{"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":84431,"song":"Highway 29","artist":"Bruce Springsteen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/84431-highway-29-chords-by-bruce-springsteen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/84431?type=chord","rating":4.85149,"votes":60,"content":"HIGHWAY 29\r\nBy Bruce Springsteen\r\n(From the album \"The Ghost of Tom Joad\")\r\n\r\nNote:  This is a wonderful song that isn't too tough to play, once you get\r\nthe picking pattern down.  For ease of play (I'm not sure if Bruce does\r\nthis or not, but I suspect it due to the sound of the fill before the last\r\nverse) tune the low E up to an F.  This will make the piece much easier to\r\nplay than doing full barres for the F.\r\n\r\nPicking Pattern and Chord Formations:\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Am7[/ch]          [ch]C/G[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|------0-----|------1-----|------0-----|------0-----|------3-----|\r\nB|--------1---|--------1---|--------1---|--------1---|--------0---|\r\nG|---0------0-|---2------2-|---0------0-|---0------0-|---0------0-|\r\nD|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|\r\nA|-3----------|------------|-0----------|------------|------------|\r\nF|------------|-0----------|------------|-2----------|-2----------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI slipped on her shoe; she was a perfect size seven.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]Am7[/ch]      [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nI said, \"There's no smoking in the store, ma'am.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe crossed her legs and then[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe made some small talk; that's where it should have stopped.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Am7[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe slipped me her number; I put it in my pocket.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy hand slipped up her skirt; everything slipped my mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am7[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn that little roadhouse[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn Highway 29.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was a small town bank; it was a mess.[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am7[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell, I had a gun.  You know the rest.[/tab]\r\n\r\nMoney on the floorboards, shirt was covered in blood\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am7[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd she was cryin'; her and me we headed south[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn Highway 29.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am7[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn a little desert motel, the air was hot and clean.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI slept the sleep of the dead; I didn't dream.[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am7[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI woke in the morning, washed my face in the sink.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe headed into the Sierra Madres, 'cross the border line.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe winter sun shot through the black trees[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nI told myself it was all something in her[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C/G[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut as we drove I knew it was something in me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSomething that'd been comin' for a long, long time[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Am7[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd something that was here with me now[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn Highway 29.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Fill]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] with walking bass notes:  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]                               [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe road was filled with broken glass and gasoline.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Am7[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe wasn't saying nothin'; it was just a dream.[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe wind come silent through the windshield,\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll I could see was snow, sky and pines.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nI closed my eyes and I was runnin'.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI was runnin' and then I was flyin'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]","plain_text":"HIGHWAY 29\nBy Bruce Springsteen\n(From the album \"The Ghost of Tom Joad\")\n\nNote:  This is a wonderful song that isn't too tough to play, once you get\nthe picking pattern down.  For ease of play (I'm not sure if Bruce does\nthis or not, but I suspect it due to the sound of the fill before the last\nverse) tune the low E up to an F.  This will make the piece much easier to\nplay than doing full barres for the F.\n\nPicking Pattern and Chord Formations:\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nC\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMoney on the floorboards, shirt was covered in blood\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Fill]\nC with walking bass notes:  C  F  G  A  G  C\n\n\n\n\nThe wind come silent through the windshield,\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nF  C  Am7  C/G  F","chords":["E","F","C","Am7","C/G","G","B","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"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]},"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]}}}