Highway 13 Chords by John Lee Hooker

Tempo:
108.65 bpm
Chords used:

A

Am

D

C

F#

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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John Lee Hooker - Highway 13 chords
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[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]
Key:  
A
1231
Am
2311
D
1321
C
3211
F#
134211112
A
1231
Am
2311
D
1321
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To start learning John Lee Hooker - Highway 13 chords, delve into these chords sequence to get the song's feel: D, Am, D, A, Am, D, C and A. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 54 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 109. To match your vocal range and chord inclination, adjust the capo in line with the key: A Minor.

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_ [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] _

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