• Song:

    Carefree Highway

  • Artist:

    Gordon Lightfoot

  • Album:

    Gord's Gold, Volume 1

Previous versions have inverted chords, and/or missing chord changes.  This is 
complete and correct.

Capo II

D C G  Asus4 A

D             A            F#               Bm A  
Pickin up the pieces of my sweet shattered dream,
  G              D               Asus4 A
I wonder how the old folks are tonight?
    D                 A                 F#           Bm 
Her name was Ann, and I'll be damned if I recall her face;
G               A               D
She left me not knowing what to do.

D        C        G       A           D 
Carefree highway, let me slip away on you
         C        G           A 
Carefree highway, you've seen better days
    Bm            A              G         D/F#  Esus4  E
The morning after blues, from my head down to my shoes
D        C        G      Asus4    A               D  
Carefree highway, let me slip away, slip away on you

C  G  A  D  C  G   Asus4 A

D                A            F#           Bm A
Turning back the pages to the times I love best
  G                D           Asus4 A
I wonder if she'll ever do the same?
        D                 A              F#         Bm
Now the thing that I call living is just being satisfied,
     G             A              D
With knowing I got no one left to blame

D        C        G       A           D 
Carefree highway, let me slip away on you
         C        G           A 
Carefree highway, you've seen better days
    Bm            A              G         D/F#  Esus4  E
The morning after blues, from my head down to my shoes
D        C        G      Asus4    A               D  
Carefree highway, let me slip away, slip away on you

C  G  A  D  C  G   Asus4 A

D                  A               F#              Bm A
Searching thru the fragments of my dream shattered sleep;
  G             D                     Asus4 A
I wonder if the years have closed her mind?
       D                A              F#            Bm
Well I guess it must be wander lust or trying to get free,
G                 A                        D
From the good old faithful feeling we once knew


D        C        G       A           D 
Carefree highway, let me slip away on you
         C        G           A 
Carefree highway, you've seen better days
    Bm            A              G         D/F#  Esus4  E
The morning after blues, from my head down to my shoes
D        C        G      A                       D      G
Carefree highway, let me slip away, slip away on you
       A            D
Let me slip away on you

         C         G      A              D
Carefree highway I got to see you my old flame
         C        G           A 
Carefree highway, you've seen better days
    Bm            A              G         D/F#  Esus4  E
The morning after blues, from my head down to my shoes
D        C        G      Asus4    A               D  
Carefree highway, let me slip away, slip away on you


C  G  A  D  C  G  A 2x D
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