Chords for Billy F Gibbons - I Was A Highway (Official Audio)
Tempo:
111.6 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
Em
B
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Em]
[E] [A] Well, [E]
we used to share a sidewalk, walking hand in [B] hand.
I [E] never had no worries, she said I was her man.
We made it to the corner, yeah we came but there she goes.
You'd think I was a highway the way she hit the road.
You'd think I was a [A] highway the way she hit the road.
[D] Thought she was going [F#] my way, then tires turned to smoke.
She left me on the road, [A] still a hundred miles from home.
You'd think I was a highway the way she hit the [E] road.
[A] [E] I found a busy avenue, I thought I'd win her heart.
But I'd been drinking heavy, that's when it fell apart.
I chased her down that alley, thinking I could get her back.
But she ditched the heels for four fast wheels and threw me off the track.
[Em] You'd think I was a [A] highway the way she hit the road.
[E]
[D#] Thought she was going my way, then [A] tires turned to smoke.
[E] She left me on the road, [A] still a hundred miles from home.
You'd think [C#m] I was a [C#] highway the way she hit the [A] road.
[F#] [Em]
[E] [A]
[B]
[B] [E]
You'd think I [A] was a highway the way she [D#] hit the road.
[A] [E] I thought she was [A] going my way, then [G]
tires turned to smoke.
[E] You'd think I was a highway [A] the way she hit the road.
Thought she was going my way, then tires [A] turned to smoke.
[E] She left me on the road, [A] still a hundred miles from home.
[E] You'd think I was a [Em] highway the way she hit the road.
[Em] [E]
[G] [N]
[E] [A] Well, [E]
we used to share a sidewalk, walking hand in [B] hand.
I [E] never had no worries, she said I was her man.
We made it to the corner, yeah we came but there she goes.
You'd think I was a highway the way she hit the road.
You'd think I was a [A] highway the way she hit the road.
[D] Thought she was going [F#] my way, then tires turned to smoke.
She left me on the road, [A] still a hundred miles from home.
You'd think I was a highway the way she hit the [E] road.
[A] [E] I found a busy avenue, I thought I'd win her heart.
But I'd been drinking heavy, that's when it fell apart.
I chased her down that alley, thinking I could get her back.
But she ditched the heels for four fast wheels and threw me off the track.
[Em] You'd think I was a [A] highway the way she hit the road.
[E]
[D#] Thought she was going my way, then [A] tires turned to smoke.
[E] She left me on the road, [A] still a hundred miles from home.
You'd think [C#m] I was a [C#] highway the way she hit the [A] road.
[F#] [Em]
[E] [A]
[B]
[B] [E]
You'd think I [A] was a highway the way she [D#] hit the road.
[A] [E] I thought she was [A] going my way, then [G]
tires turned to smoke.
[E] You'd think I was a highway [A] the way she hit the road.
Thought she was going my way, then tires [A] turned to smoke.
[E] She left me on the road, [A] still a hundred miles from home.
[E] You'd think I was a [Em] highway the way she hit the road.
[Em] [E]
[G] [N]
Key:
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Em
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_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] Well, _ _ _ [E]
we used to share a sidewalk, walking hand in [B] hand.
I [E] never had no worries, she said I was her man.
We made it to the corner, yeah we came but there she goes.
You'd think I was a highway the way she hit the road.
You'd think I was a [A] highway the way she hit the road.
[D] Thought she was going [F#] my way, then tires turned to smoke.
She left me on the road, [A] still a hundred miles from home.
You'd think I was a highway the way she hit the [E] road.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] I found a busy avenue, I thought I'd win her heart.
But I'd been drinking heavy, that's when it fell apart.
I chased her down that alley, thinking I could get her back.
But she ditched the heels for four fast wheels and threw me off the track.
[Em] You'd think I was a [A] highway the way she hit the road.
[E]
[D#] Thought she was going my way, then [A] tires turned to smoke.
[E] She left me on the road, [A] still a hundred miles from home.
You'd think [C#m] I was a [C#] highway the way she hit the [A] road. _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E]
You'd think I [A] was a highway _ _ the way she [D#] hit the road.
[A] _ _ _ [E] I thought she was [A] going my way, then _ [G]
tires turned to smoke.
_ _ [E] You'd think I was a highway [A] the way she hit the road.
Thought she was going my way, then tires [A] turned to smoke.
[E] She left me on the road, [A] still a hundred miles from home.
[E] You'd think I was a [Em] highway the way she hit the road.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] Well, _ _ _ [E]
we used to share a sidewalk, walking hand in [B] hand.
I [E] never had no worries, she said I was her man.
We made it to the corner, yeah we came but there she goes.
You'd think I was a highway the way she hit the road.
You'd think I was a [A] highway the way she hit the road.
[D] Thought she was going [F#] my way, then tires turned to smoke.
She left me on the road, [A] still a hundred miles from home.
You'd think I was a highway the way she hit the [E] road.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] I found a busy avenue, I thought I'd win her heart.
But I'd been drinking heavy, that's when it fell apart.
I chased her down that alley, thinking I could get her back.
But she ditched the heels for four fast wheels and threw me off the track.
[Em] You'd think I was a [A] highway the way she hit the road.
[E]
[D#] Thought she was going my way, then [A] tires turned to smoke.
[E] She left me on the road, [A] still a hundred miles from home.
You'd think [C#m] I was a [C#] highway the way she hit the [A] road. _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E]
You'd think I [A] was a highway _ _ the way she [D#] hit the road.
[A] _ _ _ [E] I thought she was [A] going my way, then _ [G]
tires turned to smoke.
_ _ [E] You'd think I was a highway [A] the way she hit the road.
Thought she was going my way, then tires [A] turned to smoke.
[E] She left me on the road, [A] still a hundred miles from home.
[E] You'd think I was a [Em] highway the way she hit the road.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _