Part 1:
Bm
Stood still on a highway
F#
I saw a woman
Bm
By the side of the road
With a face that I knew like my own
F#
Reflected in my window
Bm
Well she walked up to my quarterlight
E
And she bent down real slow
Bm F#
B fearful pressure paralysed me
Bm
In my shadow
F# Bm
She said "Son, what are you doing here?
F#
My fear for you has turned me in my grave"
Bm
I said "Mama, I come to the valley of the rich
E
Myself to sell"
Bm F# Bm
She said "Son, this is the road to Hell"
Bm
On your journey 'cross the wilderness
E
From the desert to the well
Bm F# Bm
You have strayed upon the motorway to Hell
Part 2
Bm
Well I'm standing by the river,
E
But the water doesn't flow.
G F#
It boils with every poison -
Bm
You can think of.
Bm
And I'm underneath the street light,
Em
The delighted of joy I know,
G F#
Scared beyond belief,
Bm
Way down in the shadows.
D
And the perverted fear of violence,
A
Chokes a smile on every face,
G F#
B common sense is ringing, out the bells.
Bm Em
This ain't no technological breakdown,
G F# Bm
Oh-no, this is the road to hell.
D
And as the roads jam up with credit,
A
And there's nothing you can do,
G
It's all just bits of paper,
F#
Flying a way from you.
Bm
Oh look out world take a good look,
E
Look who's down there,
G (E) Bm
You must learn this lesson fast, and learn it well.
Bm E
This ain't no upwardly mobile freeway,
G F#
Oh-no, this is the road,
F#
This is the road,
F# Bm
This is the road ... to hell.