Rough Road Ahead Chords & Lyrics - Mean Mary

[INTRO]
[D] [Am]

[CHORUS]
N.C. Am
If you’ve got the will, oh, don’t sit still
Just ride that [G]thrill right up the [Am]hill

Before you’re dead, when the weak have fled
Or you will [G]tread N.C.
the rough road a[Am]head

[VERSE 1]

The half-hearted getter and the faint-hearted quitter
Both sit in the gutter and [G]both a[Am]gree

They moan and they mutter and utter so bitter
So double-dipped down, they’ll never get free [D]

[VERSE 2]
[Am]Locked out, knocked out, feet up like a beat pup
Ride to your ruin in an [G]old rockin’ [Am]chair

Rock till you’re clocked out, eat your defeat up
Slide some more glue in, ‘cause you [G]ain’t got a [Am]prayer


[CHORUS]
N.C. Am
If you’ve got the will, oh, don’t sit still
Just ride that [G]thrill right up the [Am]hill

Before you’re dead, when the weak have fled
Or you will [G]tread N.C.
the rough road a[D]head

[VERSE 3]
[Am]Don’t let the dawn’s light break upon a lost fight
You gotta get freed from [G]life’s stam[Am]pede

Goin’ on, on and on, going, going, going, gone
Gotta take the lead at breakneck speed [D]


[VERSE 4]
[Am]Zig-zag a tail spinner, don’t brag before dinner
Last to the last and [G]show what you [Am]know

Not a rag-tag beginner, but an in-the-bag winner
Goin’ too fast and [G]can’t find [Am]slow


[CHORUS]
N.C. Am
If you’ve got the will, oh, don’t sit still
Just ride that [G]thrill right up the [Am]hill

Before you’re dead, when the weak have fled
Or you will [G]tread N.C.
the rough road a[Am]head