{"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":1754636,"song":"New Highway","artist":"Dave Gunning","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11379596-new-highway-chords-by-dave-gunning/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1754636?type=chord","rating":0.15535,"votes":0,"content":"Dave Gunning - New Highway\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] (4x)\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy father came to Westville[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd helped to build the town[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey damn near broke their backs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTrying to break the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut some dreams are not for catching[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey seldom ever stay[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey run like a river of our tears[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDown the new highway[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy mother was a tailor[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe fashioned all my clothes[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI wore those burlap britches[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDown a dozen dusty roads[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut she passed away in 'Sixty-Nine[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThank god before the day[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe didn't have to watch our dreams go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nDown the new highway[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow the main street's dark and silent[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNot a shadow or a sound[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut midnight brings the spirits out[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom the coal mines in the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn my dreams they all come back again [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nThe good folks of the day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey're all trying to save the life they knew from going [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nDown the new highway[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINTERLUDE: [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] (4x)\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy brother was a millwright[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe helped to build my home[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut the work ran out as did my wife[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd now I'm all alone[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWithout a steady income[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI couldn't ask for her to stay[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo I sent my love and my two young kids[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nDown the new highway[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINSTRUMENTAL: [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI remember Freddy Landsburg[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt the farm beside the road[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe'd wave to every passing car[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe never was alone[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the 4-lane left him breathless[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen it took his view away[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nNow his spirit haunts the old roadside [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nWhere it meets the new highway[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut all things come to pass[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou see it everywhere you turn[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's just a big race to the finish line[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI hope someday we'll learn[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut some dreams are not for catching[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey seldom ever stay[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nThey run like a river of our tears [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nDown the new highway[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome dreams are not for catching[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey seldom ever stay[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nThey run like a river of our tears [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDown the new highway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDown the new highway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDown the new highwaaaay-yay-e-yay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nDown the new highway[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nOUTRO: [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"Dave Gunning - New Highway\n\n\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\n\n\n\nINTRO: C F G (4x)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINTERLUDE: C F G (4x)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINSTRUMENTAL: Am G C F C Am G C Dm7 G\n C F G C F G C F G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOUTRO: F G C F G C","chords":["C","F","G","Dm7","Am"],"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]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}