This Road I Know

Capo: 7th fret Intro Fadd9 C G Am Fmaj7 C G This a poem I wrote called "This Road I Know" Verse F C G Am There's this flash I get often, a fever dream or a vision of sorts F C G Am Most times late at night and I haven't found out why, but I know exactly why F C I'm on this road, and I hear gravel underneath me, and I feel it too G Am And I don't know where I am, but I know exactly where I am F C G Am It's dark, it's really dark and the car is warm, but somehow I can feel how cold the night is F C G Am I don't know where the road leads, but I know exactly where it ends F C G Am You see, I keep driving, and all I see for the longest while is my headlights for an eternity, it seems F C G Am And everything is desolate and empty and nothing and hopeless F C G Am I'm lost, but I know where I'm going, I'm safe, I'm warm, I'm driving and I see this small light F C G Am A dim one, growing brighter and bigger and closer and stronger and the closer I get, the more I see F C G I make out a house with light strewn across it, a porch, some cars Am F Some frosted windshields that hadn't been touched for hours C G Am I hear a song, and it's faint, I can't make out the name, but I know every word F C G Am I feel my feet first, and it's cold and they're crunching, and it's the sound of driveways F C And the wind takes my breath with it G Am And then I walk up to this door and I knock, even though I feel I don't have to F C And I don't know where I am, but I know exactly where I am G Am F And this crack of light widens on this porch underneath me as this door opens C G And this brown-haired girl with the brightest smile Am F C G I don't know who she is, but I know her so well and behind her, the warmest home I'd ever seen Am F C G It's orange and comfortable, there's fire and it's bulb-lit Am She says F C G "Where have you been? We've been waiting on you all night, we've missed you" Am F She says through the kindest smirk I'd seen in so long C G Am Then she tapers off the sentence with the, with the peaceful sound that a lady makes F C She grabs me on my forearms, pulls softly into the dining room G Am There's people and they're happy and they're content for one F C I don't know who they are, but I know exactly who they are G Am And we're all standing and I'm laughing at a joke I'll never hear again F C I don't know where I am but I know exactly where I am G Am And then she tucks her head between my collar as a friend F Between my collar and my jaw, and there's no weight at all C G And I don't know where I am, but there's no weight at all Am F It's laughter and grins and no tomorrow to win C G And I don't know where I am, but I know exactly where I am Outro Am I don't know where I am, but I know exactly where I am