By CCR
| Intro: | G | D | C | G |
| G | C | G |
| Just about a year ago, I | set out on the | road, |
| Em | Am | D7 | |
| Seekin my fame and | fortune, | lookin for a pot of | gold. |
| G | Em | C | G |
| Things got bad, and | things got worse, I | guess you will know the | tune. |
| D | C | G | |
| Oh ! lord, | stuck in Lodi a | gain | . |
| G | C | G |
| Rode in on the Greyhound, I’ll be | walkin out if I | go. |
| Em | Am | D7 | |
| I was just passin’ | through, must be | seven months or | more. |
| G | Em | C | G |
| Ran out of time and | money, | looks like they took my | friends. |
| D | C | G | |
| Oh ! lord, I m | stuck in Lodi a | gain | . |
| Interlude | G | C | G |
| G | D | C | G |
| G | C | G |
| The man from the magazine | said I was on my | way. |
| Em | Am | D7 | |
| Somewhere I lost | connections, | ran out of songs to | play. |
| G | Em | C | G |
| I came into town, a | one night stand, | looks like my plans fell | through |
| D | C | G | |
| Oh ! lord, | stuck in Lodi a | gain | . Mmmm... |
| Interlude | G | D | C | G |
| Key | Fhange | D | A | E | A | A |
| A | D | A |
| If I only had a dollar, for | every song I ve | sung. |
| F#m | Bm | E7 | |
| And every time I ve | had to play while | people sat there | drunk. |
| A | F#m | D | A | |
| You | know, Id catch the | next train | back to where I | live. |
| E | D | A | |
| Oh ! lord, I m | stuck in Lodi a | gain | . |
| E | D | A | |
| Oh ! lord, I m | stuck in Lodi a | gain |
| E | D | A | |
| Oh ! lord, I m | stuck in Lodi a | gain | . |
| Finale | A | D | A |
| A | E | D | A |