verse 1 
  C                               C 
I would not black woman, tell the reason why (Why?) 
C                             C 
Black woman's evil, do things on the sly (No!) 
C                          C 
Look for your supper to be good and hot (Uh-huh?) 
       C                     C 
She'll never put a neck-bone in the pot 


[Refrão]
Chorus 
             F                    F 
She's on the road again, (just as sure as you're born) 
        C                           C 
Lord, a natural-born eastman on the road again 
             F                F 
She's on the road again, (oh, sure as you're born) 
        C                           C 
Lord, a natural-born eastman on the road again 

verse 2 
  C*                    C* 
I went to my window, my window was propped 
  C*                  C* 
I went to my door, my door was locked 
  C*                    C* 
I stepped right back, I shook my head 
  C*                     C* 
A big black nigger in my folding bed 
  C*                         C* 
I shot through the window, I broke the glass 
  C*                         C* 
I never seen a little nigger run so fast 


[Refrão]
Chorus 
            F                    F 
He's on the road again, (just as sure as you're born) 
C                                   C 
Lord, a natural-born eastman on the road again 
            F                F 
He's on the road again, (oh, sure as you're born) 
C                                   C 
Lord, a natural-born eastman on the road again 

Verse 
C 
Your friend come to your house, while passing, to rest his hat. (Yeah) 
C 
The next thing he want to know where's your husband at 
C 
She says, "I don't know. He's on his way to the pen 
C 
"Come on, mama, let's get on the road again 

[Refrão]

Chorus 
            F                F 
He's on the road again, (oh, sure as you're born) 
C                                   C 
Lord, a natural-born eastman on the road again 
            F                F 
He's on the road again, (oh, sure as you're born) 
C                                   C 
Lord, a natural-born eastman on the road again 

Break 
C C C C 
C C C C 
F F C C 
F F C C 
C C C C 
C C C C 

Outro 
F F C                     G     C    C 
    Come on, mama, on the road again 


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| * strum once 

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