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Highways And Cigarettes

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From the 2007 album "The Search"
Capo on 2
Intro
D G D G D G D G
DGot caught up in a breakaway dream
DestinCadd9ation city of New GOrleans
Cadd9Cheap motels and Gbig rig swells
Crossing Dbridges for eternity
[D}Headed west for a two week stand
Saw the Cadd9poets of workaday Gglasses
Las Cadd9Cruces is a Gpart of you now
Desert Dbirds sing songs of Cadd9laughterG  
Still Aout there with the coffee stains 
And  Gputting miles on shoes
Can't Aescape the smell of cigarettes
Still  Bmliving out these AmCerican late night  Gblues
Intro again
DBest to clear the mind
With a Cadd9Mexicali radio Gstation
Cadd9Keep an eye out for the Gborder patrol
Checking for Ddrugs and so called Galiens
DHighways and dreams forever together
In the Cminds of the free and the Ginnocent
CAlways a future in the Gtraveler's hands
Starting Dfires on the river of CmadnessG  
Still Aout there with the coffee stains 
And  Gputting miles on shoes
Can't Aescape the smell of cigarettes
Still  Bmliving out these AmCerican late night  Gblues
Intro again
Still Aout there with the coffee stains 
And  Gputting miles on shoes
Can't Aescape the smell of cigarettes
Still  Bmliving out these AmCerican late night  Gblues
Intro again to end the song on D

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Highways And Cigarettes

by Son Volt

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

From the 2007 album "The Search"

Capo on 2

Intro

D G D G D G D G

Got caught up in a breakaway dream

Cadd9 G

Destination city of New Orleans

Cadd9 G

Cheap motels and big rig swells

Crossing bridges for eternity

[D}Headed west for a two week stand

Cadd9 G

Saw the poets of workaday glasses

Cadd9 G

Las Cruces is a part of you now

D Cadd9 G

Desert birds sing songs of laughter

Still out there with the coffee stains

And putting miles on shoes

Can't escape the smell of cigarettes

Bm C G

Still living out these American late night blues

Intro again

Best to clear the mind

Cadd9 G

With a Mexicali radio station

Cadd9 G

Keep an eye out for the border patrol

D G

Checking for drugs and so called aliens

Highways and dreams forever together

C G

In the minds of the free and the innocent

C G

Always a future in the traveler's hands

D C G

Starting fires on the river of madness

Still out there with the coffee stains

And putting miles on shoes

Can't escape the smell of cigarettes

Bm C G

Still living out these American late night blues

Intro again

Still out there with the coffee stains

And putting miles on shoes

Can't escape the smell of cigarettes

Bm C G

Still living out these American late night blues

Intro again to end the song on D

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