George Thorogood & The Destroyers – Highway 49 (Guitar)

Key
-

Auto-scroll

Chords

As recorded by George Thorogood & The Destroyers (From the 1988 Album BORN TO BE BAD) [Intro] D G D G D A D G D G D A [Chorus]
          D
I'm gonna get up in the mornin'

      G                 D
Gonna hit that Highway 49

          G
I'm gonna get up in the mornin'

                        D
Gonna hit that Highway 49

D
I been lookin' for my Elvonnie

G                               D    A
That sweet woman's steady on my mind
[Verse 1]
                D
First I'm gonna stop by the whiskey store

G                      D
Pick me up a jug o'wine

          G
I'm gonna stop by the whiskey store

                           D
Pick me up a six-pack o'wine

          A
I been lookin' for my baby

G                         D    A
She's restin' on my weary mind
[Verse 2]
               D
Yeah, it'll be soon in the mornin'

          G                       D
When I go rollin' into Jacksontown, downtown

         G
It'll be soon in the mornin'

                                            D
When I go rollin' into Jackson, Mississippi town

          A
I been lookin' for my baby

G                            D
The police said she can't be found

                  A
Don't tell me that
[Guitar Solo] D G D A G D A [Verse 3]
   D
Malvina my sweet woman and

      G                       D
She's always rested on my mind

G
Malvina my sweet baby

                                       D
She's always rested on my lonesoome mind

     A
If I can't buy that woman I'm gonna

G                        D  A
Sit down and drink my wine
[Guitar Solo] D G D A G D [Sax Solo] D G D A G D A [Guitar Solo] D G D A G D A D G D A G D A [Verse 4]
          D
I'm gonna get up in the morning

G                D
Hit the highway 49

          D
I'm gonna get up in the morning

G                D
Hit the highway 49

          A
I'm gonna dust my blues, peoples

G                                D  A
Leave this raggedy-ass town behind
[Guitar Solo] D G D A G D A D G D A G D A D G D A G D A D