C C/B Am Am/G C C/B Am Am/G


[Verse 1]

C        C/B        Am      Am/G
Bits and pieces you offered
F               C                 Dm
Of your life; I didn’t think they meant a lot,
   G7            C
Or said much for you.
            C/B        Am     Am/G
And all the chances to follow
F             C                 Dm
Didn’t make a lot of sense when stacked against
    E7          Am
The choices you made.


[Chorus]

    F             G7         G7/B G7/C G7/D
For yours was the open road,
F   Dm               G7
The bitter song, the heavy load
                C
That I couldn’t share
           C/B       Am     Am/G F
Though the offer was there,
G7             C              C/B Am G7 G7/A G7/B
Every time you turned around.


[Verse 2]

C        C/B          Am       Am/G
Now it’s not like you made out
   F              C                 Dm
To hang around, although you know I made some sounds
   G7          C
To show that I cared.
            C/B             Am              Am/G
And when it looked like you heard the call,
  F            C               Dm
I didn’t say a lot, although I could’ve said
     E7          Am
Much more, had I dared.


[Chorus]

    F             G7         G7/B G7/C G7/D
But yours was the open road,
F   Dm               G7
The bitter song, the heavy load
                C
That I couldn’t share
           C/B       Am     Am/G F
Though the offer was there,
G7             C              C/B Am G7 G7/A G7/B
Every time you turned around.


[Verse 3]

C   C/B      Am       Am/G
And if I had followed
  F              C                        Dm
A little ways, because we’re friends, you would have made me
G7          C
Welcome out there.
       C/B            Am            Am/G
But we both know it’s just as well,
       F                C                 Dm
'Cause some can go, but some are meant to stay behind,
         E7          Am
And it’s always that way.


[Chorus]

    F            G7         G7/B G7/C G7/D
And yours is the open road,
F   Dm               G7
The bitter song, the heavy load
                C
That I’ll never share,
           C/B           Am     Am/G F
Though the offer’s still there,
G7             C
Every time you turn around.


[Chorus]

    F            G7         G7/B G7/C G7/D
And yours is the open road,
F   Dm               G7
The bitter song, the heavy load
                C
That I’ll never share,
           C/B           Am     Am/G F
Though the offer’s still there,
G7             C            C/B Am
Every time you turn around.
G7             C            C/B Am
Every time you turn around.
G7             C            C/B Am G7 G7/A G7/B C
Every time you turn around.