| A | E | A | |
| Trail of troubles | roads of | battles |
| A | D | A | |
| Paths of victory | we shall | walk |
| A | E | A | |
| The trail is dusty and my | road it might be | rough |
| A | D | A | |
| But the better roads are waiting and | boys it ain't far | off |
| A | E | A | |
| I walked down to the river I | turned my head up h | igh |
| A | D | A | |
| I saw the silver lining that was | hangin in the | sky |
| A | E | A | |
| Trail of troubles | roads of b | attles |
| A | D | A | |
| Paths of victory | we shall | walk |
| A | E | A | |
| The evening dusk was rollin I was | walking down the | track |
| A | D | A | |
| There was a one way wind a blowing and it was | blowing at my | back |
| A | E | A | |
| The evening train was rolling the | hummin of it's | wheels |
| A | D | A | |
| My eyes they saw a better day as I | looked across the | fields |
| A | E | A | |
| Trail of troubles | roads of battl | es |
| A | D | A | |
| Paths of victory | we shall | walk |
| Copyright @ 1964 Warner Bros Inc.(ASCAP) |
| From the "Byrds Box Set" CD Columbia/Legacy 1990 |