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Am  G/B  C    G/B  Am
F    C    G    F  G

[Verse]
N.C.  Am     G/B    C
I was just a kid of sixteen
         G/B  Am
I wasn't even grown
F                   C
Looking for a new direction
  G               F G
A road to call my own__
      Am              G/B            C
And I found it in the songs of Woody Guthrie
                G/B   Am
Of the lost and dispossessed
  F                           C
I found it in the arms of the night-time girls
    G                F  G
Who held me to their breast

[Instrumental]
Am  G/B  C    G/B  Am
F    C    G    F  G

[Verse]
  Am      G/B      C
I did not care for fortune
          G/B      Am
I did not care for fame
  F                       C
I threw away a lot of kindness
       G              F  G
I only have myself to blame
               Am       G/B     C
For there were some who gave me shelter
             G/B      Am
And some who eased my way
       F                C
But no matter what they offered
           G             F G
They could never make me stay

[Chorus]
             F    G
It was all I ever wanted
C     F    G
All I ever knew
             F       G
To ride that endless highway
    C       F         G
And sing my songs for you

[Instrumental]
Am  G/B  C    G/B  Am
F    C    G    F  G

[Verse]
    Am        G/B      C
And some will make you promises
                 G/B     Am
But that doesn't make it true
F              C
Nothing is for nothing
    G                F G
You have to pay your dues
    Am     G/B      C
And now my pocket's empty
              G/B    Am
And the reckoning is made
  F              C
I owe nobody nothing
       G             F G
'Cause every bill is paid

[Chorus]
             F    G
It was all I ever wanted
C     F    G
All I ever knew
             F       G
To ride that endless highway
    C       F         G
And sing my songs for you

[Instrumental]
Am  G/B  C    G/B  Am
F    C    G    F  G

[Verse]
         Am      G/B             C
I've not made it yet to journey's end
               G/B      Am
But I know the day will come
       F                      C
When I look down that endless highway
      G                 F G
And I turn and head for home
         Am       G/B      C
And I'll pass the dream to someone new
              G/B      Am
And help them on their way
     F                    C
I'll shake their hand and wish them well
    G               F G
And watch them walk away

[Chorus]
             F    G
It was all I ever wanted
C     F    G
All I ever knew
             F       G
To ride that endless highway
    C       F         G
And sing my songs for you

[Outro]
Am  G/B  C    G/B  Am
F    C    G  C  F  G
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