Highway Blues Chords by Roy Harper
Tempo:
100.35 bpm
Chords used:
B
A
E
F#
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [B]
[E] [A] [B] [E] [B] I don't know.
I don't know.
Saying I [A] looked down your highway.
[B] Tell me what to see.
Well [A] if you're down my way.
You know [B] it could well be me.
That [A] stood on your corner.
[B]
And I'm down, and I'm down on one [A] knee.
Really calling for you.
[B]
It's so very easy to see.
[A]
You know it can be forever.
[B]
It won't be for long.
[E] So don't you [A] think that it's fair.
[B] We speak the same tongue.
Out here in this [A] weather.
You [B] know we must surely belong.
[A]
Birds of a feather.
[B]
Whatever the song.
[E] Please [B] give me a lift.
[E] [A] Can't [B] be for far.
I love [E] the way [B] that you're shagged [A] man.
In your [F#] antique car.
I [B] got [A] [B] [A] old leather [B] shoes.
And I [A] cannot [B] choose [B] what I love.
[B] And [A] [B]
[A] [B] [A] [B]
I got here from [A] U.S.A.
[B] I'm college inmate.
[A]
Swine in sorrow.
[B] Following fate.
[A]
Crouching tomorrow.
[B]
Wrong good in the state.
[A] I'm home alone.
In your [B] shadow.
But well I'm long head straight.
[D] [A]
But you know girl there's a reason for being [B]
this way.
And I'm happy [A] for certain.
And hoping [B] to stay.
Feather [D] and [A] toast.
[B]
Across the new day.
[A]
Gathering [B]
dust.
Hello.
Get out of my way.
[E]
[B] Please give me a lift.
[E] Can't [B] be for far.
[E]
I [B] love the way that you're shagged man.
[A]
In your [F#m] antique [F#] car.
[F#m] I [B] got [A]
[B] [A] old leather [B] shoes.
And I [Am]
cannot [B] choose what I love.
[B] Out [A] on the streets.
I [B] wear my [A] drum [B] beats.
In [A] between the cleaning [B] sheets.
And my mohs [B] black.
And [E] I [A] need the mother of black.
[B] Sisters [A]
ruin songs of traffic.
From the [B] shaven insane.
With [A] palms like a brad net.
[B]
And mouth that pulls like a train.
[A]
And she looks like a mad [B] man.
And she comes like a warm rain.
[E]
Please give [B] me a lift.
[E] Can't be [B]
for far.
[E]
[B] I love the way that you're shagged [A] man.
In your [F#] antique car.
I [B] got old [A] leather shoes.
[B] [A] [B] And I [A] cannot [B] choose what I love.
[A] [B] Out [A] on the streets.
[B] I wear my [A] drum [B] beats.
In [A] between the cleaning [B] sheets.
[A] And my mohs black.
[B]
Black.
[A] [B] [A] [B]
[A] [B] [B]
Black.
[A] [B] [A] [B] [A] [B] [D] [B]
[A] [B] [G#m]
[E] [A] [B] [E] [B] I don't know.
I don't know.
Saying I [A] looked down your highway.
[B] Tell me what to see.
Well [A] if you're down my way.
You know [B] it could well be me.
That [A] stood on your corner.
[B]
And I'm down, and I'm down on one [A] knee.
Really calling for you.
[B]
It's so very easy to see.
[A]
You know it can be forever.
[B]
It won't be for long.
[E] So don't you [A] think that it's fair.
[B] We speak the same tongue.
Out here in this [A] weather.
You [B] know we must surely belong.
[A]
Birds of a feather.
[B]
Whatever the song.
[E] Please [B] give me a lift.
[E] [A] Can't [B] be for far.
I love [E] the way [B] that you're shagged [A] man.
In your [F#] antique car.
I [B] got [A] [B] [A] old leather [B] shoes.
And I [A] cannot [B] choose [B] what I love.
[B] And [A] [B]
[A] [B] [A] [B]
I got here from [A] U.S.A.
[B] I'm college inmate.
[A]
Swine in sorrow.
[B] Following fate.
[A]
Crouching tomorrow.
[B]
Wrong good in the state.
[A] I'm home alone.
In your [B] shadow.
But well I'm long head straight.
[D] [A]
But you know girl there's a reason for being [B]
this way.
And I'm happy [A] for certain.
And hoping [B] to stay.
Feather [D] and [A] toast.
[B]
Across the new day.
[A]
Gathering [B]
dust.
Hello.
Get out of my way.
[E]
[B] Please give me a lift.
[E] Can't [B] be for far.
[E]
I [B] love the way that you're shagged man.
[A]
In your [F#m] antique [F#] car.
[F#m] I [B] got [A]
[B] [A] old leather [B] shoes.
And I [Am]
cannot [B] choose what I love.
[B] Out [A] on the streets.
I [B] wear my [A] drum [B] beats.
In [A] between the cleaning [B] sheets.
And my mohs [B] black.
And [E] I [A] need the mother of black.
[B] Sisters [A]
ruin songs of traffic.
From the [B] shaven insane.
With [A] palms like a brad net.
[B]
And mouth that pulls like a train.
[A]
And she looks like a mad [B] man.
And she comes like a warm rain.
[E]
Please give [B] me a lift.
[E] Can't be [B]
for far.
[E]
[B] I love the way that you're shagged [A] man.
In your [F#] antique car.
I [B] got old [A] leather shoes.
[B] [A] [B] And I [A] cannot [B] choose what I love.
[A] [B] Out [A] on the streets.
[B] I wear my [A] drum [B] beats.
In [A] between the cleaning [B] sheets.
[A] And my mohs black.
[B]
Black.
[A] [B] [A] [B]
[A] [B] [B]
Black.
[A] [B] [A] [B] [A] [B] [D] [B]
[A] [B] [G#m]
Key:
B
A
E
F#
D
B
A
E
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [A] _ _ [B] _ [E] _ [B] I don't know.
_ _ _ I don't know.
Saying I [A] looked down your _ highway.
_ _ [B] Tell me what to see.
_ _ Well [A] if you're down my way.
_ You know [B] it could well be _ _ me.
_ That [A] stood on your _ _ corner.
_ _ [B]
And I'm down, and I'm down on one _ [A] knee.
Really calling for you.
_ [B]
It's so very easy to see.
_ _ [A]
You know it can be forever.
_ _ [B]
It won't be for long.
_ _ _ [E] So don't you [A] think that it's fair.
_ _ _ _ _ [B] We speak the same _ tongue.
Out here in this _ [A] _ weather.
_ You [B] know we must surely _ belong.
_ [A] _
_ _ _ Birds of a feather.
[B] _
_ Whatever the song. _ _
[E] _ _ _ Please [B] give me a lift. _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ Can't [B] be for far.
I love [E] the _ way [B] that you're shagged [A] man.
_ _ In your [F#] antique car.
_ _ _ _ _ _ I [B] got _ [A] _ _ [B] _ [A] old leather [B] shoes.
And I [A] cannot _ [B] choose [B] what I love.
[B] _ _ And [A] _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I got here from [A] U.S.A.
_ _ [B] I'm college inmate.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
Swine _ in sorrow.
[B] Following _ _ fate.
_ _ _ [A]
Crouching _ _ tomorrow.
_ _ [B] _
Wrong good in the state.
_ [A] I'm home _ alone.
In your _ [B] shadow.
But well I'm long head straight.
[D] _ [A]
But you know girl there's a reason for being [B]
this way.
_ _ And I'm happy [A] for certain.
_ _ _ And hoping [B] to stay.
_ _ _ Feather [D] and [A] _ _ _ _ _ toast.
[B] _
Across the new day.
_ [A] _
_ Gathering _ _ _ _ [B]
dust.
Hello.
Get out of my way.
[E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] Please give me a lift.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ Can't [B] be for far.
_ [E] _ _ _ _
I [B] love the way that you're shagged man.
[A] _ _
_ In your [F#m] antique [F#] car. _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ I [B] got _ [A] _
_ [B] _ [A] old leather [B] shoes.
And I [Am]
cannot [B] choose what I love.
_ [B] _ Out [A] on the streets.
I [B] wear my [A] drum [B] beats.
In [A] between the cleaning [B] sheets.
And my mohs [B] black. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And [E] I [A] need _ the mother of black. _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ Sisters [A]
ruin songs of traffic.
_ From the [B] shaven insane.
_ _ _ With [A] palms like a _ _ brad net.
_ [B]
And mouth that pulls like a train.
_ _ [A]
And she looks like a mad _ [B] man.
And she comes like a warm rain.
[E] _
_ _ Please give [B] me a lift. _ _
_ _ [E] _ Can't be [B]
for far.
_ [E] _ _ _
[B] I love the way that you're shagged [A] man. _
In your [F#] antique car. _ _
_ _ _ I [B] got old [A] leather shoes.
[B] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] And I [A] cannot [B] choose what I love.
[A] _ [B] _ Out [A] on the streets.
[B] I wear my [A] drum [B] beats.
In [A] between the cleaning [B] sheets.
[A] And my mohs black.
_ [B] _
Black.
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ Black.
[A] _ _ [B] _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ [B] _ _ [D] _ [B] _
[A] _ [B] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [A] _ _ [B] _ [E] _ [B] I don't know.
_ _ _ I don't know.
Saying I [A] looked down your _ highway.
_ _ [B] Tell me what to see.
_ _ Well [A] if you're down my way.
_ You know [B] it could well be _ _ me.
_ That [A] stood on your _ _ corner.
_ _ [B]
And I'm down, and I'm down on one _ [A] knee.
Really calling for you.
_ [B]
It's so very easy to see.
_ _ [A]
You know it can be forever.
_ _ [B]
It won't be for long.
_ _ _ [E] So don't you [A] think that it's fair.
_ _ _ _ _ [B] We speak the same _ tongue.
Out here in this _ [A] _ weather.
_ You [B] know we must surely _ belong.
_ [A] _
_ _ _ Birds of a feather.
[B] _
_ Whatever the song. _ _
[E] _ _ _ Please [B] give me a lift. _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ Can't [B] be for far.
I love [E] the _ way [B] that you're shagged [A] man.
_ _ In your [F#] antique car.
_ _ _ _ _ _ I [B] got _ [A] _ _ [B] _ [A] old leather [B] shoes.
And I [A] cannot _ [B] choose [B] what I love.
[B] _ _ And [A] _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I got here from [A] U.S.A.
_ _ [B] I'm college inmate.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
Swine _ in sorrow.
[B] Following _ _ fate.
_ _ _ [A]
Crouching _ _ tomorrow.
_ _ [B] _
Wrong good in the state.
_ [A] I'm home _ alone.
In your _ [B] shadow.
But well I'm long head straight.
[D] _ [A]
But you know girl there's a reason for being [B]
this way.
_ _ And I'm happy [A] for certain.
_ _ _ And hoping [B] to stay.
_ _ _ Feather [D] and [A] _ _ _ _ _ toast.
[B] _
Across the new day.
_ [A] _
_ Gathering _ _ _ _ [B]
dust.
Hello.
Get out of my way.
[E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] Please give me a lift.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ Can't [B] be for far.
_ [E] _ _ _ _
I [B] love the way that you're shagged man.
[A] _ _
_ In your [F#m] antique [F#] car. _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ I [B] got _ [A] _
_ [B] _ [A] old leather [B] shoes.
And I [Am]
cannot [B] choose what I love.
_ [B] _ Out [A] on the streets.
I [B] wear my [A] drum [B] beats.
In [A] between the cleaning [B] sheets.
And my mohs [B] black. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And [E] I [A] need _ the mother of black. _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ Sisters [A]
ruin songs of traffic.
_ From the [B] shaven insane.
_ _ _ With [A] palms like a _ _ brad net.
_ [B]
And mouth that pulls like a train.
_ _ [A]
And she looks like a mad _ [B] man.
And she comes like a warm rain.
[E] _
_ _ Please give [B] me a lift. _ _
_ _ [E] _ Can't be [B]
for far.
_ [E] _ _ _
[B] I love the way that you're shagged [A] man. _
In your [F#] antique car. _ _
_ _ _ I [B] got old [A] leather shoes.
[B] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] And I [A] cannot [B] choose what I love.
[A] _ [B] _ Out [A] on the streets.
[B] I wear my [A] drum [B] beats.
In [A] between the cleaning [B] sheets.
[A] And my mohs black.
_ [B] _
Black.
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ Black.
[A] _ _ [B] _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ [B] _ _ [D] _ [B] _
[A] _ [B] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _