{title: The road ahead} {artist: City to City} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 99} {key: B} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {start_of_part: Intro} [B] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} [B] The road ahead is [F#]empty It's [B]paved, with miles of the un[F#]known What[B]ever seems to be your desti[G#m]nation Take life the way it [C#m]comes, take life the way it [F#]is {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} [B] Horizon in the [F#]distance So [B]close, and yet so far a[F#]way You [B]shouldn't be surprised when on ar[G#m]rival The dream has flown a[C#m]way And fear is not here to [F#]stay {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus} The [E]road ahead never gives away a [B]promise The [E]road ahead is a highway or a dead-end [C#m]street A [F#sus4]dead-end street [B] {end_of_chorus} {start_of_verse: Verse 3} [B] Raindrops on your [F#]windscreen They [B]fall from heaven or from [F#]hell You [B]drive into the light or into [G#m]darkness Incertainty as your [F#]guide {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus} [B/D#] The [E]road ahead never gives away a [B]promise The [E]road ahead is a highway or a dead-end [B]street The [E]road ahead never answers any [B]questions And nothing is [C#m]sure along the way, not even to[G#m]morrow With [D#m]miles of the un[F#]known ahead of [B]you {end_of_chorus} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} [B] The road ahead is [F#]empty It's [B]paved, with miles of the un[F#]known What[B]ever seems to be your desti[G#m]nation Take life the way it [C#m]comes, take life the way it [B]is {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Outro} [B] {end_of_part}