E 
 
                   F#m      A                    E 
Slammed the door behind him,  called his daddy “dumb” 
                   F#m     A                   E 
He left home with tomorrow   a-ridin’ on his thumb 
                 Bm     A                 E 
No particular direction,   seventeen and scared 
                           A 
Hitched a ride beside the road, driver said “Son, where you goin?’” 
             B7          E 
He said “anywhere but here” 
 
                                A                                 E 
If you don’t know where you’re goin’, any old road will take you there 
                                F#m    B7                            E 
When it’s ramblin’ seeds you’re sowin’,  you can’t find the will to care 
               A                      C#m      F# 
Any way you travel, red dirt, clay or gravel 
                A                       B7 
Lost without a prayer, destination anywhere  
                            E 
Any old road will take you there 
 
                   F#m  A                          E 
A little all night café,   a young woman there in tears 
                                 F#m     A                          E 
The waitress says “You want some coffee?  Does anybody know you’re here?” 
                    Bm     A                            E 
She slowly tells a story,    says “he don’t love me anymore 
                            A 
I left my ring there by the bed and I don’t know what lies ahead 
                       B7       E 
I’ve never been this ‘gone’ before” 
 
                                A                                 E 
If you don’t know where you’re goin’, any old road will take you there 
                                F#m    B7                            E 
When it’s ramblin’ seeds you’re sowin’,  you can’t find the will to care 
               A                      C#m      F# 
Any way you travel, red dirt, clay or gravel 
                A                       B7 
Lost without a prayer, destination anywhere 
                            E 
Any old road will take you there 
 
     D                             C#m 
Sometimes the road is narrow, sometimes the path is straight 
    C                                B7 
At times we face so many curves our turns are hard to take  
 
                                A                                 G#m 
If you don’t know where you’re goin’, any old road will take you there 
                                F#m    B7                            E 
When it’s ramblin’ seeds you’re sowin’,  you can’t find the will to care 
               A                      C#m      F# 
Any way you travel, red dirt, clay or gravel 
                A                       B7 
Lost without a prayer, destination anywhere 
                            E 
Any old road will take you there 
 
                    F#m                        A 
Out there runnin’ scared, in the middle of nowhere 
         B7                  F#m  B7  E 
Any old road will take you to her