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The Low Highway

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Steve Earle - The Low Highway
Intro
 C*
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-2---0-0h2----0-0-----0-0h2---0-----0-0h2------2-2h3---2-----|
-3---3---3----------3-3---3-------3-----3------3---3---3---3-|
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Verse 1
Travelin' nCow on the low highway, three thousand miles to the Frisco Bay
Across the rivers wild and the lonesome plains
Up the coast and down and back again
                                             *                                C  
      Am                                   -------------------------|
I saw empty houses on a dead end street    -1/3-3-3-3--3-3--3-0--1--|
                                     *  C  -2/4-4-4-4--4-4--4-0--0--|
People linin' up for something to eat      -2/4-4-4-4--4-4--4-0--2--|
         Am                                -0--------------------3--|
And the ghost of America watching me       -------------------------|
Through the broken windows of the factories
Pickin' Fbones of a better dCay as I roll dAmown the low highwaCy
Interlude   (C*)   |     |     |     ||
Verse 2
Travelin' nCow on the low highway by the yellow moon and the light of day
Snow white crown of the mountain tall
To the valley down where the shadows fall
Met a Amman with a rifle in his hand 
                                      *  C  
Been away to battle in a distant land
TaAmught him to hate taught him to kill
Now he's out on the road with a hole to fill
Nobody knFows the price he pCaid 
So he's taken his Amtoll on the low highwCayG/B  
Interlude   Am     |       |       |       ||x2
                  C|   C  G/B|     Am|      C||    
Verse 3
Travelin' nCow on the low highway, windows down, listenin'
Wheels turnin' round on the asphalt sayin'
Every sound is a prophecy
Heard an olAmd man grumble and a young girl cry
                                    *  C  
Brick wall crumble, white dove fly
The cAmall for justice and the cry for peace
And the voice of reason and the roar of the beast
And every mFile was a prayer I pCrayed as I rolled dAmown the low highwCay  

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The Low Highway

by Steve Earle

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G/B

Steve Earle - The Low Highway

Intro

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-----0---0----0-0-0h2-0---0-----0-------0-(0)--0-------0-----|

-2---0-0h2----0-0-----0-0h2---0-----0-0h2------2-2h3---2-----|

-3---3---3----------3-3---3-------3-----3------3---3---3---3-|

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Verse 1

Travelin' now on the low highway, three thousand miles to the Frisco Bay

Across the rivers wild and the lonesome plains

Up the coast and down and back again

Am -------------------------|

I saw empty houses on a dead end street -1/3-3-3-3--3-3--3-0--1--|

* C -2/4-4-4-4--4-4--4-0--0--|

People linin' up for something to eat -2/4-4-4-4--4-4--4-0--2--|

Am -0--------------------3--|

And the ghost of America watching me -------------------------|

Through the broken windows of the factories

F C Am C

Pickin' bones of a better day as I roll down the low highway

Interlude (C*) | | | ||

Verse 2

Travelin' now on the low highway by the yellow moon and the light of day

Snow white crown of the mountain tall

To the valley down where the shadows fall

Met a man with a rifle in his hand

Been away to battle in a distant land

Taught him to hate taught him to kill

Now he's out on the road with a hole to fill

F C

Nobody knows the price he paid

Am C G/B

So he's taken his toll on the low highway

Interlude Am | | | ||x2

C C G/B Am C

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Verse 3

Travelin' now on the low highway, windows down, listenin'

Wheels turnin' round on the asphalt sayin'

Every sound is a prophecy

Heard an old man grumble and a young girl cry

Brick wall crumble, white dove fly

The call for justice and the cry for peace

And the voice of reason and the roar of the beast

F C Am C

And every mile was a prayer I prayed as I rolled down the low highway

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