- One
for the Road
- (Lane)
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- I've had my friends
All them that come and ate with me
All them that come and drunk with me
I've had my friends
- And there's been loads
All them that said they would stand by me
All them that said they could see what I could see
I've had my friends
- I've had my dreams
New moon and roses, like a foolish kid (crazy kid)
Do unto others like I would to me
But I've had my dreams
- And it's one for the road, yes it is
One for the cat's eyes, yes and
One for the white line
That's taking me back home
- Well now, I've had my way
All them that took me there and back
All them that left me way off the track
I've had my way
- Oh and I've had my day
Just like that doggy in the story goes
But night-time comes and he's got no bones
But I've had my day
- And it's one for the road... (etc.)
- I've had my woman
Takes her gardenia, now she stares away
Stares out the window with her eyes of grey
I love my woman
- And it's one for the road... (etc.)
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- Transcribed by Peter Shields
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- Notes
(mainly for non-native English speakers)
- · "One for the road" is commonly
heard at the end of an evening's drinking, meaning: "Let's
have one more drink before we take the road".
· Like many singers , Ronnie adds a syllable "-a"
to make the song scan, so he sings "I've-a had my friends",
"I've-a had my dreams" etc. I haven't transcribed this.
· "And there's been loads" presumably means
"loads of friends" i.e. a lot of friends
· "Cat's eyes" are the glass reflectors set
into the "white line" in the middle of the road.
· "Doggy" is an affectionate term for dog. There
is a saying in English: "Every dog has his day".
· A gardenia is a flower sometimes worn in the hair. He
may sing something else, but it sounds like "gardenia"
to me, and Kate Lambert is certainly pictured with a flower in
her hair.
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- Chords:
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INTRO:
F [7 down strokes] C [FILL]
TAB FILL
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TRY PLAY THE FILL WHILE HOLDING C CHORD USING THE 2ND FINGER.
Into continued:
C F C G
C F C G
I've had my friends
F C
All them that come and ate with me.
F C
All them that come and drunk with me.
C F C G
I've had my friends.
C F C G
And there's been loads.
F C
All them that said they would stand by
[fill]
me.
F C
All them that said they would see what I
[fill]
could see.
C F C G
I've had my friends.
C F C G
I've had my dreams.
F C [fill]
New moons and roses like a foolish kid.
F C
Do unto other like I would to me.
C F C G
But I've had my dreams.
CHORUS:
F C [fill]
And it's one for the road, yes it's
F C [fill] F
one for the cat's eyes. yes it's one
C [fill] C F C
for the white line, that's taking me
G
back home.
C F C G F
Well now I've had my way, them that took
C [fill] F
me there and back, all them that left me
C [fill] C F C G
way off the track. I've had my way.
C F C G F
Oh and I've had my day, just like that
C [fill] F
doggy in the story goes, but night time
C [fill] C F
comes and he's got no bones but I've had
C G
my day.
REPEAT CHORUS AND INTRO.
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