange Golden Road. Awal-awal mungkin susah, semoga setelah terbiasa, nanti kamu bisa menguasai semua lagu The Waterboys
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