{title: Davy's on the road again}
{artist: Manfred Mann's Earth Band}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 120}
{key: G#}
{duration: 3:38}
{meta: author Opa Lawaai, 2026-07-05}
{meta: url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYMycPXJ8Bc}
{start_of_part: Intro (organ)}
[E/G#] [F#/G#] [G#sus4] [G#]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1 (organ)}
[G#] Davy's on the [D#/G#]road again, [F#/G#]wearin' different [C#/G#]clothes again
[E/G#]Davy's turning [G#]handouts [Fm]down [A#m]to keep his pockets [D#]clean
(Band joins in)
[G#]All his goods are [D#/G#]sold again, his [F#/G#]word's as good as [C#/G#]gold again
[E/G#]Says, "If you see [G#]Jean, now [Fm]ask her, [A#m]please, to [D#]pity [G#]me"
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
[D#] "Jean and I, we moved along [G#]
[D#] Since the day - down in the [G#]hollow
[C#] When the mind went driftin' on [G#]
[D#] And the feet were soon to follow"
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 2}
[G#] Davy's on the [D#]road again, [F#]wearin' different [C#]clothes again
[E]Davy's turning [G#]handouts [Fm]down [A#m]to keep his pockets [D#]clean
[G#] Sayin' his good[D#]byes again, [F#]wheels are in his [C#]eyes again
[E]Says, "If you see [G#]Jean, now [Fm]ask her, [A#m]please, to [D#]pity [G#]me"
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
[D#] Downtown in the big town [G#]
[D#] Gonna set you back on your heels [G#]
[C#] With a mouth full of memories [G#]
[D#] And a lot - of stickers for my windshield
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_part: Bridge}
[G#]Shut the door, [Cm/G]cut the light
[F#]Davy won't be [C#/F]home tonight
[G#]You can wait 'til the [Cm/G]dawn rolls in
[F#]You won't see our [C#/F]Davy
A[G#]gain [D#/G#] [F#/G#] [C#/G#] (band fades out; only organ)[E] [F#] [G#sus4] [G#]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_part: Interlude (organ)}
[G#] (Davy's on the [D#/G#]road again)
[F#/G#] (Again, again, [C#/G#]again, again)
[E/G#] [F#/G#] [G#sus4] [G#]
[G#] (Davy's on the [D#/G#]road again)
[F#/G#](Again, again, [C#/G#]again, again)
[E/G#] [F#/G#] [G#sus4] [G#]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 3 (organ)}
[G#] Davy's on the [D#/G#]road again, [F#/G#]wearin' different [C#/G#]clothes again
[E/G#]Davy's turning [G#]handouts [Fm]down [A#m]to keep his pockets [D#]clean
(Band joins in)
[G#]All his goods are [D#/G#]sold again, his [F#/G#]word's as good as [C#/G#]gold again
[E/G#]Says, "If you see [G#]Jean, now [Fm]ask her, [A#m]please, to [D#]pity [G#]me"
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_verse: Verse 3}
[D#] "Jean and I, we moved along [G#]
[D#] Since the day - down in the [G#]hollow
[C#] When the mind went driftin' on [G#]
[D#] And the feet were soon to follow"
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_part: Outro, fade}
[G#] Davy's on the [D#]road again, [F#]wearin' different [C#]clothes again
[E]Davy's turning [G#]handouts [Fm]down [A#m]to keep his pockets [D#]clean
[G#]Sayin' his good[D#]byes again [F#]wheels are in his [C#]eyes again...
{end_of_part}