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