Chords for I’ll Take the Old Highway
Tempo:
71.9 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Bm
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [D] [G]
[D] [G] [F#] [A]
There are many [D] new roads we see each day.
Each [G] one claims they are [D] the way to a life of [A] satisfaction more than [D] we dream.
They are lined with things that please the eye, but they cannot satisfy.
So I decided to walk [Bm] the highway with [D] the redeemed.
I'll take the old highway, the one called Stray.
It's very narrow, all the [A] way to the gate.
It started [D] at Calvary, that's where [Bm] I got [G] old.
It's the [D] old, old highway paved [Bm] with grates all the [D] way [G] home.
[F#] [A] Now our highway [D] may look too worldly, men like [G] us,
but it's a road to the bitter [D] end.
For we are promised [A] tribulations [D] all along.
But the difference is easy to explain, for we have everything to gain.
So just count me with [A] the number [D] going home.
I'll take the old highway, the one called Stray.
It's very narrow, all [A] the way to the gate.
It started at [D] Calvary, that's where I [Bm] got [G] old.
It's the old, [D] old highway paved [Bm] with grates all the [D] way home.
Well, I'll take the old highway, the one called Stray.
It's very narrow, all [A] the way to the gate.
It started [D] at Calvary, that's where I [Bm] got old.
[G] It's the old, [D] old highway paved [Bm] with grates all the [D] way home.
It started at [F#m] Calvary, that's where I got old.
[G] It's the old, [D] old highway paved [E] with grates all the [D] way home.
All the way to my home.
[D] [G] [F#] [A]
There are many [D] new roads we see each day.
Each [G] one claims they are [D] the way to a life of [A] satisfaction more than [D] we dream.
They are lined with things that please the eye, but they cannot satisfy.
So I decided to walk [Bm] the highway with [D] the redeemed.
I'll take the old highway, the one called Stray.
It's very narrow, all the [A] way to the gate.
It started [D] at Calvary, that's where [Bm] I got [G] old.
It's the [D] old, old highway paved [Bm] with grates all the [D] way [G] home.
[F#] [A] Now our highway [D] may look too worldly, men like [G] us,
but it's a road to the bitter [D] end.
For we are promised [A] tribulations [D] all along.
But the difference is easy to explain, for we have everything to gain.
So just count me with [A] the number [D] going home.
I'll take the old highway, the one called Stray.
It's very narrow, all [A] the way to the gate.
It started at [D] Calvary, that's where I [Bm] got [G] old.
It's the old, [D] old highway paved [Bm] with grates all the [D] way home.
Well, I'll take the old highway, the one called Stray.
It's very narrow, all [A] the way to the gate.
It started [D] at Calvary, that's where I [Bm] got old.
[G] It's the old, [D] old highway paved [Bm] with grates all the [D] way home.
It started at [F#m] Calvary, that's where I got old.
[G] It's the old, [D] old highway paved [E] with grates all the [D] way home.
All the way to my home.
Key:
D
G
A
Bm
F#
D
G
A
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [F#] _ _ [A]
There are many [D] new roads we see each day.
Each [G] one claims they are [D] the way to a life of [A] satisfaction more than [D] we dream.
They are lined with things that please the eye, but they cannot satisfy.
So I decided to walk [Bm] the highway with [D] the redeemed.
I'll take the old highway, the one _ called Stray.
It's very narrow, all the [A] way to the gate.
_ It started [D] at Calvary, that's where [Bm] I got [G] old.
It's the [D] old, old highway paved [Bm] with grates all the [D] way [G] home.
_ [F#] _ [A] Now our highway [D] may look too worldly, men like [G] us,
but it's a road to the bitter [D] end.
For we are promised [A] tribulations [D] all along.
But the difference is easy to explain, for we have everything to gain.
So just count me with [A] the number [D] going home.
I'll take the old highway, the one called Stray.
_ It's very narrow, all _ _ [A] the way to the gate. _
It started at [D] Calvary, that's where I [Bm] got [G] old.
It's the old, [D] old highway paved [Bm] with grates all the [D] way home.
Well, I'll take the old highway, the one _ called Stray.
It's very narrow, _ all [A] the way to the gate.
_ It started [D] at Calvary, that's where I [Bm] got old.
[G] It's the old, [D] old highway paved [Bm] with grates all the [D] way home.
It started at [F#m] Calvary, that's where I got old.
[G] It's the old, [D] old highway paved [E] with grates all the [D] way home.
All the way to my home. _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [F#] _ _ [A]
There are many [D] new roads we see each day.
Each [G] one claims they are [D] the way to a life of [A] satisfaction more than [D] we dream.
They are lined with things that please the eye, but they cannot satisfy.
So I decided to walk [Bm] the highway with [D] the redeemed.
I'll take the old highway, the one _ called Stray.
It's very narrow, all the [A] way to the gate.
_ It started [D] at Calvary, that's where [Bm] I got [G] old.
It's the [D] old, old highway paved [Bm] with grates all the [D] way [G] home.
_ [F#] _ [A] Now our highway [D] may look too worldly, men like [G] us,
but it's a road to the bitter [D] end.
For we are promised [A] tribulations [D] all along.
But the difference is easy to explain, for we have everything to gain.
So just count me with [A] the number [D] going home.
I'll take the old highway, the one called Stray.
_ It's very narrow, all _ _ [A] the way to the gate. _
It started at [D] Calvary, that's where I [Bm] got [G] old.
It's the old, [D] old highway paved [Bm] with grates all the [D] way home.
Well, I'll take the old highway, the one _ called Stray.
It's very narrow, _ all [A] the way to the gate.
_ It started [D] at Calvary, that's where I [Bm] got old.
[G] It's the old, [D] old highway paved [Bm] with grates all the [D] way home.
It started at [F#m] Calvary, that's where I got old.
[G] It's the old, [D] old highway paved [E] with grates all the [D] way home.
All the way to my home. _ _ _ _ _