True love travels on a gravel road
C - Em - F - G - C
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1. How many girls choose cotton
dress worlds,
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when
they could have satins and lace ?
C E
To stand by her man, through
good times and bad,
F G
still
keep a smile on her face.
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How many hearts could build
winters we know,
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and
still not turn cold ?
C Em F
G C
Oh, true love travels on a
gravel road.
C C7
Love is a stranger, and hearts
are in danger,
F C
on
smooth streets paved with gold.
C Em F G C
Oh, true love travels on a
gravel road.
C Em F
G C
True love travels on a gravel
road.
C Em
2. Down through the years we've had hard times and tears,
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but
it only helps our love grow.
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E
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And we'll stay together, no
matter how strong the wind blows.
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Not once have I seen your blue
eyes filled with envy,
F
C
and
straggling from the world that you hold.
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Oh, true love travels on a
gravel road.
C C7
Love is a stranger, and hearts
are in danger,
F
C
on
smooth streets paved with gold.
C Em F G C
Oh, true love travels on a
gravel road.
C Em F G C
Oh, true love travels on a
gravel road.
C
+ It can get rough some
times, but
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true
love travels on a gravel road.
C
I want to travel with you,
little girl !
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True love travels on a gravel road ....
(orig. = capo 4th; midi = no capo) (Percy
Sledge)