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Down The Highway

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Double drop D tuning (D-A-D-G-B-d')
Capo 5th fret (sounding key G major)
Recurring riff:
d|--------------------------------------0--|
B|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--------------------3--|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------------2--|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3p0----------------0--|
A|-----------------------3p0------------0--|
D|---------------------------3---3---0--0--|
An occasional flourish:
d|-------3-0--|
B|------------|
G|------------|
D|------------|
A|------------|
D|---3-0------|
[Verse]
D7Well, I'm walkin' down the highway
With my suitcase in my hand.
Yes, I'm Gwalkin' down the highway
D7 (riff)
With my suitcase in my hand.
Lord, I Areally miss my baby,
(riff)
She's in some far-off land.
[Verse]
D7Well, your streets are gettin' empty,
Lord, your highway's gettin' filled.
And your sGtreets are gettin' empty
D7 (riff)
And your highway's gettin' filled.
Well, the Away I love that woman,
(riff)
I swear it's bound to get me killed.
[Verse]
D7Well, I been gamblin' so long,
Lord, I ain't got much more to lose.
Yes, I bGeen gamblin' so long,
D7 (riff)
Lord, I ain't got much more to lose.
Right noAw I'm havin' trouble,
(riff)
Please don't take away my highway shoes.
[Verse]
D7Well, I'm bound to get lucky, baby,
Or I'm bound to die tryin'.
Yes, I'm Ga-bound to get lucky, baby,
D7 (riff)
Lord, Lord I'm a-bound to die tryin'.
Well, meeAt me in the middle of the ocean
(riff)
And we'll leave this ol' highway behind.
[Verse]
D7Well, the ocean took my baby,
My baby stole my heart from me.
Yes, thGe ocean took my baby,
D7 (riff)
My baby took my heart from me.
She pacAked it all up in a suitcase,
(riff)
Lord, she took it away to Italy, Italy.
[Verse]
D7So, I'm a-walkin' down your highway
Just as far as my poor eyes can see.
Yes, I'Gm a-walkin' down your highway
D7 (riff)
Just as far as my eyes can see.
From thAe Golden Gate Bridge
(riff)
All the way to the Statue of Liberty.
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