The Road To Hell - Chris Rea | Guitar Chords

[Part 1. Intro]
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Am

[Piano Theme]
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Am

[Verse 1 (1)]
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Am                             Em                     Am
Stood still on a highway I saw a woman by the side of the road
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With a face that I knew like my own, reflected in my window
          Am                                         Dm
Well, she walked up to my quarter light and she bent down real slow
              Am             Em          Am
A fearful pressure paralysed me in my shadows
          Am                Em    Am
She said: Son, what are you doing here?
                    Am              Em
My fear for you has turned me in my grave

[Verse 2]
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        Am                                      Dm
I said: Mama, I come to the valley of the rich, myself to sell
Am                           Em      Am  Am
  She said: Son, this is the road to hell

[Guitar Solo]
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Am | Em | Am | Em 

[Verse 3]
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        Am                                     Dm
On your journey 'cross the wilderness from the desert to the well
         Am                 Em            Am Am
You have strayed upon the motorway to hell

[Pre-Verse]
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Am | Dm | F  | E 
Am | Am | Dm | F 
E  | Am 

[Verse 1 (2)]
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         Am
Well I'm standing by a river,
        Dm
But the water doesn't flow
   F
It boils with every poison
E        Am
 You can think of
        Am
And I'm underneath the streetlight
      Dm
The delight of joy I know
F
 Scared beyond belief,
E                   Am
 Way down in the shadows

[Chorus (1)]
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           C
And the perverted fear of violance
         G
Chokes a smile on every face
    F
And common sense is ringing,
        E
Out the bells
Am                                     Dm
  This ain't no technological breakdown
      F                E       Am
Oh no, this is the road to hell

[Guitar Solo 1]
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Am | Dm | G  | C 
Bm | Am | Dm | F 
E  | Am 

[Chorus (2)]
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           C
And as the road jam up with credit,
            G
And there's nothing you can do,
     F
It's all just bits of paper
   E
Flying away from you
   Am
Oh look out world take a good look,
           Dm
Look who's down there,
              F
You must learn this lesson fast
E             Am
 and learn it well
Am                                  Dm
  This ain't no upwardly mobile freeway,
      F                E
Oh no, this is the road
F
 This is the road
E F                E       Am
   This is the road to hell

[Guitar Solo 2]
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Am | Dm | F  | E  
Am | Am | Dm | F  
E  | Am | Am | Dm 
F  | E  | Am | Am 
Dm | F  | E  | Am 
Am | Dm 

[Outro (Fade Out)]
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F  | E | Am | Am 
Dm | F | E  | Am