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The Plowmans Road - John Fitzsimmons

The Plowmans Road

John Fitzsimmons

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[Ponte]

C D G

This aint no town for no old losers;

C D G

This town aint no town for old clowns.

Am D Bm

This town is just a town for pick-and-choosers

Am C D

Born here and left to hang around.

[Refrão]

C D G

I am a plowman in my hometown;

C D G

I clear the roads come every snow,

Am D Em

And every street tells me some old story

Am C D

About everyone I ever seemed to know.

[Verso 1]

C D G

I stop sometimes to let the snow fall

C D G

Let the road before me disappears;

Am D Bm

I lose myself in some old townie memory,

Am C D

And drop my plow and try to push it clear.

[Verso 2]

C D G

I hung with the boys bent on drinking;

C D G

I hung with some to share a song;

Am D Bm

I hung with a few drawn to thinking

Am C D

And some who never did belong.

[Verso 3]

C D G

Id pick up Joe and Willy up Bristers Hill

C D G

And Mendy and Lana off Route Two;

Am D Bm

Then Hardy and Muscy by the old mill;

Am C D

It just seemed like the natural thing to do.

[Verso 4]

C D G

Drews Mustang squealing hell all up Main Street,

C D G

Damons Fury clunking by the bog;

Am D Bm

Jeannies Cutlass idling at Great Meadows

Am C D

Scratching hearts on windows in the fog.

[Verso 5]

C D G

I had a other friends for other reasons

C D G

Weren't nothing much about us much the same;

Am D Bm

We just lived in the space between the seasons,

Am C D

Sinking in the swamp on Hawthorne Lane.

[Verso 6]

C D G

I fell for a girl in Sleepy Hollow

C D G

But, we fell out before the month was gone.

Am D Bm

I remember her number had two zeroes,

Am C D

But I cant remember what the hell went wrong.

[Verso 7]

C D G

Sometimes I plow out my old house

C D G

At the corner of Longfellow Road;

Am D Bm

Christ, it seems =half the size that it once was

Am C D

And the stories twice as big when I was old:

[Verso 8]

C D G

This song is too damn long to have an ending.

C D G

There aint no final page to turn and close;

Am D Bm

Because the roads I plow are long and bending

Am C D

Id be a fool to think Ill ever know.

[Verso 9]

C D G

The roads in the night are empty meadows;

C D G

My trucks a lonely plow upon a field;

Am D Bm

The headlamps disappear in distant shadows,

Am C D

And my plow the only sound that I can feel.

[Ponte]

C D G

This aint no town for no old losers;

C D G G

This town aint no town for old clowns.

Am D Bm

This town is just a town for pick-and-choosers

Am C D

Born here and left to hang around.

[Refrão]

C D G

I am a plowman in my hometown;

C D G

I clear the roads come every snow,

Am D Em

And every street tells me some old story

Am C D

About everyone I ever seemed to know.

Am D Em

And every street tells me some old story

Am C D

About everyone I ever seemed to know.

How to play The Plowmans Road

Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.

What is the starting chord?

The first identified chord is C. You can transpose without leaving the page.

Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?

Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.

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