#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: julie.hayne@his.com (Julie Hayne) Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1993 00:02:05 RESTLESS HIGHWAY Richard Thompson Transcribed by Phil Saunders Intro (2 times) -|--3-2-0-------------3-2-0---0-2-3-----| -|--------3-1-0-------------3-----------| -|--------------2-0---------------------| -|--------------------------------------| -|--------------------------------------| -|--------------------------------------| G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CI (x32010@1)am a travelling man, I have no country G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CAnd (x32010@1)travelling people are my kin by birth G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CNo (x32010@1)chains will keep me from my destination G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) GAnd (320003@1)far-flung are my footsteps on this earth Am (x02210@1) DThere's (xx0232@1)something in my mind that makes me Am (x02210@1) DSomething (xx0232@1)in the wind that takes me G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) DLike (xx0232@1)the dust, I'm blown out on the street again G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)GRestless (320003@1)highway C/E (x3111x@5) DI (xx0232@1)need to leave this town behind G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)GRestless (320003@1)highway C/E (x3111x@5) DCome (xx0232@1)see the country of my mind G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)GYou (320003@1)hear my footsteps C (x32010@1) DWherever (xx0232@1)this rocky road will wind G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GThis (320003@1)empty restless highway is my heart By way of trade I am anything you fancy I'll sew your purse, I'll milk your garden cow I'll shine your shoes or sew your silver button I'll punch your nose, I'll sharpen up your plough There's something in my mind that makes me Something in the wind that takes me Like the dust, I'm blown out on the street again Restless highway I need to leave this town behind Restless highway Come see the country of my mind You hear my footsteps wherever this rocky road will wind This empty restless highway is my heart Restless highway I need to leave this town behind Restless highway Come see the country of my mind You hear my footsteps wherever this rocky road will wind This empty restless highway is my heart This empty restless highway is my heart
