On The Road Again Cifras

Song: On the road again
Artist: Canned Heat
Composers: Floyd Jones and Alan Wilson
Album: Boogie with Canned heat
 
Tabbed by DJ  22nd June 2020
 
This is just a simple 3 chord blues, but sliding up
into the E5's can be effective to create a similar
atmosphere to the sitar drone. I've placed all E5's
on the lyric where the chord should be emphasised
 
See at the bottom of the tab for additional
information on the lyrics.
 
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
option for a particular chord progression. Just use
the voicings suggested in the text column numbers
 
E5 = 079900   G5 = 355xxx   A5 = 577xxx
 
Please take a second to scroll down to the bottom of
the page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks
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[Intro]
  E5    E5     E5    E5     E5    E5     E5    E5
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
 
    (Em11)    * = Harmonic notes
e|--------------------------*12---|
B|---------------------*12--------|
G|----------------*12-------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|-------*12--*7------------------|
E|---*12--------------------------|
 
[Harmonica solo]
  E5    E5     E5    E5     E5 E5 G5 A5  E5    E5
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
  E5    E5     E5    E5     E5 E5 G5 A5  E5    E5
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
  E5    E5     E5    E5     E5 E5 G5 A5  E5    E5
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
 
[Verse 1]
          E5          E5
Well, I'm so tired of crying,
        E5         E5
But I'm out on the road again,
E5       E5     G5   A5  E5    E5
  ...I'm on the road a - gain,
          E5          E5
Well, I'm so tired of crying,
        E5         E5
But I'm out on the road again,
E5       E5     G5   A5  E5    E5
  ...I'm on the road a - gain,
        E5     E5
I ain't got no woman... 
        E5      E5      E5     E5 G5 A5  E5  E5
Just to call my special friend
 
[Verse 2]
              E5           E5
You know, the first time I travelled...
E5         E5            E5   E5     G5   A5  E5   E5
Out in the rain and snow   ...In the rain and snow,
              E5           E5
You know, the first time I travelled...
E5         E5            E5   E5     G5   A5  E5   E5
Out in the rain and snow,  ...in the rain and snow,
         E5      E5
I didn't have no faro, 
    E5      E5       E5   E5 G5 A5 E5    E5
Not even no place to go
 
[Verse 3]
       E5          E5      E5        E5        E5
And my dear mother left me when ...I was quite young,
E5     G5  A5    E5      E5
When I was quite young,
       E5          E5      E5        E5        E5
And my dear mother left me when ...I was quite young,
E5     G5  A5    E5      E5
When I was quite young,
           E5         E5
She said, "Lord, have mercy...
E5         E5            E5   G5 A5  E5  E5
  ...On my wicked son!"
 
[Harmonica solo]
  E5    E5     E5    E5     E5 E5 G5 A5  E5    E5
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
  E5    E5     E5    E5     E5 E5 G5 A5  E5    E5
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
  E5    E5     E5    E5     E5 E5 G5 A5  E5    E5
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
 
[Verse 4]
       E5            E5    E5
Take a hint from me, mama, please,
          E5     E5     E5        G5  A5 E5    E5
Don't you cry no more,  don't you cry no more,
       E5            E5    E5
Take a hint from me, mama, please,
          E5     E5     E5        G5  A5 E5    E5
Don't you cry no more,  don't you cry no more,
            E5        E5
'Cause it's soon, one morning,
E5             E5       E5    E5 G5 A5 E5  E5
   ...Down the road I'm gone
 
[Verse 5]
      E5          E5        E5      E5           E5
But I ain't going down that ...long old lonesome road
E5  G5  A5   E5    E5
All by  my - self,
      E5          E5        E5      E5           E5
But I ain't going down that  ..long old lonesome road
E5  G5  A5   E5    E5
All by  my - self,
        E5         E5
I can't carry you, baby,
      E5           E5   E5    E5 G5 A5   E5   E5
Gonna carry some - body else
 
[Harmonica solo - Repeat pattern as required]
  E5    E5     E5    E5     E5 E5 G5 A5  E5    E5
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
 
[Coda]
  E5    E5     E5    E5      E5    E5
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
 
   (Em11)      * = Harmonic notes
e|--*12--------------------------|
B|------*12----------------------|
G|-----------*12-----------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|----------------*7--*12--------|
E|-------------------------*12---|
 
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Other lyrics I've seen have the last line of Verse 2
as 'payroll', but watching the video mentioned in
my header info, he's making an 'F' sound,
it's 'faro' (pronounced 'pharoah').
 
'Faro' being an old rural Mississippi synonym for
'girlfriend' or lover, sometimes spelt as 'fairo'.
It's clear origins are debatable, but some have
speculated it may be short for 'fair brown'.
There is also an old card game also called Faro, or
Pharoah, a gambling  game that's simpler than poker,
so it's easy to learn. Perhaps it then became used as
a misogynistic term for a 'sassy' woman, who's quick
and easy, and you're likely to loose your money to.
It hardly sounds like a term of endearment to
modern ears, but this was the 1920's blues era.
 
The oldest known recorded use of 'faro' in a
blues song is in 1926, in Peg Leg Howell’s
'Tishamingo Blues', he sings, 'I got a loving faro,
she's long and tall like me'.
 
Canned Heat took their band name from Tommy Johnson's
'Canned heat blues'. Johnson had used the same term
'faro' in some of his songs too,  and his high vocal
style was also an influence on this track.
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