Rocky Road Blues

Dwight Yoakum

Written by Bill Monroe

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C
Lord the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long
         F                                   C
Lord the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long
      G7                               C
Cause another man has got my woman and gone

Verse 2

Hey I got those blues I'm wearing out the soles of my shoes
          F                                               C
Yeah I've got those blues I'm wearing out the soles of my shoes
   G7                                                     C
My gal went away and left me she left me with the doggone blues

Verse 1

C
Lord the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long
         F                                   C
Lord the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long
      G7                               C
Cause another man has got my woman and gone

Verse 3

You'll never miss your water until the well runs dry
             F                                   C
You'll never miss your water until the well runs dry
       G7                                       C
You'll never miss your woman until she says goodbye

Verse 1

C
Lord the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long
         F                                   C
Lord the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long
      G7                               C
Cause another man has got my woman and gone

Verse 4

Oh I wish the Lord would bring my woman back home
       F                                        C
Yeah I wish Lord that you'd bring my woman back home
           G7                               C
I'm not so lonesome I just don't want to be alone

Verse 1

C
Lord the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long
         F                                   C
Lord the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long
      G7                               C
Cause another man has got my woman and gone