Road to Cairo
(David Ackles)
Intro
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Verse (Sequence 1)
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A fellow told me This here road leads to Cairo
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I got to get me a ride
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I got to go back Go back to my children
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I got to see my little bride
Chorus (Sequence 2)
Iâve been travellin Gone a long long time
Don t know what I ll find Scared of what I ll find
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But I just got to see them again
V2
Hey thanks for stoppin Are you headed down to Cairo?
I wrecked my Lincoln in Saint Jo
Why to little old Cairo? No special reason
Look up some folks I used to know
Ch2
Me I travel some Have my share of fun
Now that s a life a man can live
Sure I ve played and lost But who minds the cost
You got to take more than you give
V3
Hey you got another cigar? Son I sure like this car
Oh from your daddy as a gift Say on second thought
There s gifts I haven t bought Just drop me here
Thanks for the lift
Ch3
Yes I ve travelled some Yes I ve been a bum
Never have a dime for gin Left to make my way
Told her I can t stay To see my children poor as sin
V4
I know this road It leads straight into Cairo
Twenty-two miles straight ahead
I can t I can t walk down this road to Cairo
They re better thinkin I m dead
Ch4
I been travellin Gone a long long time
Don t know what I d find Scared of what I d find
I can t I just can t walk down this road.
The song is basically Sequence 1 Verse followed by Sequence 2 Chorus
In case my copy is speeded up (The spirit of the Polydor underground), here are
the sequences in Am instead
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