Feb232024

Old 97’s – Where The Road Goes Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
G C

[Verse]
      G
From downtown Dallas to
 a cabin on the coast
          C
From the shadow of the
towers to the sun in Ohio
          Em
From the bottom of a
                D
 bottle to the palazzo
Who knows where
      C
the road goes

[Verse]
           G
From the Blackfoot River
 to White Sands,
 New Mexico
      C
From Salt Lake City
to my honey in Tupelo
         Em
From the barroom
               D
 floor to the bardo
Who knows where the
  C
 road goes

[Chorus]
G                  D
Oh you could have died
 that day
                      Em
Back when you thought none
 of this was worth it
                   C
When you thought everything
 was broken
G       D
Oh you didn't know yet
Em
Someday you'd watch
                       C
this big green river flow
Who knows where the
  G
road goes

[Verse]
          G
From the Great Divide
to the gulf of Mexico
          C
From the underpass to
 the private bungalow
          Em
From the Grand Hotel
                 D
 to the one in Psycho
Who knows where the
  C
 road goes

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[Interlude]
G  C  Em  D  C

[Bridge]
Am      C         G
I'm so glad you decided
      D
to stick around
Am      C         G
I'm so glad you decided
      D
 to stick around
      Am        Em
Look what you found
        Am
Look at all the beautiful
             C
things you found

[Chorus]
G                  D
Oh you could have died
 that day
                      Em
Back when you thought none
 of this was worth it
                    C
When you thought everything
 was broken
G       D
Oh you didn't know yet
Em
Someday you'd watch this
                 C
 big green river flow
Who knows where
      G        D
 the road goes
Who knows where
      Em       C  G
the road goes

Watch: Old 97’s - Where The Road Goes (Official Video)

From Old97sVEVO on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play Where The Road Goes: key, chords and progression

These are Where The Road Goes chords by Old 97’s on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Where The Road Goes by Old 97’s keeps coming home to G major (one sharp: F♯). You need 5 chords: G, C, Em, D and Am.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C – G – D – Em (IV – I – V – vi in G major), a rotation of the four-chord pop progression that starts on the IV chord. In solfa, that is fah – doh – soh – lah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.