Willie Nelson – The Highway (Guitar)

Capo 4 Video Lesson
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G                                       C/G**               G**
  I drove in on the four lane where the two lane used to be,

            D**                     Dsus4**   D
the highway hummed a near forgotten tune from 1963.

           G                               C/G**                  G**
The year I turned 18 and set my sights and heard the highway call,

        C/G**               G**         Dsus4*  D*       G**   C/G**
now the highway's come full circle to a place I scarce recall.
[Verse 2]
          G                           C/G**               G**
There's a girl I still remember whose name I can't recall,

D**                 Dsus4**      D
  I gave her what I had but then   she tried to take it all.

  G                                  C/G**                    G**
I stayed long enough to love her and then left her on the run,

       C/G**          G**            Dsus4*    D*       G**   G7/B**
like a flower left to wither in that deep east Texas sun.
[Chorus] (All chords for 2 beats)
          C                D             G***                  D/F#*
There's a place out on the highway where I go to spend my time,

          Em             G/D             C                           C
where the bartenders all know me and the players are friends of mine.

        C                      D             G*          D/F#*  C       C
Then we light up on the breaks   and talk of things that we all know,

         Am*      G/B*  C    C          Am*     G/B* C        C
but I've heard it all before   and I'll hear it all again,

Am                        Dsus4*    D* (G)
  and I've heard it said:   the highway never ends.
[Interlude] (Back to 4 beats) | G | C/G | G | C/G | [Verse 3]
          G                          C/G**              G**
So, what about old "Handsome Johnny" and the class of '64?

D**                      Dsus4**  D
  Did the women all make promises when they shipped him off to war?

G                             C/G**                          G**
  Did his Momma get the medal   and did his country ever win?

            C/G**             G**              Dsus4*   D*      G**  C/G**
Well, let's drink a round for Johnny 'cause he died for all our sins.
[Verse 4]
              G                            C/G**                          G**
They're still down there in the factories,   you can see them in the mills,

D**                       Dsus4**      D
they've sweated there for years, Lord,   I guess they always will.

G                                     C/G**                       G**
  And you know they won't be leavin', I can't watch them die that way,

C/G**                 G**             Dsus4*    D*    G**   G7/B**
  so, in my rear view mirror I always watch 'em slip away.
[End-Chorus] (All chords for 2 beats)
          C                D             G***                  D/F#*
There's a place out on the highway where I go to spend my time,

          Em             G/D             C                      C
where the bartenders all know me and the players are friends of mine.

        C                      D             G*          D/F#*  C       C
Then we light up on the breaks   and talk of things that we all know,

         Am*      G/B*  C    C          Am*     G/B* C        C
but I've heard it all before   and I'll hear it all again,

    Am                  Dsus4*    D*  G          G      C/G
and I've heard it said:   the highway never ends,

C/G* Dsus4* D*      G          G
       the  highway never ends,

C/G* Dsus4* D*      G*
       the  highway   never ends.