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HIGHWAY 29
By Bruce Springsteen
(From the album "The Ghost of Tom Joad")
Note: This is a wonderful song that isn't too tough to play, once you get
the picking pattern down. For ease of play (I'm not sure if Bruce does
this or not, but I suspect it due to the sound of the fill before the last
verse) tune the low E up to an F. This will make the piece much easier to
play than doing full barres for the F.
Picking Pattern and Chord Formations:
e|-C-----0-----|-F-----1-----|-Am7-----0-----|-C/G-----0-----|-G-----3-----|
B|--------1---|--------1---|--------1---|--------1---|--------0---|
G|---0------0-|---2------2-|---0------0-|---0------0-|---0------0-|
D|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
A|-3----------|------------|-0----------|------------|------------|
F|------------|-0----------|------------|-2----------|-2----------|
[Intro]
C
I slipped on her Fshoe; she was a perfect size Cseven.
I said, "There's no smoking in the store, Am7ma'am."C/G  
She crossed her legs and Fthen
We made some small talk; that's where it should have Cstopped.
She slipped me her Am7number; C/GI put it in my Fpocket.
My hand slipped up her skirt; everything slipped my Cmind
In that little Am7roadhouseF  
On Highway C29.
IFt was a small town bank; it wCas a mess.
Well, I had a Am7gun. C/GYou know the rest.F  
Money on the floorboards, shirt was covered in blood
And she was cryin'; Cher aAm7nd me wC/Ge headed southF  
On HighwaCy 29.
In a little desert moAm7tel, the air was hot and Fclean.
I slept the sleep of the Cdead; I didn't Gdream.
I woke in the Am7morning, washed my face in the Fsink.
We headed into the SieCrra Madres, 'cross the border Gline.
The winter sFun shot through the black Ctrees
I told myself it Am7was all something in her
But as we drove I knew C/Git was something Fin me,
Something that'd been comin' for a longC, long time
And something that was Am7here with me noFw
On Highway C29.
[Fill]
Cwith walking bass notes: C   F   G   A   G  C  
The road was filled with broken Fglass and gasoline.C  
She wasn't saying nAm7othin'C/G; it was just a drFeam.
The wind come silent through the windshield,
All I could see was snow, sky and Cpines.
I closed my eyes and I was runAm7nin'.
C/GI was runnin' and then I was Fflyin'
[Outro]
F C Am7 C/G F
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