Carefree Highway

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Carefree Highway chords
Gordon Lightfoot 1974 (album, Sundown)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carefree_Highway_(song)
Capo II *
D C G Asus4 A
D A F# Bm A
Pickin up the pieces of my sweet shattered dream,
G D Asus4 A
I wonder how the old folks are tonight?
D A F# Bm
Her name was Ann, and I'll be damned if I recall her face;
G A D
She left me not knowing what to do.
D C G A D
Carefree highway, let me slip away on you
C G A
Carefree highway, you've seen better days
Bm A G D E
The morning after blues, from my head down to my shoes
D C G A D
Carefree highway, let me slip away, slip away on you
C G A D C G Asus4 A
D A F# Bm A
Turning back the pages to the times I love best
G D Asus4 A
I wonder if she'll ever do the same?
D A F# Bm
Now the thing that I call living is just being satisfied,
G A D
With knowing I got no one left to blame
D C G A D
Carefree highway, let me slip away on you
C G A
Carefree highway, you've seen better days
Bm A G D E
The morning after blues, from my head down to my shoes
D C G A D
Carefree highway, let me slip away, slip away on you
C G A D C G Asus4 A
D A F# Bm A
Searching thru the fragments of my dream shattered sleep;
G D Asus4 A
I wonder if the years have closed her mind?
D A F# Bm
Well I guess it must be wander lust or trying to get free,
G A D
From the good old faithful feeling we once knew
D C G A D
Carefree highway, let me slip away on you
C G A
Carefree highway, you've seen better days
Bm A G D E
The morning after blues, from my head down to my shoes
D C G A D
Carefree highway, let me slip away, slip away on you
A D
Let me slip away on you
D C G A D
Carefree highway I got to see you my old flame
C G A
Carefree highway, you've seen better days
Bm A G D E
The morning after blues, from my head down to my shoes
D C G A D
Carefree highway, let me slip away, slip away on you
C G A D C G A
2x
* Alternates:
Open
D E
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A B
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F# Ab
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Bm C#m
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G A
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Asus4Bsus4
=
C D
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Capo IV
D C
=
A G
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F# E
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Bm Am
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G F
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Asus4Gsus4
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C Bb
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Carefree Highway chords and lyrics

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Carefree Highway chords
Gordon Lightfoot 1974 (album, Sundown)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carefree_Highway_(song)
Capo II *
D C G  Asus4 A
C  G  A  D  C  G   Asus4 A
C  G  A  D  C  G   Asus4 A
C  G  A  D  C  G  A 2x
* Alternates:
Open
D     = E
A     = B
F#    = Ab
Bm    = C#m
G     = A
Asus4 = Bsus4
C     = D
Capo IV
D     = C
A     = G
F#    = E
Bm    = Am
G     = F
Asus4 = Gsus4
C     = Bb
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Carefree Highway Chords by Gordon Lightfoot

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