{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1474057,"song":"The Low Highway","artist":"Steve Earle","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11266046-the-low-highway-chords-by-steve-earle/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1474057?type=chord","rating":4.69263,"votes":22,"content":"Steve Earle - The Low Highway\r\n\r\n[tab]Intro\r\n C*\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------|\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------|\r\n-----0---0----0-0-0h2-0---0-----0-------0-(0)--0-------0-----|\r\n-2---0-0h2----0-0-----0-0h2---0-----0-0h2------2-2h3---2-----|\r\n-3---3---3----------3-3---3-------3-----3------3---3---3---3-|\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 1\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTravelin' now on the low highway, three thousand miles to the Frisco Bay[/tab]\r\n\r\nAcross the rivers wild and the lonesome plains\r\n\r\n[tab]Up the coast and down and back again\r\n                                             *                   [ch]C[/ch]             \r\n      Am                                   -------------------------|\r\nI saw empty houses on a dead end street    -1/3-3-3-3--3-3--3-0--1--|\r\n                                     *  C  -2/4-4-4-4--4-4--4-0--0--|\r\nPeople linin' up for something to eat      -2/4-4-4-4--4-4--4-0--2--|\r\n         Am                                -0--------------------3--|\r\nAnd the ghost of America watching me       -------------------------|[/tab]\r\n \r\nThrough the broken windows of the factories\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPickin' bones of a better day as I roll down the low highway[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nInterlude   (C*)   |     |     |     ||\r\n\r\nVerse 2\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTravelin' now on the low highway by the yellow moon and the light of day[/tab]\r\n\r\nSnow white crown of the mountain tall\r\n\r\nTo the valley down where the shadows fall\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                                                            \r\nMet a man with a rifle in his hand [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      *  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBeen away to battle in a distant land[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTaught him to hate taught him to kill[/tab]\r\n \r\nNow he's out on the road with a hole to fill\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                     \r\nNobody knows the price he paid [/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nSo he's taken his toll on the low highway[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nInterlude   Am     |       |       |       ||x2\r\n\r\n            [ch]C[/ch]      |  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]|[ch]Am[/ch]     |[ch]C[/ch]      ||    \r\n\r\nVerse 3\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTravelin' now on the low highway, windows down, listenin'[/tab]\r\n\r\nWheels turnin' round on the asphalt sayin'\r\n\r\nEvery sound is a prophecy\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHeard an old man grumble and a young girl cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    *  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBrick wall crumble, white dove fly[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe call for justice and the cry for peace[/tab]\r\n \r\nAnd the voice of reason and the roar of the beast\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd every mile was a prayer I prayed as I rolled down the low highway  [/tab]","plain_text":"Steve Earle - The Low Highway\n\n\n\nVerse 1\n\n\nAcross the rivers wild and the lonesome plains\n\n\n \nThrough the broken windows of the factories\n\n\n\nInterlude   (C*)   |     |     |     ||\n\nVerse 2\n\n\nSnow white crown of the mountain tall\n\nTo the valley down where the shadows fall\n\n\n\n\n \nNow he's out on the road with a hole to fill\n\n\n\n\nInterlude   Am     |       |       |       ||x2\n\n            C      |  C G/B|Am     |C      ||    \n\nVerse 3\n\n\nWheels turnin' round on the asphalt sayin'\n\nEvery sound is a prophecy\n\n\n\n\n \nAnd the voice of reason and the roar of the beast","chords":["C","Am","F","G/B"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}