Keep right on to end of the road    (intro)

 

(spoken : ) Oh, that’s alright, boys, wait a minute !

                   I’m with you, I haven’t retired yet.

                  Oh no, I’m going to go right on to the end of the road.

 

    G - D - D7 - G

 

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1. Ev'ry road thro' life is a long, long road,

                    D           D7         G     - D

    fill'd with joys and sorrows too,

                G        Em                   D           

    as we journey on how your heart will yearn,

                 A                 A7       D

    for the things most dear to you.

                D                         D7        D                        D7

    With wealth and love 'tis so, but onward we must go !

 

   G                                                       

Keep right on to the end of the road,

   D            D7           G

keep right on to the end,

           G        Em                   D          

if the way be long, let your heart be strong,

   A            A7                  D

keep right on round the bend.

               G                        D

If you're tired and weary, still journey on,

            G                                 D

till you come to your happy abode,

            G        G7                       C    A    D

where all you love and you’re dreaming of

              G               D   D7       G

will be there at the end of the road.

 

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                G

2. With a big stout heart to a long steep hill,

                   D           D7         G     - D

    we may get there with a smile,

                 G              Em                  D           

    with a good kind thought and an end in view,

                  A             A7         D

    we can cut short many a mile. 

                D                   D7                 D                    D7

    So let courage ev'ry day, be your guiding star always !

 

+ CHORUS    + D    + CHORUS        + G - D - D7 - G

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Sir Harry Lauder)