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Tears Fell On Missouri– Blue Highway
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Blue Highway
Tears Fell On Missouri (2005)
(Shawn Lane)
From: "Marbletown"
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
F#m7 2-x-2-2-2-0
E/G# 4-x-2-1-0-0
B/D# x-6-4-4-4-x
Cdim x-3-4-5-4-x
Eadd9 0-2-2-1-0-2
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INTRO
| F#m7 | E/G# | A | % |
| B | % | B [break]
VERSE
A
He called from Kansas City
A E
He said I’m on the Missouri side
C#m B A
She said you had me worried
E/G# F#m B
I was expecting you tonight
E A B C#m B/D# E
The silence that followed caused her heartbeat to race
A E/G# F#m E/G# A
So she got out a map, her hands trembling as she sat
| B | B Bsus4 | B [break]
For the next words he would say
CHORUS
A
Then her tears fell on Missouri
A G#m
Like rain a-pourin’ down
C#m C#m/B A
He just called and told her
E/G# F#m
About a new love he’d found
B E E/G# A
The children lay a-sleepin’
B C#m C#m/B
They don’t know their daddy’s gone
A E/G# F#m
And her tears fell on Missouri
B | E | A B | E [break]
From their little Georgia home
VERSE
A
She said what about our babies
A E
Don’t you remember the day
C#m B A
The doctor gave ’em to you
E/G# F#m B
And your tears of joy fell on their face
E/G# A
You should’ve thought of their feelings
A B C#m B/D# E
Cause it’s not just you and me alone
A E/G# F#m E/G# A
And what am I gonna say to our angels when they wake
| B | B Bsus4 | B [break]
And ask why dad’s not coming home
CHORUS
A
Then her tears fell on Missouri
A G#m
Like rain a-pourin’ down
C#m C#m/B A
He just called and told her
E/G# F#m
About a new love he’d found
B E E/G# A
The children lay a-sleepin’
B C#m C#m/B
They don’t know their daddy’s gone
A E/G# F#m
And her tears fell on Missouri
B Cdim | C#m | % | E [break]
From their little Georgia home
SOLO (chorus part 1)
| A | % | % | % |
| G#m | % | C#m | C#m/B |
| A | % | % | E/G# |
| F#m | % | B |
CHORUS (part 2) + CODA
E E/G# A
The children lay a-sleepin’
B C#m C#m/B
They don’t know their daddy’s gone
A E/G# F#m
And her tears fell on Missouri
B Cdim | C#m | C#m/B |
From their little Georgia home
A E/G# F#m
And her tears fell on Missouri
B | E | A B | Eadd9
From their little Georgia home
