(G, bass run G-A-B-[C, already on
next chord] (C, C-B-A-[G])
(G, G-A-B-[C]) (C, A—[G])
(G, G-A-B-[C]) (C, C-B-A-[G])
(G, G-A-B-[C]) (C, A—[G]) (G)
If you’re (C)driving
on the (G)highway
And you (C)see
the (D) stumble (G)man,
You can (C)stop
and pick me (G)up and
You can (C)tell
me (A) who I (D)am.
I’ve been (C)searching
for an (G)answer
Like a (C)runner
(A)I have (G)said,
I bel(C)lieve
that I will (G)find it
On the (C)black
top (A) up a(D)head.
(bass run on D-chord: D-C-B-A)
Give me (C)Airstreams,
give me (G)highways,
Oh, (C)show me
the (D)neon (Em)road.
Give me (C)Chi-Town,
give me (G)St. Louis,
Show me the (C)high(G)way (D)home,
The highway (Em)home.
It was (C)194(G)5 and
We were (C)living
(D)through the (G)war,
In the (C)words
of Harry (G)Truman,
”Give ‘em (C)Hell
then (A) give ‘em (D)more.”
We had (C)honour,
we had (G)promise,
We had (C)dreams
of (A)better (Em)days.
Yeah, but (C)somewhere
in the (G)short strokes
We got (C)lost a(A)long the (D)way. (bass run on D-chord: D-C-B-A)
Give me (C)Fairlanes,
give me (G)top down,
Oh, (C)show me
the (D)Neon (Em)Road
Give me (C)Tulsa,
give me (G)Flagstaff, yeah,
Show me the (C)high(G)way (D)home,
Yeah, the highway (Em)home.
I re(C)call the
days of (G)summer
In my (C)shining
(D)Chevro(G)let,
In the (C)orange
groves of Po(G)mona.
Awkward (C)moves
and (A)endless (D)days,
El Do(C)rados
sang "Momma (G)Knockin",
We were (C)rockin’
(D)through the (Em)times.
Down in (C)Memphis
they were (G)talking, yeah,
About a (C)boy
who (A)crossed the (D)line.
(bass run on D-chord: D-C-B-A))
Give me (C)Airstreams,
give me (G)joy rides,
Oh, (C)show me
the (D)Neon (Em)Road.
Give me (C)Kingman,
give me (G)Barstow, yeah,
Show me the (C)high(G)way (D)home.
Give me (C)Fairlanes,
yeah, give me (G)tailfins, yeah,
(C)Show
me the (D)Neon (Em)Road.
Give me (C)Baghdad,
give me (G)Amboy,
Show me the (C)high(G)way (D)home,
Yeah, the highway (Em)home,
Yeah, the (D)highway
(Em)home,
Yeah, the (D)highway
(Em)home.
(D)
(Em)
© John Stewart, All Rights Reserved
Charlie Woodward & janhauenstein.@gmx.de & Art Faller
January 2007