Intro: Verse 1: I'll go walk across the desert, until I'm by fried by fire. I won't think about, what I left behind. Another 'tracter in her way, I can call my own. Go back home, leave me alone. It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, <u>D</u> <u>D4</u> <u>D</u> <u>A</u> <u>Aadd4</u> <u>A</u> But I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. Bridge: Verse 2: Ever since the critics burned the White House down, There's a bleedin' wound in the heart of town. I saw you drinkin' from an empty cup. I saw you buried and I saw you you dug up. It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, <u>A</u> <u>Aadd4</u> <u>A</u> I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. Bridge: Verse 3: Look down angel from the skies, help my weary soul to rise. I kissed the cheek, I dragged your plough. You broke my heart, I was your friend until now. It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, <u>A</u> <u>Aadd4</u> <u>A</u> I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. Bridge: Verse 4: In the courtyard of the Golden Sun. You stand and fight, or you break and run. You went and lost your lovely head, for a drink of wine and a crust of bread. It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, <u>D</u> <u>D4</u> <u>D</u> <u>A</u> <u>Aadd4</u> <u>A</u> If I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. Bridge: Verse 5: We looted and we plundered, long distant shores. Why is my share not equal to yours? Your father left you, your mother too. Even death has, washed his hands of you. It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, <u>A</u> <u>Aadd4</u> <u>A</u> I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. Bridge: Verse 6: This is hard country, to stay alive in. Blades are everywhere and they are breakin' my skin. I'm armed to the hilt and I'm struggling' hard. You won't get out, of here unscarred. It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, <u>A</u> <u>Aadd4</u> <u>A</u> I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. Bridge: Verse 7: You've got too many lovers, wailin' at the wall. If I had a thousand tons, I couldn't count 'em all. Yesterday, I could've put them all in the sea. Today, even one, may be too much for me. It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, <u>A</u> <u>Aadd4</u> <u>A</u> I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. Bridge: Verse 8: Cake walkin' baby, you can do no wrong. Put your arms around me, where they belong. I want to take ya, on a rollercoaster ride. Lay my hands all over ya. Tie ya to my side. It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, <u>A</u> <u>Aadd4</u> <u>A</u> I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. Bridge: Verse 9: I got a heavy stacked woman, with a smile on her face. And she is proud, my soul to grace. I've saved her from an arrow, and pierced my chest. I'm gonna have to take my head, and bury it between her breasts. It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, <u>A</u> <u>Aadd4</u> <u>A</u> I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. Bridge: Verse 10: 'Been dark all night, but now it's dawn. The moving finger is movin' on. You can garden here, while I sleep. Kiss away, the tears I weep. It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, <u>A</u> <u>Aadd4</u> <u>A</u> I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. Bridge: Verse 11: I love a woman, and she loves me. We've been to the west and we're goin' back again. I heard a voice, at the dusk of day. Say "Be gentle brother. Be gentle and pray." It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, <u>A</u> <u>Aadd4</u> <u>A</u> I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. Outro: