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