Widening The Gravel Road
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VERSE 1
Bdim7/A
The
Esus4
gates are rusted and the weeds are tall
E
F#m
Roll, roll the unravelling
E7sus4/D
road
A
Rip them
Aus4
up,
ex
E
cite the town
A
Build a
Asus4
wider
E
way
A
Flagstones,
Asus4
bottles,
E
knots of cloth
A
Mashed up,
Asus4
swept
a
E
way
VERSE 2
Esus4
Summer Sunday and the staff brass band
E
F#m
Roll, roll the unravelling
E7sus4/D
road
A
Waltzes,
Asus4
marches,
E
polkas
too
Op
A
pressed the
Asus4
humid
E
air
A
Inmates
Asus4
gazed as the
E
townsfolk
swayed
And
D
swans traversed the
D7
river in
B7
pairs
The
A
grub was
Asus4
scarce there and the
E
rats were long
They
A
ate the
Asus4
timber
E
floor
To
A
bed at
Asus4
five, farmyard
E
bolts and moans
F#m
God may guide you,
F#dim
He may cure you, we
B
won’t
The gravel
F#
road
Amaj7
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Amaj7
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Abm
Bm
C#m
VERSE 3
He’s
E
been reborn in the police cell
F#m
Roll, roll the unravelling
E7sus4/D
road
Be
A
hind locked
Asus4
doors, forty
E
hours or more
No
A
lawyer,
Asus4
phone or
E
rest
“You
A
wished them
Asus4
dead,” the
E
first one roared
The
D
second rubbed his
D7
chin on his
B7
chest
The
A
questions
Asus4
stopped, the
E
door flew wide
A
Inquest,
Asus4
burial
E
stone
A
Compo
Asus4
paid, the
E
good name stained
F#m
No more workdays,
F#dim
no desire to a
B
tone
The gravel
F#m
road
Amaj7
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Amaj7
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Abm
Bm
C#m
INTERLUDE
On
Am
coming out he saw the
E5/F
spring had come at last
That the
Am
cherry-blossoms flew on the
E5/F
breeze
On
Am
coming out he saw the
Ddim
blackened skies of April
Am7b5
part as if giving him leave
On
Am
coming out he saw the
E5/F
tail-lights on the ring-road
As
Am
beacons of solitary de
E5/F
sire
Am
One comes on, a
E5/F
nother goes out
No
Bdim7/A
rhythm,
unwired
VERSE 4
It’s
Esus4
just a building and it’s just the past
E
F#m
Roll, roll the unravelling
E7sus4/D
road
And
A
memor
Asus4
y and
E
destiny
Those
A
serpents
Asus4
tamed and
E
coiled
They
A
must bow
Asus4
down to
E
gadgetry
O
A
pacit
Asus4
y and
E
toil
The
A
new name
Asus4
written,
E
ten feet tall
The
A
paupers
Asus4
in their
E
graves
The
A
basement
Asus4
stripped of
E
padded
walls
D
Unapproved
in
D7
scriptions
e
B7
rased
The
A
big red
Asus4
cranes like
E
weathervanes
A
A
tradewind’s
Asus4
blowing
E
strong
A
Tin cans
Asus4
roar down
E
six wide lanes
F#m
No more exiles,
F#dim
no more exile
B
songs
The gravel
F#m
road
INSTRUMENTAL OUTRO
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Amaj7
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Amaj7
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Abm
Bm
C#m