[Intro] [crunchy guitar riff] [drums enter hard] [bass locks into the riff] [fiddle answers with a short sharp phrase] [Verse 1] Started work before the sunrise, boots already full of dirt, learned real quick that wanting something doesn't mean it doesn't hurt. Broke some tools and broke some promises, took some turns I shouldn't know, every time somebody showed me where to walk, I found another way to go. [Pre-Chorus] No map in my hand, no sign telling me where, [guitar stops briefly] I got here anyway. [Chorus] I made my own road, I made my own road, mile by mile, stone by stone, I made my own road. I made my own road, I made my own road, don't tell me where to go, I made my own road. [Turnaround] [guitar riff] [fiddle answers] [Hammond stab] [bass drives forward] [Verse 2] Had some money, lost it quickly, had some friends who did the same, had a boss who said I'd never make a living my own way. I've been lucky, I've been stupid, I've been both on the same day, but every scar that came from choosing is a scar I'd keep that way. [Pre-Chorus] No map in my hand, no sign telling me where, [drums stop briefly] I got here anyway. [Chorus] I made my own road, I made my own road, mile by mile, stone by stone, I made my own road. I made my own road, I made my own road, don't tell me where to go, I made my own road. [Instrumental Break] [guitar and fiddle trade fast phrases] [Hammond answers with gritty bluesy stabs] [bass stays direct and driving] [short drum fill] [Bridge] [bass and drums only] Maybe yours was smooth and straight, maybe mine was built too slow. [guitar enters] But every damn mile underneath these boots... [fiddle stab] ...is a mile I chose to go. [Final Chorus] I made my own road, I made my own road, mile by mile, stone by stone, I made my own road. I made my own road, I made my own road, don't tell me where to go, I made my own road. I made my own road, I made my own road, [band stops] I made my own road. [Outro] [guitar riff returns] [fiddle answers harder] [Hammond stab] [bass and drums finish with a tight natural ending]
