written by Eric Sarti    esarti@marchinglight.com
Dec. 4, 2001, Feb 9,10 2002

[Intro or Verse 1:]
[strum slow:]

Am                       F
Arms hanging (out) in the heat
Am                      F
Windows down, and your barren feet,
E                         F
Don't know how you can read
E              F
Dizzy next to me

          Am
On those days
         C
Driving by
           E
Past windmills
              F
to darkened skies

         Am
Golden Wheat
          C
Speeding  by
           E
Summer Storm
                  F
(And) those who've died
 

[Verse 2]
Am                          F
And we drive into the scenery
Am                 F
Yellow hills and gold country
E                     F
Seem to be the only one's
E                   F
Here in the slanted sun

        Am
Then we see
                C
signs of those-who
                E
time on their hands
                F
had journeyed through

       Am
A Dead Balloon
            C
Plastic Flowers
             E
Christmas Ornaments
           F
A Mining tower
 

CHORUS 1:
[strum fast]
       Am
And I don't presume to know
          C
those who may'have come and go
         E
found a way around the slow
         F
on these warm long roads x2
 
 

[Verse 3:]
Am                         F
Our wheels dance around a lake
Am                       F
And those turns that we make
E                        F     Fm
Round like the paper plates
                         c d
          Am
With the names
              C
O'those who have-gone
            E
Sunday visitors
              F
Threw flowers on

        Am
Summer Sun
            C
Graves of sand
           E
Just a symbol
          F
on quiet land
 

[Bridge 1:]
      E                F
And holding on to the rearview
E                 F
Sun bathes white down on you
E                 F
warm through the-window

         Am
And you ponder
          C
And you doubt
          E
And you wonder
           F      F       F
Why their lights turned  out
 

CHORUS 2:
[strum fast]
       Am
(So) And I don't presume to know
          C
those who have lost their road
            E
and have shortcut their souls  (bypass the slow)
    F
On Old Priest Road.  X2
 

[Verse4:]
[pick:]
Am                     F
Curving by cairns and rocks
Am                     F
Swinging wide, like a halo of those lost
E                               F
On the road you see a whitened cross

[strum:]
          Am
Saddened by
                C
Those who have-died
       E
mind wanderers
                   F
(They've) gone too wide

          Am
Decisions made
               C
The road not taken
        E
For a moment
               F
Your heart is aching (racing)
 

[Bridge  2]:
         E                F
And you stare out at the sights
       E                  F
And I know your fear of heights
         E                  F
(so I) comfort you with my hand
     E             F    F
And you move closer in

         Am
And we  sing
         C
And we  lean in
        E
As we pass
           F
the time again (this tragic scene)

         Am
So we live
                   C
for those who have-gone
         E
And we sing
            F
this fire song
 

[chorus3:]
        Am
And we cheer for those we've known
     C
Even if they've lost their road
               E
'Cause they've filled up our souls
        F
Far Beyond These Roads  X2
 

 F     F      F       Fm      C
Old Priest Road  ... Old ... Old