Still by the roadside (2026)     (video)

G - D G

Mmm mm.

G Bm

A bending melody hanging all alone,

C

achin’ all at the end.

G

1. Dust on my boots and the gravel is cold,

Bm

been standing out here till my coffee gets old,

C

same faded jacket, same sun on my face,

Em D

same rusted fence line, same cracked little case.

G Bm

I’m still by the roadside, guitar in my hand,

C G

hoping you’ll find me, know who I am.

Em Bm

Every car passing I look up and stare

C - D G

praying the next one will stop and you’re there.

G

2. I hung you that love, abandoned my breath,

Bm

the one that you mocked in your teenage unrest.

C

Your name on the wind sounds so quiet and thin

Em D

like it’s almost afraid to come all the way in.

+ CHORUS

Em Bm

+ I painted your first day on this old mile sign,

C G D

12 years swore you’d grow up so fine.

Em - Bm

If anger was gasoline I’d pour you a sea,

C D

now I’d drink every drop just to set your boat free.

G

3. Oh, taillights and headlights keep smearing the dusk,

Bm

my fingers grow stiff, but I still place my trust.

C

I strum through the years that I never got right,

Em D

each chord is an apology thrown at the night.

G Bm

I’m still by the roadside, guitar in my hand,

C G

hoping you’ll find me, know who I am.

Em Bm

If you roll this window, girl, I’ll stay till it rains,

C - D G

I’ll stand here forever to say your name.

G Bm

+ Still by the roadside till morning is through,

C - D - G

this old man is waiting, still waiting for you.

(orig. = capo 4th) (Mikhail Bennett)