Chords for Highway 61 Revisited
Tempo:
123.7 bpm
Chords used:
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Bb
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
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God said Abraham kill me a son and Abe said man you must be putting me on.
no.
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God said Abraham kill me a son and Abe said man you must be putting me on.
no.
100% ➙ 124BPM
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_ _ _ _ _ God said Abraham _ kill me a son and Abe said man you must be putting me on.
_ God said no.
Abe said what?
God _ said you can do what you want Abe but _ [F] next _ _ time you [C] see me coming you better run. _
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Abe said where you want this killing [Bb] done and _ God [G] said out on highway _ [F] 61. _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ Well Georgia Sam he [C] had a bloody nose and the welfare department wouldn't give him no
clothes so he asked poor Howard where can I go and Howard said there's only one place
I know _ [Bb] and Sam said tell me [Bb] quick man [F] I gotta run.
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_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ Well old Howard just pointed with his gun [Bb] and said that way [G] down highway [F] 61. _
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[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ Well Mack the finger said to Louis the king _ I got 40 red white and blue shoes strings
and a thousand telephones that don't ring.
Now if you know where [C] I can maybe get rid of [Bb] these things.
_ Louis the king said let me think from this _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ and he said yeah I think it can be easily
[Bb] done just take everything down to highway [F] _ 61.
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[C] _ _ _ _ Now his daughter on the twelfth night told the first father that things weren't right.
My complexion she says is much too white and he said come here and step into the light.
[Bb] Yeah you're right let me tell the second mother this [C] has been done.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] But the second mother was with the [Gm] seventh son [Bb] and they were both out on highway _ [C] [F] 61. _
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_ _ _ _ [F] _ [Cm] Now the roving gambler he was very [F] bored.
[Cm] He was trying to create the [F] next world war.
[Cm] So he found a promoter who nearly fell off the floor who said well I've never engaged
in this kind of thing [Bb] before but _ yeah I think it can be very easily [Cm] done.
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[F] Some bleachers [G] out in the sun and [Bb] _
have it out on highway _ [Cm] 61. _
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_ _ _ _ _ God said Abraham _ kill me a son and Abe said man you must be putting me on.
_ God said no.
Abe said what?
God _ said you can do what you want Abe but _ [F] next _ _ time you [C] see me coming you better run. _
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Abe said where you want this killing [Bb] done and _ God [G] said out on highway _ [F] 61. _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ Well Georgia Sam he [C] had a bloody nose and the welfare department wouldn't give him no
clothes so he asked poor Howard where can I go and Howard said there's only one place
I know _ [Bb] and Sam said tell me [Bb] quick man [F] I gotta run.
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_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ Well old Howard just pointed with his gun [Bb] and said that way [G] down highway [F] 61. _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
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[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ Well Mack the finger said to Louis the king _ I got 40 red white and blue shoes strings
and a thousand telephones that don't ring.
Now if you know where [C] I can maybe get rid of [Bb] these things.
_ Louis the king said let me think from this _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ and he said yeah I think it can be easily
[Bb] done just take everything down to highway [F] _ 61.
[Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
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[C] _ _ _ _ Now his daughter on the twelfth night told the first father that things weren't right.
My complexion she says is much too white and he said come here and step into the light.
[Bb] Yeah you're right let me tell the second mother this [C] has been done.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] But the second mother was with the [Gm] seventh son [Bb] and they were both out on highway _ [C] [F] 61. _
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_ _ _ _ [F] _ [Cm] Now the roving gambler he was very [F] bored.
[Cm] He was trying to create the [F] next world war.
[Cm] So he found a promoter who nearly fell off the floor who said well I've never engaged
in this kind of thing [Bb] before but _ yeah I think it can be very easily [Cm] done.
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[F] Some bleachers [G] out in the sun and [Bb] _
have it out on highway _ [Cm] 61. _
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