E                      A        E
A busted bottle on the railroad tracks
E                           A            E
Walkin' and talkin' to that monkey on my back
E                        A         E
Catch that monkey try to throw him down
E                                    A      E
But the monkey think it's funny just ridin' around

         A                 E
Down the road goin' nowhere
         B    A    G      E
Down the road almost there

E                          A         E
Ain't nobody livin' at the (Clinch?) Hotel
E                          A                 E        
Devil done been there took all my friends to Hell
E                                A          E
Hadn't been in the jail house he woulda got me
E                                A        E  
Seen a black flag flyin' from a live oak tree

         A
Down the road goin' nowhere
         B    A    G      E
Down the road almost there

E                               A             E
Seen my mama last night she was sittin' by my bed
E                             A              E
Worried 'bout you son was the only thing she said
E             A         E
Ten years now mama been gone
E                                     A                E
She's still tryin' to teach me what's right and what's wrong

         A                 E
Down the road goin' nowhere
         B    A    G      E
Down the road almost there
         A                 E
Down the road goin' nowhere
         B    A    G      E
Down the road almost there