{"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":1905324,"song":"Highway 17","artist":"Rodney Crowell","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11427517-highway-17-chords-by-rodney-crowell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1905324?type=chord","rating":4.50585,"votes":3,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am7/E[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am7/E[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Gadd9[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am7/E[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                                     \r\nI put away fifteen grand doing one-night stands mostly liquor stores and fillin' stations[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMe and this peepin' Tom by the name of J.D. Swan and any number of his odd blood relations[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt was armed robbery in 1957 and mostly our getaways were clean[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                                                                                \r\nThen I'd pay off the boys and bury the bread out on Highway 17[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI had five kids and a wife with one dress and a yard full of cars that wouldn't run[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMy two oldest boys they were on to my noise they despised what their daddy done[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                                          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut I did my thing the best I could making plans by the light of day[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                                                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd then night would fall and it was time to call and I was always on my way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow J.D. he was crazy and he was inbred he drank whiskey like it was goin' out of style[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou know I should have seen it coming the writing was on the wall  [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                                                     [ch]Am[/ch]               \r\nHe was getting just a little too loose and wild and he made his mistake out on Airline Drive,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou know those North Houston cops are quick they blew a hole in J.D. the size of Dallas [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd put a lump on my head with the brunt of a nightstick[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                                                           [ch]Am[/ch]            \r\nYou know that 5 to 10 in Huntsville ain't no good times boys, but I walked that line do you know what I mean[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                                               [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n'Cause my mind was snug on that hole I dug out on Highway 17 [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                                       [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI said my mind was snug on that hole I dug out on Highway 17[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo I served my time only way I knew how thinking big and making plans[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAll about the way I was gonna change the world when I get my hands on that 15 grand[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou know C.W. and Herschel my two oldest boys they took care of their momma and their little sisters[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe best way that they could dealing dimes and stealing hubcaps[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                [ch]E[/ch]                                                         \r\nYou know pretty soon they were doing good so I walked out those prison gates a free man[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOn the first day of November 19 and '63 I kissed my wife and I hugged my babies[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]E[/ch]                                \r\nBut they didn't seem the same to me [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou know the boys looked on they were already grown[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                                                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt was written across their eyes and their faces I'm the perfect sample of a bad example[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                                     [ch]Am[/ch]         \r\nGone forever from their graces, but baby six long years and a lot can change [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMany miles beyond your wildest dreams, but a six-lane wide modern interstate ride out on Highway 17[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                                                   [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMan they sunk my ship 'neath a concrete strip out on Highway 17[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMan they broke my back they built a concrete track out on Highway 17[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell, people you know it ain't funny, they buried my money out on Highway 17[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\nAm  Am7/E  Am  Am7/E  Am  Gadd9 Am Am7/E  Am\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]","chords":["Am","Am7/E","Gadd9","F","D","E","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Gadd9":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,0,0,1,0,3],"frets":[3,0,0,2,0,3]}}}