Van Walker
The Low Road Chords
The Low Road - Van Walker
From: The Celestial Railroad and Other (2008)
Timing: 3/4
Intro
G Am x 2
Verse 1
G
Well heaven is nothingness
C C/B Am
But we all been convinced otherwise
D
It ain't nothing but dreams for the blind
C C/B Am D
The same way a child fears the night
G
For memory cannot go
C C/B Am
Anyplace it don't already know
D
But I'll keep my eyes on the road
C C/B Am
A road that's as long as it's low
Chorus
C C/B Am
The low road is long
D
And those high roads are quick but they're wrong
C C/B Am
For they'll chew you up and spit you out
D
Then when you're gone you're gone
C G
It’s the low road for me
Verse 2
G
There's vanity everywhere
C C/B Am
As we all try to climb greasy poles
D
I'll wait my turn down below
C C/B Am D
And watch as the go-getters fall
G
For the faster they pick you up
C C/B Am
Well they'll put you down just as quickly
D
But I've a longer strategic strategy
C C/B Am
I'll embrace an invisible destiny
Chorus
C C/B Am
The low road is long
D
And those high roads are quick but they're wrong
C C/B Am
For they'll chew you up and spit you out
D
Then when you're gone you're gone
C G
It’s the low road for me
Interlude
C C/B Am
Ooooooo etc.
D
Ooooooo etc.
C C/B Em
Ooooooo etc.
C C/B Em
C C/B Em
C C/B Em
Chew you up and spit you out
C C/B Em
C C/B Em
Chew you up and spit you out
C C/B D C
Verse 3
G
For living ain't everything
C C/B Am
It's about time we all realised
D
This old world we consume like a fire
C C/B Am D
We fuel with our future kids lives
G
And the heart's no commodity
C C/B Am
But an ego that's empty with greed
D
Values quantity over quality
C C/B Am
When more stuff's the last thing this world needs
C C/B Am
The low road is long
D
And those high roads are quick but they're wrong
C C/B Am
For they'll chew you up and spit you out
D
Then when you're gone you're gone
C G
It’s the low road for me
C G
It’s the low road for me
C G
It’s the low road for me
