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