Son Volt - "Afterglow 61"
from the record 'Okemah and the Melody of Riot'
Words and Music by Jay Farrar

Tabs by Tim Prizer (tim_prizer@yahoo.com)

Chords used (names on some may be incorrect):

A - 022200
Asus2 - 032200
D - 2320xx
Dsus2 - 0320xx
Em - 000220
F#m - 222442
B - 22442x

Intro: A Asus2 Dsus2 (x4)

[A]US highway from [Asus2]north to south
It's [A]history breathing
[Asus2]Get out from under [Dsus2]the gun
And drive down Highway [A]61 [Asus2] [Dsus2]

[A]Hannibal's son saw the [Asus2]Gold Rush
Saw the [A]Civil War done
[Asus2]Then settled [Dsus2]down some
Out on Highway [A]61 [Asus2] [Dsus2]

CHORUS
[Em]There's no [D]reason to feel [A]downhearted
[F#m]There's music in the [B]wheels there to be [Dsus2]found [A]

[A] [Asus2] [Dsus2]

[A]Goodnight Irene in the [Asus2]prison walls
[A]Killed A man
[Asus2]And lived to sing about [Dsus2]it all
Stella-12 out on Highway [A]61 [Asus2] [Dsus2]

[A]The immigrant son left the [Asus2]mining town
[A]Electrified [Asus2]the tradi[Dsus2]tional
And had it out on Highway [A]61 [Asus2] [Dsus2]

REPEAT CHORUS