The Road To Hell Chords & Tabs

by Chris Rea

[Intro]
| Am  | Am  | Am  | Am  |
| Am  | Am  | Am  | Am  |
| Am  | Am  | Dm  | Dm  |
| F   | E   | Am  | Am  |
| Am  | Am  | Dm  | Dm  |
| F   | E   | Am  | Am  |

[Verse 1]
            Am                          Dm               
Well, I'm standing by a river, but the water doesn't flow
   F                      E          Am      
It boils with every poison   you can think of
        Am                                 Dm                 
And I'm underneath the street light, the delight of joy I know
F                  E                  Am     
Scared beyond belief, way down in the shadows

[Bridge]
           C                      
And the perverted fear of violence
           G                  
Chokes the smile on every face
F                               E    
Common sense is ringing out the bells

[Chorus]
Am                          Dm       
This ain't no technological breakdown
   F               E       Am  
Oh no, this is the road to hell

[Slide Solo]
| Am  | Am  | Dm  | Dm  |
| G   | G   | C   | G/B |
| Am  | Am  | Dm  | Dm  |
| F   | E   | Am  | Am  |

[Bridge]
            C                       
And all the roads jam up with credit
            G                 
And there's nothing you can do
     F                       E                   
It's all just bits of paper, flying away from you

[Verse]
    Am                                          Dm       
Oh, look out world, take a good look, what goes down here
         F                       E              Am  
You must learn this lesson fast,   and learn it well

[Chorus]
Am                            Dm     
This ain't no upwardly mobile freeway
   F                 E 
Oh no, this is the road
F            E  
This is the road
F            E          Am  
This is the road ... to hell

[Outro Solo]
| Am  | Am  | Dm  | Dm  |
  F     E     Am    Am
(Play x6 and fade out)