• Song:

    Ventura Highway

  • Artist:

    America

  • Album:

    Highway: 30 Years of Am...

                               Ventura Highway
                                   America

*=this means to strum a few times
()=notes on parenthesis are optional

Intro (1st way):
 Guitar I
|-5h7p5-------------------------5h7p5------------------------|
|-------7--5h7p5--------7-------------7--5h7p5--------7------|
|----------------6--6h7---7--------------------6--6h7---6----|
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|Guitar II                                                   |
|                           *                             *  |
|---------------------------3-----------------------------2--|
|---------------------------3-----------------------------2--|
|---------------------------0-----------------------------2--|
|---------------------------0-----------------------------0--|
|---------------------------2-----------------------------0--|
|---------------------------3----------------------------(2)-|
                            G (320003@1)                         Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)
Intro (2nd way, the way I prefer to do):
 Guitar I
|-5h7p5-2--0h2p0--------2-------5h7p5-2--0h2p0--------2------|
|----------------2--2h3---3--------------------2--2h3---2----|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                            |
|Guitar II                                                   |
|                           *                             *  |
|---------------------------3-----------------------------2--|
|---------------------------3-----------------------------2--|
|---------------------------0-----------------------------2--|
|---------------------------0-----------------------------0--|
|---------------------------2-----------------------------0--|
|---------------------------3----------------------------(2)-|
                            G (320003@1)                         Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)Chords:
G (320003@1)                                           Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)Chewin' on a piece of grass, walkin down the road
|-5h7p5-2--0h2p0--------2------2--3-5-|
|----------------2--2h3---3--5--------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

G (320003@1)                          Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)Tell me, how long you gonna stay here Joe
|-5h7p5-2--0h2p0--------2---|
|----------------2--2h3---3-|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|

G (320003@1)                                    Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)Some people say, this town don't look good in snow
|-5h7p5-2--0h2p0--------2------2-|
|----------------2--2h3---3--5---|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|

G (320003@1)                Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)You don't care, I know
|-/14--12------------------|
|---------14-12--10--------|
|--------------------11----|
|-----------------------12-|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|


Chorus:
G (320003@1)                    Dmaj7Ventura (xx0222@1)Highway in the sunshine
          G (320003@1)                                           DmajWhere (xx0232@1)the days are longer, the nights are stronger than moonshine
G (320003@1)                 Dmaj7 (xx0222@1) F#m (244222@1)You're gonna go, I kno-----w

          Em (022000@1)                 F#mCause (244222@1)the free wind is blowin' through your hair
        Em (022000@1)               F#mAnd (244222@1)the day surrounds your daylight there
Em (022000@1)               F#m (244222@1) Season's crying, no despair
    Em (022000@1)           F#m (244222@1)              GAlligator, (320003@1)lizards in the air, in the air


Dmaj7
Do do do do  do do do do
GDo (320003@1)do do do  do do do do

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