Artist: James Taylor
Song: Highway song
Album: Mudslide Slim & the blue horizon
Tabbed by: DJ
27th Sept 2012
CAPO: 3rd fret (Sounds in the key of G)
Chord names and 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
There's nothing for you here,
E Bm7 C#m7 G#m7
And Brother, 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 D/E E/A
You've loved me while I'm here, then you can miss me when I'm gone,
D/E E/A D/E E/A
Sweet misunder - standing, 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 E7sus4 D/E E/A
Back on the highway, yeah, yeah, yeah, back on the road---- again!
D/E E/A
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[Verse 2]
D/E E/A D/E E/A
I had a little woman in Memphis, 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 D/E E/A
I tried so hard to please her, 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 E7sus4 D/E E/A
Back on the highway, yeah, yeah, yeah, 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 E/A D/E E/A
Now, one of these days, 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 D/E
And I notice there's a sign of rain, so I grab my bags,
D/E E D C#m D
And I pack my clothes, and I'm back on the road a - gain,
C#m7 Bm7 Amaj7 E7sus4 D/E E/A
Back on the highway, yeah, yeah, yeah, 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 D/E E/A
You've loved me while I'm here, 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 D/E E/A
Here I am again, Holi - day Inn, same old four walls a - gain,
D/E E/A D/E
Gee, but it's fine to be back home a - gain, woh, now,
E/A D/E E/A
It's a Holi - day Inn, I'm on the road again!
D/E Amaj7
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