Son Volt ? ?Down the Highway?
From the record ?Honky Tonk?
Words and music by Jay Farrar

Tabs by Tim Prizer (tim_prizer@yahoo.com)

Chords used (w/ capo on 1st fret):
[A5]: x-0-2-2-0-0
[A]: x-0-2-2-2-0
[D]: X-X-0-2-3-2
[G]: 3-2-0-0-3-3


CAPO 1

[A5] [A]

Every [D] road 
Has a [G] story to [D] tell
Of [G] dreams that have [D] soared
And [G] dreams that [A] fell

Of finding that [D] level
That says [G] out of con[D]trol
[G] Prospecting [D] riches 
That re[A]side in the [D] soul

CHORUS (abbreviated)
Throw this [G] love down the [D] highway
[G] See where it [D] turns
[G] Life is a [D] shell game
Lessons [A] lost, lessons [D] learned

[A]

There will never be a [D] time
Like the [G] time that is [D] now
To [G] reach for the [D] promise
Of [G] melody on the [A] bough

Break up the [D] silence
Make it [G] clear, make it [D] last
[G] Forgiveness [D] given
Break [A] away from the [D] past

CHORUS (full)
Throw this [G] love down the [D] highway
[G] See where it [D] turns
[G] Life is a [D] shell game
Lessons [G] lost, lessons [A] learned
There?s a [G] world of [D] wisdom in[G]side a fiddle [D] tune
Throw this [G] love down the [D] highway
[A] See where it takes [D] you

GUITAR/FIDDLE BREAK
[A] [D] [G] [D]
[D] [G] [D] [A]
[G] [D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [A] [D]

[A]

While the [D] mortar and [G] bricks may [D] crumble
[G] Time moves [D] along with a [G] dance-step [A] stumble
Really no [D] choice but [G] escape from the [D] past
[G] Break up the [D]silence, make it [A] clear make it [D] last

CHORUS (full)

[G] [D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [A] [D]

There?s a [G] world of [D] wisdom in[G]side a fiddle [D] tune
Throw this [G] love down the [D] highway
[A] See where it takes [D] you

[G] [D] [G] [D] 

Throw this [G] love down the [D] highway
[A] See where? it takes [D] you

[G] [D] [A] [D]