Gillian Welch – I Dream A Highway (Guitar)
Capo 4
Key
-
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
The C chords are a C/G shape, which creates the distinctive sound on the recording.
Partial Em7 pickups lead into the Em7 chords on the downbeat of the chorus.
[Intro]
Em7 G C C
[Chorus]
Em7 G C Oh, I dream a highway back to you love Em7 G C G A winding ribbon with a band of gold Em7 G C G A silver vision come and rest my soul Em7 G C I dream a highway back to you.
[Verse 1]
Em7 G C John he's kicking out the footlights Em7 G C G The Grand Ole Opry's got a brand new band Em7 G C G Lord, let me die with a hammer in my hand Em7 G C I dream a highway back to you.
[Verse 2]
Em7 G C I think I'll move down into Memphis Em7 G C G And thank the hatchet man who forked my tongue Em7 G C G I lie and wait until the wagons come Em7 G C And dream a highway back to you.
[Break]
[Verse 3]
Em7 G C The getaway kicking up cinders Em7 G C G An empty wagon full of rattling bones Em7 G C G Moon in the mirror on a three-hour jones Em7 G C I dream a highway back to you.
[Chorus]
Em7 G C Oh, I dream a highway back to you love Em7 G C G A winding ribbon with a band of gold Em7 G C G A silver vision come arrest my soul Em7 G C I dream a highway back to you.
[Break]
[Verse 4]
Em7 G C Which lover are you, Jack of Diamonds? Em7 G C G Now you be Emmylou and I'll be Gram Em7 G C G I send a letter, don't know who I am Em7 G C I dream a highway back to you.
[Break]
[Verse 5]
Em7 G C I'm an indisguisable shade of twilight Em7 G C G Any second now I'm gonna turn myself on Em7 G C G In the blue display of the cool cathode ray Em7 G C I dream a highway back to you.
[Verse 6]
Em7 G C I wish you knew me, Jack of Diamonds Em7 G C. Fire-riding, wheeling when I lead 'em up C G C G Drank whisky with my water, sugar with my tea C G C G My sails in rags with the staggers and the jags Em7 G C I dream a highway back to you.
[Chorus]
Em7 G C Oh, I dream a highway back to you love Em7 G C G A winding ribbon with a band of gold Em7 G C G A silver vision come molest my soul Em7 G C I dream a highway back to you.
[Break]
[Verse 7]
Em7 G C C Now give me some of what you're having Em7 G C G I'll take you as a viper into my head Em7 G C G A knife into my bed, arsenic when I'm fed Em7 G C I dream a highway back to you.
[Verse 8]
Em7 G C Hang overhead from all directions Em7 G C G Radiation from the porcelain light Em7 G C G Blind and blistered by the morning white Em7 G C I dream a highway back to you.
[Break]
[Verse 9]
Em7 G C Sunday morning at the diner Em7 G C G Hollywood trembles on the verge of tears Em7 G C G I watched the waitress for a thousand years C G C G Saw a wheel inside a wheel, heard a call within a call Em7 G C And I dreamed a highway back to you.
[Chorus]
G G G Oh, I dream a highway back to you love G G (C/G) C G A winding ribbon with a band of gold G G (C/G) C G A silver vision come possess my soul Em7 G C I dream a highway back to you.
[Break]
[Verse 10]
Em7 G C Step into the light, poor Lazarus Em7 G C G Don't lie alone behind the window shade Em7 G C G Let me see the mark death made Em7 G C I dream a highway back to you. Em7 G C I dream a highway back to you.
[Verse 11]
Em7 G C What will sustain us through the winter? Em7 G C G Where did last year's lessons go? Em7 G C G Walk me out into the rain and snow Em7 G C I dream a highway back to you.
[Chorus]
Em7 G C Oh, I dream a highway back to you love Em7 G C G A winding ribbon with a band of gold Em7 G C G A silver vision come and bless my soul Em7 G C I dream a highway back to you. Em7 G C I dream a highway back to you.
[Chorus]
G G G Oh I dream a highway back to you love. G G C G A winding ribbon with a band of gold G G C G A silver vision come and bless my soul Em7 G C I dream a highway back to you.
[Outro]