ROCKY ROAD BLUES (B. Monroe) performed by Dwight Yoakam from Big Mon The Songs of Bill Monroe (2000, Skaggs Family Records) MANDOLIN INTRO |F |F |F |F |Bb |Bb |F |F |C |C |F |F | F Lord the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long Bb F Lord the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long C Bb F Because another man has got my woman and gone FIDDLE SOLO |F |F |F |F |Bb |Bb |F |F |C |C |F |F | Hey I've got those blues I'm wearing out the soles of my shoes Yes I've got those blues I'm wearing out the soles of my shoes My gal went way and left me she left me with the doggone blues Lord the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long Lord the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long Because another man has got my woman and gone BASS SOLO |F |F |F |F |Bb |Bb |F |F |C |C |F |F | You'll never miss your water until the well runs dry You'll never miss your water until the well runs dry You'll never miss your woman until she says goodbye Lord the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long Lord the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long Because another man has got my woman and gone MANDOLIN SOLO |F |F |F |F |Bb |Bb |F |F |C |C |F |F | Ah and I wish to the Lord you'd bring my woman back home Yeah I wish to the Lord you'd bring my woman back home I'm not so lonesome I just don't want to be alone Lord the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long Lord the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long Because another man has got my woman and gone ROCKY ROAD BLUES chord chart VERSE AND CHORUS |F |F |F |F |Bb |Bb |F |F |C |C |C Bb |F |F | SOLOS |F |F |F |F |Bb |Bb |F |F |C |C |F |F |