| C | Am | |
| I wore my boots out | walkin' |
| C | Am | |
| wore my hear out | talkin' |
| C | Am | |
| I felt the pain and I | broke the chain |
| F | C | |
| But I've | still got a long way to | go. |
| C | Am | |
| Been on the road till to | morrow |
| C | Am | |
| been through the joy and the | sorrow |
| C | |
| came through the flood |
| Am | |
| and I | pulled through the mud |
| F | C | |
| But I've | still got a long way to | go. |
| C | Am | |
| Been on the rails and big | muddy |
| C | Am | |
| crossed the rocky and | rutted |
| C | Am | |
| been down the road a | million miles |
| F | C | |
| But I've | still got a long way to | go. |
| C | Am | |
| I traveled near and traveled | far |
| C | Am | |
| I beat a hole in my | guitar |
| C | |
| crawled with the zeroes |
| Am | |
| and I | stood with my heroes |
| F | C | |
| But I've | still got a long way to | go. |
| C | Am | |
| Been in the rain and on the | run |
| C | Am | |
| worked a long day in the | sun |
| C | |
| I slopped the pails |
| Am | |
| and I | beat the nails |
| F | C | |
| But I've | still got a long way to | go. |
| C | Am | |
| I sang the A verse as the | B verse |
| C | Am | |
| took the C verse to the | chorus |
| C | |
| rewrote and changed it |
| Am | |
| then r | earranged it |
| F | C | |
| But I've | still got a long way to | go. |
| C | Am | |
| I lost my way in darkest | night |
| C | Am | |
| I woke again and saw the | light |
| C | Am | |
| opened the book and I | took a look |
| F | C | |
| But I've | still got a long way to | go. |
| C | Am | |
| Tell me what, what is the soul of a | man |
| C | Am | |
| he's got to | reach out his | hand |
| Tell me what, what is the soul of a man |
| he's got to reach out his hand |
| F | C | |
| and I've | still got a | long way to go. |
| C | Am | |
| Still got a | long way to go. |
| C | Am | |
| Still got a | long way to go. |
| F | C | |
| and I've | still got a | long way to go. |