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[Song: Roy Harper "Highway Blues"]
I dunno which open tuning Roy uses but you'll a lot of stuff is
in some open tuning or other - as Gordon's naming of chords like
G1 and Bm1 suggests.
I play a lot of stuff in open E tuning - just crank the 3rd, 4th
and 5th strings up so that when you hit them you get the E chord
without holding down any strings. I find it's a great tuning for
a lot of old Joni and Beatles songs.
Here's an attempt at Highways Blues, which, like a lot of Harper
songs, requires very few chords.
In the "main" verses you hammer a sort of E and a vague D6;
following Gordon's line, I've called these E1 and A1.
The chorus then shifts to a good old E - A - B run.
I've only included a few of the words. Mebbe some kinder soul cd
stick the whole song on the list: the last verse I cant
remember/work it all out.
Fret
:0... _ _ _ _ _ ... _ _ _ _ _ ... _ _ _ _ _ ... _ _ _ _ _
 1   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|
 2   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|
 3   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_1_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|
 4   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|
 5   |_1_|_|_|_|   |_|_4_|_|_|   1_1_1_1_1_1   |_|_|_|_|_|
 6   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|
 7   |_|_4_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|   1_1_1_1_1_1
        E1            D1                          A  B  
Intro : E1 - D1 - E1 - D1 - E1 - D1 - E1
E1Take a walk down your hD1ighway, tell me what you sE1ee
E1 - D1 - E1 - D1 -
E1If you're down D1my way, well it could well be E1me
[.....]
                   AE1                                  AE1
  Please give me a lift man,   you know it won't be for far
                  AE1                     A  B  
The way that you shift man, in your empty car
[.....]
E1I got the Highways BlD1ues in mE1y holey shD1oes
E1and I cannot chD1oose what I looE1k like
[.....]
Like anything in an open tuning, this is pretty approximate, but
hammer away at it after a beer or two and it shdnt sound too bad!
"Once" goes pretty OK in open E as well- you basically fiddle
around on the top and second strings, picking out the melody, and
plonking a few chords (A, G# and B) in here and there. I'll bung
that up on the list as well if anybody's intrested.
Bash away
Dave Coniam
Hong Kong

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Highway Blues

by Roy Harper

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[Song: Roy Harper "Highway Blues"]

I dunno which open tuning Roy uses but you'll a lot of stuff is

in some open tuning or other - as Gordon's naming of chords like

G1 and Bm1 suggests.

I play a lot of stuff in open E tuning - just crank the 3rd, 4th

and 5th strings up so that when you hit them you get the E chord

without holding down any strings. I find it's a great tuning for

a lot of old Joni and Beatles songs.

Here's an attempt at Highways Blues, which, like a lot of Harper

songs, requires very few chords.

In the "main" verses you hammer a sort of E and a vague D6;

following Gordon's line, I've called these E1 and A1.

The chorus then shifts to a good old E - A - B run.

I've only included a few of the words. Mebbe some kinder soul cd

stick the whole song on the list: the last verse I cant

remember/work it all out.

Fret

:0... _ _ _ _ _ ... _ _ _ _ _ ... _ _ _ _ _ ... _ _ _ _ _

1 |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

2 |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

3 |_|_|_|_|_| |_1_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

4 |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

5 |_1_|_|_|_| |_|_4_|_|_| 1_1_1_1_1_1 |_|_|_|_|_|

6 |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

7 |_|_4_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| 1_1_1_1_1_1

A B

E1 D1

Intro : E1 - D1 - E1 - D1 - E1 - D1 - E1

E1 D1 E1

Take a walk down your highway, tell me what you see

E1 - D1 - E1 - D1 -

E1 D1 E1

If you're down my way, well it could well be me

[.....]

A A

E1 E1

Please give me a lift man, you know it won't be for far

A A B

The way that you shift man, in your empty car

[.....]

E1 D1 E1 D1

I got the Highways Blues in my holey shoes

E1 D1 E1

and I cannot choose what I look like

[.....]

Like anything in an open tuning, this is pretty approximate, but

hammer away at it after a beer or two and it shdnt sound too bad!

"Once" goes pretty OK in open E as well- you basically fiddle

around on the top and second strings, picking out the melody, and

plonking a few chords (A, G# and B) in here and there. I'll bung

that up on the list as well if anybody's intrested.

Bash away

Dave Coniam

Hong Kong

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