Ventura Highway

Song: Ventura Highway
Artist: America
Composer: Dewey Bunnell
Album: Homecoming

Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' at ultimateGuitar.com)
5th Oct 2016

At the bottom of the page you'll find the intro riff.
I've tabbed it the simplest way for one guitarist,
without the harmony.
Live performance video at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrdQCepcgH0

N.B. Please ignore any pop-up chord boxes the website
might suggest and use the typed shapes shown below:

G6    = 355430
Dmaj7 = xx0222
F#m11 = x44200
Em7   = 022030

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[Intro]
    G6                       Dmaj7
||: /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / :||[x2]


[Verse 1]
G6                                              Dmaj7
   Chewing on a piece of grass, walking down the----- road,
G6                             Dmaj7
   'Tell me, how long you gonna----- stay here, Joe? 
G6                                      Dmaj7
   Some people say, this town don't look---- good in snow, 
G6                      Dmaj7
   You don't care, ...I know!'


[Chorus]
G6                          Dmaj7
    Ventura Highway, in the------ sunshine,
           G6
Where the days are longer,
                            Dmaj7
The nights are stronger than----- moonshine,
G6                     Dmaj7
    You're gonna go, I know, oo -woh, oo -woh,
                                  F#m11
...Oo -woh, oo -woh, oo -woh, oo -woh!


[Bridge]
           Em7                  F#m11
'Cause the free wind is blowing through your hair,
        Em7                F#m11
And the days surround your daylight there,
Em7                 F#m11
     Seasons crying, no despair,
       Em7          F#m11                   G6
Alli - gator lizards in the air, ...in the air---------!


[Break]
Dmaj7
Doo, dit -doo, doo!  Doo, dit -doo, doo!
G6
Doo, dit -doo, doo!  Doo, dit -doo, doo!
Dmaj7
Doo, dit -doo, doo!  Doo, dit -doo, doo!


[Verse 2]
G6                                          Dmaj7
   Wishing on a falling star, waiting for the---- early train,
G6                                   Dmaj7
   'Sorry, boy, but I've been hit by------ purple rain!'
G6                                   Dmaj7
   'Aww, come on, Joe, you can always----- change your name!'
G6                                 Dmaj7
   'Thanks a lot, son, ...just the same!'


[Chorus]
G6                          Dmaj7
    Ventura Highway, in the------ sunshine,
           G6
Where the days are longer,
                            Dmaj7
The nights are stronger than----- moonshine,
G6                     Dmaj7
    You're gonna go, I know, oo -woh, oo -woh,
                                  F#m11
...Oo -woh, oo -woh, oo -woh, oo -woh!


[Bridge]
           Em7                   F#m11
'Cause the free wind is blowing through your hair,
        Em7                  F#m11
And the days surround your daylight there,
Em7                 F#m11
     Seasons crying, no despair,
       Em7          F#m11                  G6
Alli - gator lizards in the air, ...in the air---------!


[Coda]
    Dmaj7
||:  Doo, dit -doo, doo!  Doo, dit -doo, doo!
G6
Doo, dit -doo, doo!  Doo, dit -doo, doo!
Dmaj7
Doo, dit -doo, doo!  Doo, dit -doo, doo!
G6                                                Dmaj7
Doo, dit -doo, doo!  Doo, dit -doo, doo! :||[x2]  Doo------!

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[Intro riff]
                                         G6
e |--5-h7-p5--------------------------|--0--0-----0--0---|
B |----------7—--5-h7-p5-----------7--|--3--3-----3--3---|
G |----------------------6---6-7------|--0--0-----0--0---|
D |-----------------------------------|--0--------0------|
A |-----------------------------------|--2--------2------|
E |-----------------------------------|--3--------3------|

                                        Dmaj7
e |--5-h7-p5--------------------------|--5--5-----5--5---|
B |----------7—--5-h7-p5-----------7--|--7--7-----7--7---|
G |----------------------6---6-7------|--6--6-----6--6---|
D |-----------------------------------|--0--------0------|
A |-----------------------------------|------------------|
E |-----------------------------------|------------------|

                                         G6
e |--5-h7-p5--------------------------|--0--0-----0--0---|
B |----------7—--5-h7-p5-----------7--|--3--3-----3--3---|
G |----------------------6---6-7------|--0--0-----0--0---|
D |-----------------------------------|--0--------0------|
A |-----------------------------------|--2--------2------|
E |-----------------------------------|--3--------3------|

                                        Dmaj7
e |--5-h7-p5--------------------------|--5--5-----5--5---|
B |----------7—--5-h7-p5-----------7--|--7--7-----7--7---|
G |----------------------6---6-7------|--6--6-----6--6---|
D |-----------------------------------|--0--------0------|
A |-----------------------------------|------------------|
E |-----------------------------------|------------------|

                                         G6      Gmaj7
e |--5-h7-p5--------------------------|-----0-----2------|
B |----------7—--5-h7-p5-----------7--|--3--3-----3------|
G |----------------------6---6-7------|--0--0-----0------|
D |-----------------------------------|--0---------------|
A |-----------------------------------|--2---------------|
E |-----------------------------------|--3---------------|