Highway 13 Chords by John Lee Hooker
Tempo:
108.65 bpm
Chords used:
A
Am
D
C
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A]
[Am]
[F#] [A]
[Em]
[C]
[A] [D] I'm
[A] going to get [B] up in the morning, [C] driving down Highway 13.
[A]
[E] [Am]
It rained so hard that morning, [D] [Am] [A]
I couldn't hardly see the road.
[Am]
[A]
But the wind was blowing and the rain was falling, [G] I [C#m] couldn't hardly see the road.
I had to hold my little Ford in the road.
[A]
[C] [E] The wind [C] was blowing and the rain was [D] falling, [Am] I couldn't hardly hold my little Ford in the road.
[B] [A]
I was driving, [D] driving, driving, going down the highway 13.
[C] [A]
[Am] [D] [A] [D] [C]
[A] [Dm] [A] It was raining so hard, so hard,
[Em] I couldn't [Am] hardly see the road.
[D] [A]
[F#] It was raining so hard, so hard, so hard, [G]
I couldn't hardly [A] see the road.
The [Am] rain was coming down so [A] hard, so hard, my windshield couldn't take the rain.
I couldn't hardly [Am] see [D] the rain.
[C] [A]
It was raining so hard, so hard, so hard, that my windshield just couldn't [Am] take the rain away.
[Dm] [A]
[Am] [D]
[Am] It [D]
[Am]
[A]
[Am] was early that morning, [A]
I was all up and down the road.
It was [Am] [D] early [C] that [A] morning, [Am] my big Ford and me was all up and down the road.
[D] [A] [Am]
It was raining so hard, so hard, so hard, I couldn't hardly see the road.
[A]
[Am]
[D]
[Am] [Em] [A]
I was [Gm] trying to [Am] find my baby.
I was trying to find my baby, my baby.
It didn't mean me, my big [A] Ford.
[D] I was trying to find my baby.
[A]
It didn't mean me, my big Ford.
It was raining, raining, raining, raining, [Am] I [A] couldn't hardly see the road.
I kept on driving, [Cm] down, down.
[F#m]
[D] I kept on driving, down, down, down, until [A] the
[Dm] [A]
[C] [A] road closed up again.
You can't do that.
Go home and go watch TV, man.
[D] [A]
[D] [A] Hmm.
Hmm, hmm, hmm.
Hmm, hmm, hmm.
Hmm, hmm, [D] hmm.
Hmm, [F#] hmm.
Hmm, hmm, hmm.
All right.
[C] I made it for [C#m] [F#] almost
three
times in a [C] little bit.
I ain't going home.
Just me, my [Am] beautiful.
All of them down the road, all [D] of them
[C] down the road.
[F#m] [D]
[A] [Bm] [Am]
[A]
[D] [A]
[N]
[Am]
[F#] [A]
[Em]
[C]
[A] [D] I'm
[A] going to get [B] up in the morning, [C] driving down Highway 13.
[A]
[E] [Am]
It rained so hard that morning, [D] [Am] [A]
I couldn't hardly see the road.
[Am]
[A]
But the wind was blowing and the rain was falling, [G] I [C#m] couldn't hardly see the road.
I had to hold my little Ford in the road.
[A]
[C] [E] The wind [C] was blowing and the rain was [D] falling, [Am] I couldn't hardly hold my little Ford in the road.
[B] [A]
I was driving, [D] driving, driving, going down the highway 13.
[C] [A]
[Am] [D] [A] [D] [C]
[A] [Dm] [A] It was raining so hard, so hard,
[Em] I couldn't [Am] hardly see the road.
[D] [A]
[F#] It was raining so hard, so hard, so hard, [G]
I couldn't hardly [A] see the road.
The [Am] rain was coming down so [A] hard, so hard, my windshield couldn't take the rain.
I couldn't hardly [Am] see [D] the rain.
[C] [A]
It was raining so hard, so hard, so hard, that my windshield just couldn't [Am] take the rain away.
[Dm] [A]
[Am] [D]
[Am] It [D]
[Am]
[A]
[Am] was early that morning, [A]
I was all up and down the road.
It was [Am] [D] early [C] that [A] morning, [Am] my big Ford and me was all up and down the road.
[D] [A] [Am]
It was raining so hard, so hard, so hard, I couldn't hardly see the road.
[A]
[Am]
[D]
[Am] [Em] [A]
I was [Gm] trying to [Am] find my baby.
I was trying to find my baby, my baby.
It didn't mean me, my big [A] Ford.
[D] I was trying to find my baby.
[A]
It didn't mean me, my big Ford.
It was raining, raining, raining, raining, [Am] I [A] couldn't hardly see the road.
I kept on driving, [Cm] down, down.
[F#m]
[D] I kept on driving, down, down, down, until [A] the
[Dm] [A]
[C] [A] road closed up again.
You can't do that.
Go home and go watch TV, man.
[D] [A]
[D] [A] Hmm.
Hmm, hmm, hmm.
Hmm, hmm, hmm.
Hmm, hmm, [D] hmm.
Hmm, [F#] hmm.
Hmm, hmm, hmm.
All right.
[C] I made it for [C#m] [F#] almost
three
times in a [C] little bit.
I ain't going home.
Just me, my [Am] beautiful.
All of them down the road, all [D] of them
[C] down the road.
[F#m] [D]
[A] [Bm] [Am]
[A]
[D] [A]
[N]
Key:
A
Am
D
C
F#
A
Am
D
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [D] I'm _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ going to get [B] up in the morning, [C] _ _ _ driving down Highway 13.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
It rained so hard that morning, [D] _ [Am] _ _ [A]
I couldn't hardly see the road.
[Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ But the wind was blowing and the rain was falling, [G] _ _ _ I [C#m] couldn't hardly see the road.
I had to hold my little Ford in the road.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] [E] The wind [C] was blowing and the rain was [D] falling, _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ I couldn't hardly hold my little Ford in the road.
_ _ [B] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ I was driving, [D] driving, _ _ _ driving, going down the highway 13.
_ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _
[A] _ [Dm] _ [A] It was raining so hard, so hard, _
_ _ [Em] I couldn't [Am] hardly see the road. _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] It was raining so hard, so hard, so hard, [G] _
I couldn't hardly [A] see the road. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ The [Am] rain was coming down so [A] hard, so hard, _ my windshield couldn't take the rain.
_ I couldn't hardly [Am] see [D] the rain.
_ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ It was raining so hard, so hard, so hard, _ that my windshield just couldn't [Am] take the rain away.
_ _ [Dm] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Am] It _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] was early that morning, _ _ _ [A] _ _
I was all up and down the road.
_ It was _ [Am] _ [D] early [C] that [A] morning, _ _ [Am] _ _ my big Ford and me was all up and down the road.
_ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ It was raining so hard, so hard, so hard, I couldn't hardly see the road.
[A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
I was [Gm] trying to [Am] find my baby. _ _
_ I was trying to find my baby, my baby. _
It didn't mean me, my big [A] Ford. _ _
[D] I was trying to find my baby.
_ [A] _ _
It didn't mean me, my big Ford.
_ It was raining, raining, raining, raining, [Am] I _ _ [A] _ couldn't hardly see the road.
_ I kept on driving, [Cm] _ _ _ _ down, down.
[F#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ I kept on driving, down, down, down, until [A] the _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ road closed up again.
You can't do that.
_ Go home and go watch TV, man. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] Hmm. _ _ _
Hmm, hmm, hmm. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Hmm, hmm, hmm.
Hmm, hmm, [D] hmm.
_ _ _ _ Hmm, [F#] hmm.
_ Hmm, hmm, hmm. _
All right.
[C] I made it for _ _ [C#m] [F#] almost_
_three
times in a [C] little bit.
I ain't going home. _
_ _ Just me, my [Am] beautiful. _ _
_ _ All of them down the road, all [D] of them _
[C] _ down the road.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Bm] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [D] I'm _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ going to get [B] up in the morning, [C] _ _ _ driving down Highway 13.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
It rained so hard that morning, [D] _ [Am] _ _ [A]
I couldn't hardly see the road.
[Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ But the wind was blowing and the rain was falling, [G] _ _ _ I [C#m] couldn't hardly see the road.
I had to hold my little Ford in the road.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] [E] The wind [C] was blowing and the rain was [D] falling, _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ I couldn't hardly hold my little Ford in the road.
_ _ [B] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ I was driving, [D] driving, _ _ _ driving, going down the highway 13.
_ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _
[A] _ [Dm] _ [A] It was raining so hard, so hard, _
_ _ [Em] I couldn't [Am] hardly see the road. _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] It was raining so hard, so hard, so hard, [G] _
I couldn't hardly [A] see the road. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ The [Am] rain was coming down so [A] hard, so hard, _ my windshield couldn't take the rain.
_ I couldn't hardly [Am] see [D] the rain.
_ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ It was raining so hard, so hard, so hard, _ that my windshield just couldn't [Am] take the rain away.
_ _ [Dm] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Am] It _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] was early that morning, _ _ _ [A] _ _
I was all up and down the road.
_ It was _ [Am] _ [D] early [C] that [A] morning, _ _ [Am] _ _ my big Ford and me was all up and down the road.
_ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ It was raining so hard, so hard, so hard, I couldn't hardly see the road.
[A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
I was [Gm] trying to [Am] find my baby. _ _
_ I was trying to find my baby, my baby. _
It didn't mean me, my big [A] Ford. _ _
[D] I was trying to find my baby.
_ [A] _ _
It didn't mean me, my big Ford.
_ It was raining, raining, raining, raining, [Am] I _ _ [A] _ couldn't hardly see the road.
_ I kept on driving, [Cm] _ _ _ _ down, down.
[F#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ I kept on driving, down, down, down, until [A] the _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ road closed up again.
You can't do that.
_ Go home and go watch TV, man. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] Hmm. _ _ _
Hmm, hmm, hmm. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Hmm, hmm, hmm.
Hmm, hmm, [D] hmm.
_ _ _ _ Hmm, [F#] hmm.
_ Hmm, hmm, hmm. _
All right.
[C] I made it for _ _ [C#m] [F#] almost_
_three
times in a [C] little bit.
I ain't going home. _
_ _ Just me, my [Am] beautiful. _ _
_ _ All of them down the road, all [D] of them _
[C] _ down the road.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Bm] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _