Highway 49 Chords by Big Joe Williams

_ Highway 49.
That's coming out through Memphis, Tennessee.
From Memphis down to Clarkdale.
Down through Lama and to Greenwood.
From Greenwood and to Addison City.
And to Pocahontas and to Jackson.
Cross 51, go into Hattiesburg and go up Portman Strip.
That's the end of it. _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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I'm gonna get up in the morning.
_ _ _ I'm gonna get to Highway 49. _ _ _ _ _
Yeah, [C] I'm gonna wake up in the morning. _ _ _
I'm gonna get to [G] Highway 49. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I'm gonna find [A] Melvin.
_ Oh Lord, boy, don't take the [G] cane. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Melvin, my mama.
_ Highway 49.
Take me around, take me around. _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] Melvin, my sweet mama.
_ [Cm] _ [G] Lord, on Highway 49. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Lord, I wake up in the morning.
_ [A] Oh Lord, boy, sit [G] down. _ _ _
_ _ I believe. _ _ _
I believe my husband's my man now.
_ Thank you, Lord, Lord.
_ _ _ _ [C] I believe. _
_ _ _ I believe [G] my husband's my man now. _
_ _ _ _ _ On [A] Highway 49.
[G] _ _ Oh yes, I've been rocking to my head.
_ _ Oh, I'm telling you, man.
Let me tell you, man.
[Dm] _ _
_ [G] _ _ Play for me, [Dm] what's that blues? _
[G] _ _ What's that blues?
[Em] _ [C] _ _
Yeah, [G] man, I got the blues. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Where the blues, blues in the morning?
I've been rolling in Jacksontown.
I mean, Jackson, Tennessee.
_ _ _ _ Where the [C] blues in the morning?
_ [D] I've been [Gm] rolling in Jacksontown. _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] I'm tallying around, [A] looking at Ralphie.
Yeah, [G] Lord, on Highway 49. _ _ _ _
_ Lord, I'm telling you, baby.
[B] _ _ [Ab] Don't pity me, no, man.
[Dm] _ Play it, Joey, what's that blues?
_ [G] _
_ [C] Lord, I'm telling you, baby. _ _ _
[G] Don't pity me, no, man. _ _ _ _
[D] Well, you know those things.
[G] Yeah.
You can be walking highway 49.
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