| Verse 1 |
| Em | |
| On a | long and lonesome highway east of Omaha |
| D | |
| You can | listen to the engine, moanin' out its one note song |
| A | Em | |
| You can | think about the woman, or the girl you knew the night before | . . . |
| Em | |
| But your | thoughts will soon be wandering the way they always do |
| D | |
| When you're | riding sixteen hours and there's nothing much to do |
| A | Em | |
| And you | don't feel much like ridin', you just wish the trip was through | . |
| D | Em | |
| Here I | am, on the | road again |
| D | Em | |
| There I | am, up on | stage |
| D | A | |
| Here I | go, playing the | star again |
| C | D | Em | |
| There I | go, | turn the | page |
| Verse 2 |
| Em | |
| You | walk into a restaurant, strung out from the road |
| D | |
| And you | feel the eyes upon you, as you're shaking off the cold |
| A | Em | |
| You pre | tend it doesn't bother you, but you just want to explode | . . . |
| Em | |
| Most | times you cant hear 'em talk, other times you can |
| D | |
| All the | same old cliches is that a woman or a man |
| A | Em | |
| And you | always seem outnumbered, you dont dare make a stand | . |
| Chorus |
| Em | |
| Out there in the spotlight, you're a million miles away |
| D | |
| Every ounce of energy you try to give away |
| A | Em | |
| As the | sweat pours out your body like the music that you play | . . . |
| Verse 3 |
| Em | |
| Later in evening, as you lie awake in bed |
| D | |
| With the echoes from the amplifiers ringin' in your head |
| A | Em | |
| You | smoke the day's last cigarette, remembering what she said | . . . |
| Chorus |
Try alternating on your tonic notes (ie for the A chord hit the open A and E alternately) and build on that thru the song getting stronger as you go. Just how I like to play it, not how Seger does it...
i play it with a basic ,dw, paus, dw, up,up,dw,dw,up,dw,up,dw simple and sounds great
try a minor instead of a
I just started playing like a month ago and i know all four of these chords....plus like nine more this is perfect format and chords sound pretty close to me rhanks.
Just make it yours. change things if you want , give it something of you .