• Song:

    Highway Song

  • Artist:

    James Taylor

  • Album:

    Mud Slide Slim and the ...

Tabbed by: DJ

Tuning: Standard
CAPO: 3rd fret (Sounds in key of G)


  E5     B5            C#5              Ab5          A5          A5
Father, let us build a boat and sail a - way, there's nothing for you here,
E5              B5              C#5            Ab5 A5                    A5
  And Brother, let us throw our lot out upon the sea,     it's been done be - fore!


      D5                   E5         D5                       E5
I'm thinkin' 'bout a broken heart, I'm talkin' 'bout the break of dawn,
        D5               E5                D5              E5
You've loved me while I'm here, then you can miss me when I'm gone,
 D5               E5                D5                 E5
Sweet misunder - standing, won't you leave a poor boy a - lone?
        D5                     E5               E5          D5      C#5   D5
I'm the one - eyed seed of a tumbleweed, in the belly of a rolling stone,
             C#5          B5   A5
Back on the highway, yeah, yeah, yeah,  
E5       D5   E5            D5           E5
 Back on the road-----  again!   |  /__/  /__/  /  /   |   /   /   /   /   | 
                                  ^  ^     ^  ^  ^

  D5                     E5         D5             E5
I had a little woman in Memphis, she wanted to be my bride,
            D5                     E5                   D5             E5
She said, "Settle on down, travel - ing man, and you can stay right by my side!"
   D5              E5               D5                  E5
I tried so hard to please her, but I couldn't hold out too long,
              D5                  E5                   E5          D5     C#5   D5
'Cause, one Saturday night, I was laying in bed, and I heard that highway song,
             C#5          B5   A5
Back on the highway, yeah, yeah, yeah,  
E5       D5   E5            D5           E5
 Back on the road-----  again!   |  /__/  /__/  /  /   |   /   /   /   /   | 
                                  ^  ^     ^  ^  ^

  D5               E5               D5           E5
 |   /   /   /   /   |   /   /   /   /   |  /__/  /__/  /  /   |   /   /   /   /   | 
                                      ^  ^     ^  ^  ^

     D5                      E5              D5                 E5
Now, one of these days, that highway song will lose it's appeal to me,
           D5                     E5
I'm gonna settle on down, like a natural born man, 
          D5                      E5 
I'm gonna live my life naturally, (Free and easy!)                                
D5                  E5                        D5                     E5
Till that day, the thunder's gonna roll, and I notice there's a sign of rain,
     D5                 E5                       E5           D5       C#5   D5
So I grab my bags, and I pack my clothes, and I'm back on the road a - gain,
             C#5          B5   A5
Back on the highway, yeah, yeah, yeah,  
E5       D5   E5            D5           E5
 Back on the road-----  again!   |  /__/  /__/  /  /   |   /   /   /   /   | 
                                  ^  ^     ^  ^  ^

      D5                   E5               D5                       E5
I'm thinkin' 'bout a broken heart, I've been talkin' 'bout the break of dawn,
        D5               E5               D5              E5
You've loved me while I'm here, and you can miss me when I'm gone,
             D5               E5                D5                 E5
And I said, sweet misunder - standing, won't you leave a poor boy a - lone?
               D5                     E5               E5          D5      C#5   D5
'Cause I'm the one - eyed seed of a tumbleweed, in the belly of a rolling stone,
             C#5                 B5   A5
Back on the highway, yeah - yeah, yeah, yeah now,  
E5       D5   E5            D5           E5
 Back on the road-----  again!   |  /__/  /__/  /  /   |   /   /   /   /   | 
                                  ^  ^     ^  ^  ^

D5                     E5      D5                     E5
Here I am again, Holi - day Inn, same old four walls a - gain,
D5                  E5               D5
Gee, but it's fine to be back home a - gain, woh now,
E5              D5      E5                         D5                 A5
    It's a Holi - day Inn,    I'm on the road again!  |  /__/  /__/  /  /   |   /  |  | 
                                                       ^  ^     ^  ^  ^

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E5        =  022100
B5      =  x24232
C#5     =  x46454
Ab5     =  464444  
A5    =  x02120
A5      =  x22220
D5      =  000232
E5      =  x02100
D5        =  xx0232
C#5      =  x24432
E5   =  020200
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