title: Richmond Is A Hard Road To Travelkey: Folkharp type: Chromaticgenre: Dskill: AnyRICHMOND IS A HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL chromW: John Reuben ThompsonM: Daniel Decatur EmmettAmerican ballad from 1863Key: DTime: 2/4-3 -3 -5 -5 -5 -5 5*Would you like to hear my song-3 -3 -5 -5 -5 -5 5*I’m a-fraid it’s rath-er long-3 -3 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -4Of the fa-mous “on to Rich-mond”6 -5 5* -3Dou-ble trou-ble-3 -3 -5 -5 -5 -5 5*Of the half a doz-en trips-3 -4 -4 -4 -4 -3And half a doz-en slips-2* -2* 3 3 3 3And the ver-y lat-est2 2 -3 -3 -2* -1Burst-ing of the bub-ble-3 -5 -5 -5 -5 5*‘Tis pret-ty hard to sing-3 -5 -5 -5 -5 5*And like a round, round ring-3 -3 -5 -5 -5 -5‘Tis a dread-ful knot-ty-5 -4 6 -5 5* -3Puz-zle to un-rav-el-3 -5 -5 -5 -5 5*Though all the pa-pers swore-3 -3 -4 -4 -4 -4 -3When we touched Vir-gin-ia’s shore-2* 3 3 3 3 2 -3 -3 -2* -1That Rich-mond was a hard road to trav-el-3 -1 -1 2 -2*Then pull off your coat-3 3-2* 3 -4 -3And roll up your sleeve-3 -1 1* -1 2 -2* -3-2* -2* 3 2For Rich-mond is a hard road to trav-el-3 -1 -1 2 -2*Then pull off your coat-3 3-2* 3 -4 -5And roll up your sleeve-5 5* -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -4 -3 -2*For Rich-mond is a hard road to trav-el2 -2* -1I be-lieve