{title: Road to hell (part 2)} {artist: Chris Rea} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 130} {key: Am} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {start_of_part: Intro} [NC](drums) [A5]... [Am] [Dm] [FM7] [E7] [Am] [Am] [Dm] [FM7] [E7] [Am] {end_of_part} {start_of_part: Part A} well I'm [Am]standing by a river, but the [Dm]water doesn't flow it [FM7]boils with every poison [E7] you can [Am]think of and I'm [Am]underneath the street light, but the [Dm]light of joy I know is [FM7]scared beyond be[E7]lief, way down in the [Am]shadows {end_of_part} {start_of_part: Part B} and the [C]perverted fear of violence chokes a [G]smile on every face and [F]common sense is ringing out the [E7]bell [Am] this ain't no technological [Dm]breakdown oh [FM7]no, this is the [E7]road to [Am]hell {end_of_part} {start_of_part: Solo} [Am] [Dm] [G] [C] [G/B] [Am] [Dm] [FM7] [E7] [Am] {end_of_part} {start_of_part: Part C} and all the [C]roads jam up with credit, and there's [G]nothing you can do it's [FM7]all just bits of paper, [E7]flying away from you oh [Am]look out world, take a good look, what goes [Dm]down here you must [FM7]learn this lesson fast, [E7] and learn it [Am]well {end_of_part} {start_of_part: Part D} [Am] this ain't no upwardly mobile [Dm]freeway oh [FM7]no, this is the [E7]road [FM7] this is the [E7]road [FM7] this is the [E7]road to [Am]hell {end_of_part} {start_of_part: Solo} [Am] [Dm] [FM7] [E7] [Am] [Am] [Dm] [FM7] [E7] [Am] {end_of_part} {start_of_part: Part D} [Am] this ain't no upwardly mobile [Dm]freeway oh [FM7]no, this is the [E7]road [FM7] this is the [E7]road [FM7] this is the [E7]road to [Am]hell {end_of_part}