G  F  C
G     C  D
G
G  F  C
G     C  D
G


[Verse 1]
F                        C
Take a silver dollar and put it in your pocket,
G                  D
Never let it slip away.
F               C                   G
  Always be a man, not a boy gone astray.
C         G        Am     D                 G
  When ya get half cra-zy   from the August heat
C         G              Am
  Or on a frozen, rotted road
     D  N.C.
With no one to complain to about your achin' feet.


[Chorus]
G      F       C                 G
  You're gonna walk that endless highway,
C              D                G
  Walk that high-way till you die.
G   F     C              G
  All you children goin' my way,
C                    D                 G
  Better tell your home-life sweet goodbye.


[Verse 2]
F                   C
When I see a detour   up ahead,
        G               D
Well, I leave it far behind,
F                C             G
  Who knows what you're apt to find there.
C          G       Am     D                  G
  With the cost of livin,   and the price of dyin',
C    G              Am
  It looks like to me
D   N.C.
  this time I wont be a-buyin'


[Chorus]
G      F       C                 G
  You're gonna walk that endless highway,
C              D                G
  Walk that high-way till you die.
G   F     C              G
  All you children goin' my way,
C                    D                 G
  Better tell your home-life sweet goodbye.


[Instrumental]
F  C  G  D
F  C  G
C  Am D  G
C  Am D
G  F  C    G
C  D  G
G  F  C    G
C  D  G


[Verse 3]
F                        C
When they get a scapegoat   by the throat,
          G               D
it's hard labour and cold beans.
F                    C
  If you get away quick,
                         G
You'll be eatin from the poison peanut machine.
C         G       Am     D           G
  Well, I sing by night,   wander by day.
C G          Am   D  N.C.
  I'm on the road   and it looks like I'm here to stay, yeah


[Chorus]
G      F       C                 G
  You're gonna walk that endless highway,
C              D                G
  Walk that high-way till you die.
G       F     C              G
  And all you children goin' my way,
C                  D                          G
  Better tell your home-life sweet, sweet goodbye.


[Outro]
C  D  G
C  D  G
C  D  G D G