By CCR
| Intro: | E | B | A | E |
| E | A | E |
| Just about a year ago, I | set out on the | road, |
| C#m | F#m | B7 | |
| Seekin my fame and | fortune, | lookin for a pot of | gold. |
| E | C#m | A | E |
| Things got bad, and | things got worse, I | guess you will know the | tune. |
| B | A | E | |
| Oh ! lord, | stuck in Lodi a | gain | . |
| E | A | E |
| Rode in on the Greyhound, I’ll be | walkin out if I | go. |
| C#m | F#m | B7 | |
| I was just passin’ | through, must be | seven months or | more. |
| E | C#m | A | E |
| Ran out of time and | money, | looks like they took my | friends. |
| B | A | E | |
| Oh ! lord, I m | stuck in Lodi a | gain | . |
| Interlude | E | A | E |
| E | B | A | E |
| E | A | E |
| The man from the magazine | said I was on my | way. |
| C#m | F#m | B7 | |
| Somewhere I lost | connections, | ran out of songs to | play. |
| E | C#m | A | E |
| I came into town, a | one night stand, | looks like my plans fell | through |
| B | A | E | |
| Oh ! lord, | stuck in Lodi a | gain | . Mmmm... |
| Interlude | E | B | A | E |
| Key | Dhange | B | F# | C# | F# | F# |
| F# | B | F# |
| If I only had a dollar, for | every song I ve | sung. |
| D#m | G#m | C#7 | |
| And every time I ve | had to play while | people sat there | drunk. |
| F# | D#m | B | F# | |
| You | know, Id catch the | next train | back to where I | live. |
| C# | B | F# | |
| Oh ! lord, I m | stuck in Lodi a | gain | . |
| C# | B | F# | |
| Oh ! lord, I m | stuck in Lodi a | gain |
| C# | B | F# | |
| Oh ! lord, I m | stuck in Lodi a | gain | . |
| Dinale | F# | B | F# |
| F# | C# | B | F# |