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ON THE ROAD
Words and music by Lachlan Irvine
[G] I met a [C] wise man [D] on the [C] road,
He [G] asked me [C] where I'd [D] been. [C]
[G] I said I'd [C] just [D] returned from [C] war,
And we [G] spoke of [C] what I'd [G] seen.
[D] He asked me if I [C] thought that war was [D] ever justi-[C]-fied.
[D] I said I hoped that [C] might be so,
For the [D] sake of so many who've [C] died. [G]///
[G] He asked me [C] if the [D] cause was [C] just,
That [G] I was [C] fighting [D] for; [C]
If I [G] still be-[C]-lieved that [D] I was [C] right to [G] go a-[C]-way to [G] war?
[D] Let scholars argue [C] causes said I, for I [D] know that is their [C] way,
But [D] I am just a [C] simple man
And [D] know not what to [C] say. [G]///
[G] I said for [C] those who're [D] called to [C] fight,
It's [G] not one [C] simple [D] choice; [C]
[G] I was [C] barely [D] out of [C] school and [G] still to [C] find my [G] voice.
[D] I said old men with [C] power send young [D] men to fight their [C] wars;
It's a [D] lucky soldier who [C] understands
What he's [D] really fighting [C] for. [G]///
[G] Unless there [C] is a [D] change, said [C] I, it [G] will be [C] ever [D] so, [C]
[G] Powerful [C] men will [D] pick their [C] fights
And the [G] young will [C] have to [G] go.
[D] The best that I can [C] hope for, when I [D] lay awake at [C] night,
Is that [D] I can say I [C] truly did
What [D] I believed was [C] right. [G]///
[G] The wise man [C] nodded [D] thoughtful-[C]-ly
And with [G] nothing [C] more to [D] say, [C]
[G] He turned to [C] walk be-[D]-side me [C] as I [G] went [C] along my [G] way.
[D] The wind blew up a [C] cloud of dust, so [D] dense I could not [C] see,
And [D] when the air had [C] cleared there was
No-[D]-body ... [C] on the road but [G] me. ///
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