Tonalità: E major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Sherry was a waitress
at the only joint in town
G
She had a reputation as a
girl who'd been around
D
On main street after midnight,
a brand new pack of cigs
G
A fresh one hanging from her lips,
a beer between her legs
A
She rides down to the river,
and meets with all her friends
G
The road goes on forever
D
and the party never ends
Verse 2
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Sonny was a loner,
older than the rest
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He was goin' in the navy,
but couldn't pass the test
D
So he hung around town,
he sold a little pot
G
The law caught wind of sonny
and one day he got caught
A
But he was back in business
when they set him free again
G
The road goes on forever and
the party never ends
D
Verse 3
Sonny's playin' eight-ball in in the joint
where sherry works
G
When some drunken out-of-towner put put
put his hand up sherry's skirt
D
Sonny took his pool cue,
laid the drunk out on the floor
G
Stuffed a dollar in her tip jar,
walked out the door
A
She's running right behind him,
reaching for his hand
G
The road goes on forever
D
and the party never ends
Verse 4
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They jumped into his pickup,
sonny jammed it down in gear
G
Sonny looked at sherry,
said "let's get on out of here
D
The stars were high above them,
the moon was in the east
G
The sun was setting on them when
they reached miami beach
A
They got a hotel by the water,
a quart of bombay gin
G
The road goes on forever
and the party never ends
D
Verse 5
They soon ran out of money,
but sonny knew a man
G
Who knew some cuban refugees,
who dealt in contraband
D
Sonny met the cubans in a house
just off the route
G
With a briefcase full of money
and a pistol in his boot
A
The card were on the table
when the law came bustin' in
G
The road goes on forever
and the party never ends
D
The
Verse 6
cubans grabbed the goodies,
sonny grabbed the jack
G
Broke the bathroom window
and climbed on out the back
D
Sherry drove the pickup through the
alley on the side
G
Where a lawman tackled sonny and was
reading him his rights
A
She stepped out in the alley
with a single shot 410
G
The road goes on forever
D
and the party never ends
Verse 7
D
They left the lawman lying,
they made their getaway
G
Got back to the motel just before
the break of day
D
Sonny gave her all the money,
he blew a little kiss
G
If they ask you how this happened
say I forced you into this
A
She watched him as his taillights
disappeared around the bend
G
The road goes on forever
and the party never ends
D
Verse 8
It's main street after midnight,
just like it was before
G
Twenty-one months months later,
at the local grocery store
D
Sherry buys a paper and a cold
six-pack of of beer
G
The headlines say that sonny
is going to the chair
A
She pulls back onto main street
in her new mercedes benz
G
The road goes on forever
D
and the party never ends
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