Highway Kind Chords by Townes Van Zandt
Tempo:
100 bpm
Chords used:
Em
C
D
G
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em]
[C] [G] [Em]
My days they are the highway [B] kind [C] [G] they only come to [Em] leave
[G] But [C] the leaving I [Em] don't mind
[C] It's a coming that [Em] a crave
[D] for the [Em] Sun upon the ground
[D] Stand [C] to throw a [Em] shadow
[D] And watch it [Em] grow into a night
[C] And fill [D] a spinning [E] sky
[Em] time among the pine trees
It felt like breath of air
[C] Usually I [Em] just walk these streets
[C] And tell myself [Em] to care
[D] Sometimes [Em] I believe me
[D] Sometimes [C] I [B] don't hear
[D] Sometimes [Em] the shape I'm in
[C] Won't [D] let me [E] go
Well, [Em] I don't know too much for true
[C] But my [G] heart knows how to [Em] pound
[C] My legs know how [Em] to love someone
[C] My voice knows [Em] how to sound
[D] Shame [Em] that it's not enough
[D] Shame [C] that it is a [Em] shame [D] follow
[Em] the circle there
[C] [D] Where would you [E] be?
Well, you're the only one I want [G] and I've never heard your [Em] name
[C] Let's hope we meet [Em] someday
[C] If we don't it's all the [Em] same
And [D] I'll meet the [Em] ones between us
[D] And be [A] thinking [C] [Em] about you
[D] And all [A] the places [Em] I have [C] seen
[Gm] And why [D] you were [E] not there
[C] [G] [Em]
My days they are the highway [B] kind [C] [G] they only come to [Em] leave
[G] But [C] the leaving I [Em] don't mind
[C] It's a coming that [Em] a crave
[D] for the [Em] Sun upon the ground
[D] Stand [C] to throw a [Em] shadow
[D] And watch it [Em] grow into a night
[C] And fill [D] a spinning [E] sky
[Em] time among the pine trees
It felt like breath of air
[C] Usually I [Em] just walk these streets
[C] And tell myself [Em] to care
[D] Sometimes [Em] I believe me
[D] Sometimes [C] I [B] don't hear
[D] Sometimes [Em] the shape I'm in
[C] Won't [D] let me [E] go
Well, [Em] I don't know too much for true
[C] But my [G] heart knows how to [Em] pound
[C] My legs know how [Em] to love someone
[C] My voice knows [Em] how to sound
[D] Shame [Em] that it's not enough
[D] Shame [C] that it is a [Em] shame [D] follow
[Em] the circle there
[C] [D] Where would you [E] be?
Well, you're the only one I want [G] and I've never heard your [Em] name
[C] Let's hope we meet [Em] someday
[C] If we don't it's all the [Em] same
And [D] I'll meet the [Em] ones between us
[D] And be [A] thinking [C] [Em] about you
[D] And all [A] the places [Em] I have [C] seen
[Gm] And why [D] you were [E] not there
Key:
Em
C
D
G
E
Em
C
D
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ My days they are the highway [B] kind [C] [G] they only come to [Em] leave
[G] But [C] the leaving I [Em] don't mind
_ [C] It's a coming that [Em] a crave
_ [D] for the [Em] Sun upon the ground
[D] Stand [C] to throw a [Em] shadow
[D] And watch it [Em] grow into a night
[C] And fill [D] a spinning [E] sky _ _ _ _
[Em] time among the pine trees
It felt like breath of air _ _
[C] _ Usually I [Em] just walk these streets
[C] And tell myself [Em] to care _
[D] _ Sometimes [Em] I believe me
[D] _ Sometimes [C] I [B] don't hear
[D] _ Sometimes [Em] the shape I'm in
[C] Won't [D] let me [E] go
Well, _ _ [Em] I don't know too much for true
[C] But my [G] heart knows how to [Em] pound
_ _ [C] My legs know how [Em] to love someone
[C] My voice knows [Em] how to sound
_ _ [D] Shame [Em] that it's not enough
[D] _ Shame [C] that it is a [Em] shame [D] follow
[Em] the circle there
[C] _ [D] Where would you [E] be? _ _ _ _ _
Well, you're the only one I want [G] and I've never heard your [Em] name _ _
[C] Let's hope we meet [Em] someday
[C] If we don't it's all the [Em] same
And [D] I'll meet the [Em] ones between us
[D] And be [A] thinking [C] [Em] about you
[D] And all [A] the places [Em] I have [C] seen
[Gm] And why [D] you were [E] not there _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ My days they are the highway [B] kind [C] [G] they only come to [Em] leave
[G] But [C] the leaving I [Em] don't mind
_ [C] It's a coming that [Em] a crave
_ [D] for the [Em] Sun upon the ground
[D] Stand [C] to throw a [Em] shadow
[D] And watch it [Em] grow into a night
[C] And fill [D] a spinning [E] sky _ _ _ _
[Em] time among the pine trees
It felt like breath of air _ _
[C] _ Usually I [Em] just walk these streets
[C] And tell myself [Em] to care _
[D] _ Sometimes [Em] I believe me
[D] _ Sometimes [C] I [B] don't hear
[D] _ Sometimes [Em] the shape I'm in
[C] Won't [D] let me [E] go
Well, _ _ [Em] I don't know too much for true
[C] But my [G] heart knows how to [Em] pound
_ _ [C] My legs know how [Em] to love someone
[C] My voice knows [Em] how to sound
_ _ [D] Shame [Em] that it's not enough
[D] _ Shame [C] that it is a [Em] shame [D] follow
[Em] the circle there
[C] _ [D] Where would you [E] be? _ _ _ _ _
Well, you're the only one I want [G] and I've never heard your [Em] name _ _
[C] Let's hope we meet [Em] someday
[C] If we don't it's all the [Em] same
And [D] I'll meet the [Em] ones between us
[D] And be [A] thinking [C] [Em] about you
[D] And all [A] the places [Em] I have [C] seen
[Gm] And why [D] you were [E] not there _
_ _ _ _ _ _
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