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The Highway

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SONG   | The Highway
ARTIST | Peter and the Wolf
ALBUM  | Lightness
DROP D TUNING
Based pretty much around the following chord pattern:
|  Bm/ / |  Bm/ / |  G5/ / |  G5/ / |
|  D5/ / |  D5/ / |  D5/ / |  A5/ / |
|  G5/ / |  G5/ / |  G5/ / |  G5/ / |
Outro is a little different, being:
|  Bm/ / |  Bm/ / |  D5/ / |  D5/ / |
|  G5/ / |  G5/ / |  A5/ / |  A5/ / |
Chords used are played as follows:
 |  Bm(or B5)|   G5|   D5|   A5|
e|--2--|-----|-----|-----|-----|
B|--3--|-----|-----|-----|-----|
G|--4--|--11-|--7--|--7--|-----|
D|--4--|--9--|--5--|--7--|--7--|
A|--2--|--9--|--5--|--5--|--7--|
E|-----|--9--|--5--|--0--|--7--|
_____
BmWake up, we're driving
G5It's best to keep moving
D5Things are going OK
D5Eating fruit on A5highways
G5Trying to stay healthy
G5Dreaming of the old days
BmI saw kids G5running out in the D5fields
The D5life of the farmer
It A5always apG5peals to me
I Bmwrote on a postcard
I G5may or may not send
I was D5keeping distracted
Until I saw A5horses and G5thought of you
 Bm/  G5/  D5/ A5  
Just G5put your arm around me
Smoke G5rising in the distance
I won't Bmsit in confusion
Its G5time for rebuilding
D5Hey Rory hand me a lemon
It's A5good for hangG5overs
And G5pass around the ginger
It brings us toBmgether
 D5/  G5/ A5  
_____
OUTRO
 Bm/  D5/  G5/ A5  
to fade.
ENJOY

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The Highway

by Peter and the Wolf

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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SONG | The Highway

ARTIST | Peter and the Wolf

ALBUM | Lightness

DROP D TUNING

Based pretty much around the following chord pattern:

Bm Bm G5 G5

| / / | / / | / / | / / |

D5 D5 D5 A5

| / / | / / | / / | / / |

G5 G5 G5 G5

| / / | / / | / / | / / |

Outro is a little different, being:

Bm Bm D5 D5

| / / | / / | / / | / / |

G5 G5 A5 A5

| / / | / / | / / | / / |

Chords used are played as follows:

Bm B5 G5 D5 A5

| (or )| | | |

e|--2--|-----|-----|-----|-----|

B|--3--|-----|-----|-----|-----|

G|--4--|--11-|--7--|--7--|-----|

D|--4--|--9--|--5--|--7--|--7--|

A|--2--|--9--|--5--|--5--|--7--|

E|-----|--9--|--5--|--0--|--7--|

_____

Wake up, we're driving

It's best to keep moving

Things are going OK

D5 A5

Eating fruit on highways

Trying to stay healthy

Dreaming of the old days

Bm G5 D5

I saw kids running out in the fields

The life of the farmer

A5 G5

It always appeals to me

I wrote on a postcard

I may or may not send

I was keeping distracted

A5 G5

Until I saw horses and thought of you

Bm G5 D5 A5

/ / /

Just put your arm around me

Smoke rising in the distance

I won't sit in confusion

Its time for rebuilding

Hey Rory hand me a lemon

A5 G5

It's good for hangovers

And pass around the ginger

It brings us together

D5 G5 A5

/ /

_____

OUTRO

Bm D5 G5 A5

/ / /

to fade.

ENJOY

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