Gravel On The Ground
Words & Music by Hupp & Morrison
sung by John Denver
from Some Days Are Diamonds (1981)
(tune 6th string to D, capo up 2 frets)
D A/D G/D D
G D/F# Em7 D
If our lives could lie before us like a straight and narrow highway
G D/F# E7 A
So that we could see forever, long before we took the ride
G D/F# Em7 D
We would never look to heaven, make a wish or climb a mountain
G D/F# Em7 A D
'Cause we'd always know the answer what's on the other side
G D G A D
But life ain't no easy freeway, just some gravel on the ground
G D E7 A
You pay for every mile you go to spread some dust around
D G D G A
Tho' we all have destinations , and the dust will settle down
G D A D
This life ain't no easy freeway, just some gravel on the ground
A/D G/D D A/D G/D D
D G D/F#
So let's walk the road together
Em7 D
Who knows what we'll find tomorrow
G D/F# E7 A
Maybe good times, maybe sorrow will be waitin' round the bend
G D/F# Em7 D
Given time, two hearts discover what they're feelin' for each other
G D/F# Em7 A D
At the best we'll end up lovers, at the least we'll make a friend
G D G A D
But life ain't no easy freeway, just some gravel on the ground
G D E7 A
You pay for every mile you go to spread some dust around
D G D G A
Tho' we all have destinations , and the dust will settle down
G D G A D
But life ain't no easy freeway, just some gravel on the ground
G D E7 A
You pay for every mile you go to spread some dust around
D G D G A
Tho' we all have destinations , and the dust will settle down
G D A D
This life ain't no easy freeway, just some gravel on the ground