The Road Less Traveled

15 hours ago by @hjmorello

Liner Notes

This is what we might call a waiting-for-tango song. I have a story series called Waiting for Tango, which are short stories written about experiences I had while waiting for tango class. It was written at More Brewing Company in Villa Park, Illinois, across the street from Strut Dance Studio, where I was going to have a tango lesson. And yes, there is a short story written here as well. Yesterday, I rewrote most of it and decided to see what would happen if I put it on a 12-bar blues progression.
Lastly, I have a number of songs that are predicated on ideas found in "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost.
I'll try to record this in the next few days.
#Blues #poetry

Lyrics

The Road Less Traveled

Intro [E7] [A7] [B7]
Verse 1
[E7] It’s the road less traveled
The one that takes you home
[A7] When you’re sitting alone
At a bar where you don’t [E7] belong
[B7]You try to find the words
But they [A7] left you long ago
[E7] [B7]

Chorus
[E7] It’s the road less traveled
The one that takes you home
[A7]The road less traveled
Sitting all alone[E7]
[B7]Cause the road less traveled’s
[A7] Not as easy as one last pour
[E7] [B7]

Verse 2
[E7] I hand my heart to the barkeep
So she can put it on ice
[A7] I don’t think I’m gonna need it
It ain’t worth the price
[B7]But We can thaw it out later
[A7] If you walk in tonight
[E7] [B7]

Chorus
Verse 3
[E7] The dog in the corner
Gives me a knowing look
[A7] Because it’s time to go home
If I can find the door[E7]
[B7] ‘cause you the road less traveled
[A7] is the one that takes you home
[E7] [B7]
Verse 4
[E7] The bourbon and the beer
Feels alright to me
[A7] And when trying to forget
the bitters complete the scene[E7]
[B7] but you’re still on my mind
[A7] so I’ll have just one more drink
[E7] [B7]

Chorus
Verse 5
[E7] I’m going home to Chicago
If I can find the way
[A7] Going on home now
Cause they won’t let me stay[E7]
[B7] Let the sound of the city
[A7] Show me the way
[E7] [B7]

Chorus
Outro

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