A     G    D                 A
It's a long, hard road I'm traveling on
         G              Em   E
Seems forever I've been gone
              A   G     D                 A
Yeah, it's a long hard road I'm traveling on
       G                        Em      E
Lord I need to find my way back home

[Verse 1]
            G    D                     A   G
I hear the voice my sweet momma called me
        Em              Am
Telling me to change my ways
       G        D                 Am      G
In my mind, I smell the dogwood blooming
         Em             A
Takes me back to yesterday

[Chorus]
        A     G    D                 A
It's a long, hard road I'm traveling on
         G              Em   E
Seems forever I've been gone
              A   G     D                 A
Yeah, it's a long hard road I'm traveling on
       G                        Em      E
Lord I need to find my way back home

[Verse 2]
          G        D            A        G
I left behind the person that I once was
               Em               Am
I changed for good and some for bad
             G       D                  Am    G
I've wasted days and nights on love forgotten
            Em             A
I've traded happiness for sad

[Chorus]
        A     G    D                 A
It's a long, hard road I'm traveling on
         G              Em   E
Seems forever I've been gone
              A   G     D                 A
Yeah, it's a long hard road I'm traveling on
       G                        Em      E
Lord I need to find my way back home

[Verse 3]
              G           D             A       G
I've felt the hurt of a broken heart inside me
              Em              Am
I've felt the joy of love unchained
              G     D           Am      G
I've seen the rain wash away a mountain
                Em              A
Like tears have washed away my pain

[Chorus]
        A     G    D                 A
It's a long, hard road I'm traveling on
         G              Em   E
Seems forever I've been gone
              A   G     D                 A
Yeah, it's a long hard road I'm traveling on
       G                        Em      E
Lord I need to find my way back home

[Verse 4]
                   G          D                A     G
I've watched some loved ones dear to my heart dying
             Em              Am
I've heard a newborn baby's cry
              G        D            Am       G
I've walked a path of glory and of darkness
              Em                   A
I've felt the guilt of a senseless life

[Chorus]
        A     G    D                 A
It's a long, hard road I'm traveling on
         G              Em   E
Seems forever I've been gone
              A   G     D                 A
Yeah, it's a long hard road I'm traveling on
       G                        Em      E
Lord I need to find my way back home

[Verse 5]
            G       D                A      G
Drank to forget and I've drank to remember
                    Em                     Am
And I've drank for love and I've drank for hate
              G           D             Am      G
I've danced alone with a full moon up above me
             Em               A
Lighting the way to heaven's gate

[Chorus]
        A     G    D                 A
It's a long, hard road I'm traveling on
         G              Em   E
Seems forever I've been gone
              A   G     D                 A
Yeah, it's a long hard road I'm traveling on
       G                        Em      E
Lord I need to find my way back home

[Verse 6]
               G       D               A   G
I've felt the love of Jesus shining on me
              Em             Am
I've felt the devil's wicked ways
               G          D          Am        G
Prayed for forgiveness, prayed for redemption
               Em                   A
Prayed just to make it through the day

[Chorus]
        A     G    D                 A
It's a long, hard road I'm traveling on
         G              Em   E
Seems forever I've been gone
              A   G     D                 A
Yeah, it's a long hard road I'm traveling on
       G                        Em      E
Lord I need to find my way back home