James Taylor – Highway Song (Guitar)
Capo 3
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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)
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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
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[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 | /__/ /__/ / / | / / / / |
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[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 | /__/ /__/ / / | / / / / |
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[Break]
D/E E/A | / / / / | / / / / | D/E E/A | /__/ /__/ / / | / / / / |
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[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 | /__/ /__/ / / | / / / / |
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[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 | /__/ /__/ / / | / / / / |
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[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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