Song :
C
Intro :
N.C.
C# G#
On the open road on the open road
C# G# D# G#
On the open road
C# G#
Yeah I've travelled whoa oh-oh
D# G#
All around the globe
C# G#
Seen new places, people
D# G#
Remember stories I've been told
Pre-chorus :
C# G#
I've been hot and bothered in the land of Oz
D# G#
And frozen in the rain
C# G#
But nothing comes close to the way I feel
D# G#
When I’m on the open road again
C# G# D# G#
Up From Blu-uff, Invercargill to Timaru
C# G#
To freshen up whoa-oh
D# G#
I swim at Lake Wakatipu
Chorus :
C# G#
Mount Maunganui, Wanganui, Pukekohe driving slowly
D# G#
Singing all the way home
C# G#
Kaingaroa, Onga Onga, Otorohanga, Kaungaroa
D# G#
All the places I'd love to go
Verse :
C# G# D# G#
Yeah I've tasted Finest food known to me
C# G#
But nothings better whoa oh-oh
D# G#
Then a fresh feed from the sea
Pre-chorus :
C# G#
I've been hot and bothered in the land of Oz
D# G#
And frozen in the rain
C# G#
But nothing comes close to the way I feel
D# G#
When I’m on the open road again
C# G# D# G#
Up From Blu-uff, Invercargill to Timaru
C# G#
To freshen up whoa-oh
D# G#
I swim at Lake Wakatipu
Chorus :
C# G#
Mount Maunganui, Wanganui, Pukekohe driving slowly
D# G#
Singing all the way home
C# G#
Kaingaroa, Onga Onga, Otorohanga, Kaungaroa
D# G#
All the places I'd love to go
Verse :
C# G# D# G#
Te Araroa, First to see the light
C# G# D# G#
You should see their stars light up the night
C#
Then Jump to Gizzy, keeping busy
G#
Through their all-day sun
D# G#
Walk the coast in a single run
C# G#
Hit the road, share the load, we're discovering
D# G#
Snooze ya lose And then Ya wake up in
Bridge :
C# G#
Taumata whakatangi, Hangakoauau
D# G#
Otamateaturi, Pukakapikimaunga
C# G# D#
Horonuku pokai, Whenuakitanatahu
G#
Then ya wake up in
C# G#
Taumata whakatangi, Hangakoauau
D# G#
Otamateaturi, Pukakapikimaunga
C# G# D#
Horonuku pokai, Whenuakitanatahu
G#
Then ya wake up in
C# G#
Taumata whakatangi, Hangakoauau
D# G#
Otamateaturi, Pukakapikimaunga
C# G# D#
Horonuku pokai, Whenuakitanatahu
Pre-chorus :
G# C# G# D# G#
Up From Blu-uff, Invercargill to Timaru
C# G#
To freshen up whoa-oh
D# G#
I swim at Lake Wakatipu
Chorus :
C# G#
Mount Maunganui, Wanganui, Pukekohe driving slowly
D# G#
Singing all the way home
C# G#
Kaingaroa, Onga Onga, Otorohanga, Kaungaroa
D# G#
All the places I'd love to go
C# G#
On the open road on the open road
C# G#
On the open road
