Verse 
D           G                             D 
Once upon a road  when I was innocent and free 
                      Bm       G                     D 
And the back roads of America  were like a toyland to me 
                           G                             D 
It surely was the promised land  and we had ourselves to please 
                          Bm      G                    D 
Oh how the milk and honey flowed  that was once upon a road 

            G                              D 
Once upon a road  we could live off of the land 
                   Bm    G                     D 
Watermelons on the vine  chicken cookin' in a pan 
                      G                               D 
Water clean and water free  you could sleep beneath a tree 
                         Bm    G                    D 
Love and freedom was our code  that was once upon a road 
            G                        D 
Once upon a road  really was a crazy time 
                              Bm         G                       D 
When we thought we could move mountains  so we moved them in our minds 
                           G                                 D 
Blood and sweat and bitter tears  took the days and took the years 
                       Bm    G                     D 
We have little left to show  for being once upon a road 

            G                               D 
Once upon a road  we were young and we were fair 
                        Bm      G                     D 
Changed the face of all America but never in a barber chair 

                       G                                  D 
We were fighting for a dream  we tried to buck that money scheme 
                            Bm    G                     D 
There ain't nothing that we know  for being once upon a road 

                       Bm    G                     D 
We have little left to show  for being once upon a road 
                       Bm    G                     D 
We have little left to show  for being once upon a road