Love this song... My favorite off the album. Props to Zapp7 from GBS.com forums
for deciphering the song:
Great Big Sea - Road To Ruin
Intro - G C G D
GCGDGGCGD
Meet me in the morning I'll be Happy as a clown
GCGD
You'll just be getting up And I'll still be getting down
GCGD
The band is getting tired But they don't give a damn
EmD
So blow the girls a kiss And give the boys a hand
CHORUS:
GCGD
You can take the Sunshine I can take the Moonshine
GCGD
You can take the high road I can take the low
GCGD
The later in the evening The one thing I believe in
EmGDG
I'm on the Road to Ruin It's the only way to go
GCGDGCGDGGCGD
A penny in my pocket A bucket in the well
GCGD
Then Saturday was Sunday And I could hear the bells
GCGD
Deliver me from Evil Forgiveness and for love
EmD
You're heading for confession And I'm heading to the pub
*CHORUS*
EmC
Nancy in the corner Now I'm moving in
EmCD
I thought I'd take me chances But I took one on the chin
EmC
I finally got her number She wrote it on a cup
EmGDG
But I phoned her in the morning And I woke her mudder up
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She wished that I would go to bed I only wished her well
GCGD
And then she told me Jesus said that I'd go straight to Hell
GCGD
She's following His footsteps I'm following my nose
EmGDG
We're heading for the same place I'll see you down the road
*Chorus* x2 (We're on the road to ruin..)
EmGDG
We're on the road to ruin its the only way to go!