{"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":666343,"song":"I Dream A Highway","artist":"Gillian Welch","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11578813-i-dream-a-highway-chords-by-gillian-welch/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/666343?type=chord","rating":4.85731,"votes":81,"content":"Standard Tuning with a Capo on 4th Fret\r\nThe C chords are a C/G shape, which creates the distinctive sound on the recording.\r\nPartial Em7 pickups lead into the Em7 chords on the downbeat of the chorus.\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, I dream a highway back to you love[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA winding ribbon with a band of gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA silver vision come and rest my soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI dream a highway back to you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJohn he's kicking out the footlights[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe Grand Ole Opry's got a brand new band[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLord, let me die with a hammer in my hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI dream a highway back to you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI think I'll move down into Memphis[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd thank the hatchet man who forked my tongue[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI lie and wait until the wagons come[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd dream a highway back to you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe getaway kicking up cinders[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em7[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAn empty wagon full of rattling bones[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMoon in the mirror on a three-hour jones[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI dream a highway back to you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, I dream a highway back to you love[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA winding ribbon with a band of gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA silver vision come arrest my soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI dream a highway back to you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhich lover are you, Jack of Diamonds?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow you be Emmylou and I'll be Gram[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI send a letter, don't know who I am[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI dream a highway back to you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm an indisguisable shade of twilight[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAny second now I'm gonna turn myself on[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the blue display of the cool cathode ray[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI dream a highway back to you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI wish you knew me, Jack of Diamonds[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]               C.       \r\nFire-riding, wheeling when I lead 'em up[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDrank whisky with my water, sugar with my tea[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy sails in rags with the staggers and the jags[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI dream a highway back to you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, I dream a highway back to you love[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA winding ribbon with a band of gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA silver vision come molest my soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI dream a highway back to you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow give me some of what you're having[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll take you as a viper into my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA knife into my bed, arsenic when I'm fed[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI dream a highway back to you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHang overhead from all directions[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch] \r\nRadiation from the porcelain light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBlind and blistered by the morning white[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI dream a highway back to you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSunday morning at the diner[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHollywood trembles on the verge of tears[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nI watched the waitress for a thousand years[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaw a wheel inside a wheel, heard a call within a call[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I dreamed a highway back to you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, I dream a highway back to you love[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     ([ch]C/G[/ch])     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    \r\nA winding ribbon with a band of gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      ([ch]C/G[/ch])    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      \r\nA silver vision come possess my soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI dream a highway back to you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nStep into the light, poor Lazarus[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]    \r\nDon't lie alone behind the window shade[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLet me see the mark death made[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI dream a highway back to you.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI dream a highway back to you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 11]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhat will sustain us through the winter?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere did last year's lessons go?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWalk me out into the rain and snow[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI dream a highway back to you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, I dream a highway back to you love[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA winding ribbon with a band of gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA silver vision come and bless my soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI dream a highway back to you.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI dream a highway back to you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh I dream a highway back to you love.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nA winding ribbon with a band of gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nA silver vision come and bless my soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI dream a highway back to you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]","plain_text":"Standard Tuning with a Capo on 4th Fret\nThe C chords are a C/G shape, which creates the distinctive sound on the recording.\nPartial Em7 pickups lead into the Em7 chords on the downbeat of the chorus.\n\n[Intro]\nEm7  G  C  C\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\n\n[Verse 10]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 11]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["C","C/G","Em7","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}