James Taylor – Highway Song (Guitar)

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Song: Highway song Artist: James Taylor Composer: James Taylor Album: Mudslide Slim and the blue horizon Tabbed by: DJ 27th Sept 2012 (Will then sound in the recorded key of G) IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website displays, they are generated automatically from a generic database and often don't show the best options for a particular chord progression. Just use the voicings suggested in the text column numbers Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo E = 022100 Amaj7 = x02120 D = xx0232 Bm7 = x24232 A/B = x22220 C#m = x24432 C#m7 = x46454 D/E = xx2232 E7sus4 = 020200 G#m7 = 464444 E/A = x02100 Please take a second to scroll down to the bottom of the page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks ===================================================== [Intro]
E       Bm7            C#m7              G#m7
Father, let us build a boat and sail a - way,

        Amaj7           A/B     E
There's nothing for you here,  ...and Brother...

Bm7              C#m7             G#m7
Let us throw our lot out upon the sea,

Amaj7                      A/B
       It's been done be - fore
[Verse 1]
    D/E                     E/A
I'm thinkin' 'bout a broken heart,

    D/E                        E/A
I'm talkin' 'bout the break of dawn,

       D/E                E/A
You've loved me while I'm here,

             D/E              E/A
Then you can miss me when I'm gone,

D/E              E/A
Sweet misunder - standing,

          D/E                  E/A
Won't you leave a poor boy a - lone?

        D/E                E/A
I'm the one-eyed seed of a tumbleweed,

       E          D       C#m    D
In the belly of a rolling stone,

            C#m7            Bm7   Amaj7
Back on the highway,  yeah, yeah, yeah,

E7sus4      D/E  E/A
Back on the road---- again

  D/E           E/A
| /__/  /__/  /  / | /  /  /  / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ [Verse 2]
  D/E                   E/A
I had a little woman in Memphis,

    D/E             E/A
She wanted to be my bride,

           D/E                      E/A
She said, "Settle on down, travel - ing man,

            D/E              E/A
And you can stay right by my side!"

  D/E              E/A
I tried so hard to please her,

      D/E                   E/A
But I couldn't hold out too long,

            D/E                   E/A
'Cause, one Saturday night, I was laying in bed,

      E          D       C#m  D
And I heard that highway song,

            C#m7             Bm7   Amaj7
Back on the highway,   yeah, yeah, yeah,

E7sus4      D/E  E/A
Back on the road---- again

  D/E           E/A
| /__/  /__/  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ [Break]
  D/E            E/A
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |   

  D/E           E/A
| /__/  /__/  /  /  | /  /  /  / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ [Verse 3]
     D/E
Now, one of these days,

     E/A               D/E                 E/A
That highway song will lose it's appeal to me,

          D/E                    E/A
I'm gonna settle on down, like a natural born man,

          D/E                      E/A 
I'm gonna live my life naturally, (Free and easy!)

D/E                E/A
Till that day, the thunder's gonna roll,

      D/E                      E/A
And I notice there's a sign of rain,

     D/E                      
So I grab my bags and I pack my clothes,

        E           D        C#m    D
And I'm back on the road a - gain,

            C#m7            Bm7   Amaj7
Back on the highway,  yeah, yeah, yeah,

E7sus4      D/E  E/A
Back on the road---- again

  D/E            E/A
| /__/  /__/  /  /  | /  /  /  / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ [Verse 4]
    D/E                     E/A
I'm thinkin' 'bout a broken heart,

          D/E                        E/A
I've been talkin' 'bout the break of dawn,

       D/E                E/A
You've loved me while I'm here,

            D/E              E/A
And you can miss me when I'm gone,

            D/E              E/A
And I said, sweet misunder - standing,

          D/E                  E/A
Won't you leave a poor boy a - lone?

               D/E                E/A
'Cause I'm the one-eyed seed of a tumbleweed,

       E          D       C#m   D
In the belly of a rolling stone,

            C#m7                  Bm7   Amaj7
Back on the highway, yeah - yeah, yeah, yeah, now,

E7sus4      D/E  E/A
Back on the road----  again

 D/E            E/A
| /__/  /__/  /  /  | /  /  /  / |
^ ^ ^ ^ [Coda]
D/E                     E/A
Here I am again, Holi - day Inn,

D/E                     E/A
Same old four walls a - gain,

D/E                   E/A              D/E
Gee, but it's fine to be back home a - gain,

          E/A                D/E
Woh, now,   ...it's a Holi - day Inn,

E/A
     I'm on the road again

   D/E                 Amaj7
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