Chords for Drive-By Truckers - 72 (This Highway's Mean)

Tempo:
83.8 bpm
Chords used:

G

D

A

Bm

B

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Drive-By Truckers - 72 (This Highway's Mean) chords
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[D] [G]
[D] [G] [D]
[G]
[D] [G] I [D] don't know why they even bother [G] putting this highway on the map.
[D] Anybody that's ever been on it [G] knows exactly where they're at.
[A] The cells on both ends of it, [G] nowhere's in between on this highway [D] here.
[G]
[D] [G]
[D] Seems like it's always hot down here [G] no matter when you come.
[D] It's kind of heathen-holy, [G] like a mama ho's her son.
[A] Tired when he tries to [G] walk, even tighter if he runs.
[D] Mean old dusty highway.
[G] It's the only one that'll [A] get me there.
[B] [G] That'll [D] get me there.
I'm [G] gonna get you.
[D] I'm gonna get [G]
[D] you.
[G] So.
[D] [G]
[A] Mean old highway.
[G] Stuck [D] to the ground in [A] this city.
[G] It's the one that set [D] me free from [Bm] this thing more than I see.
[A] Been ripped up off the ground and [G] wrapped around me.
[A] Don't let it fool you, it's the [D] highway to me.
[G]
[D] [G]
[D] [Dm] [G]
[D] [G]
[A] [G] [D]
[A] [G] [D]
[Bm] [A]
[G] [A] [D]
[G]
[D] [C]
[D] [G]
[D] [G]
[D] I don't need a map to [G] tell me where I am today.
[D] This feeling that I have [G] is always leading the way down [A] here.
You're running from a broken [G] heart or to a heart that you got to break.
[D] On this mean old highway.
[G]
[D] On this mean old highway.
[G]
[D] [G] Big [D] [G]
[A] old highway.
[G] Stuck [D] to the ground in [A] this city.
[G] It's the [D] one that set me free from this [Bm] thing [B] more than I see.
[A] Been ripped up off the ground [G] and wrapped around me.
[A] Don't let it fool you, it's the [G] highway.
[D] Well, [G] it's the highway.
It's the highway.
[D] [Dm] It's the [G]
[D] highway.
[G]
Well, [D] it's the [G] highway.
[D] [G]
[D] [F] [G]
[D] [G]
[F] [D] [Bm]
[A] [G]
[Am] [A] [D]
Key:  
G
2131
D
1321
A
1231
Bm
13421112
B
12341112
G
2131
D
1321
A
1231
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To learn Drive-By Truckers - (This Highways Mean) 72 chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: D, G, D, A and G. For best results, commence at 41 BPM and progress to the song's BPM of 84. With D Minor as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ I [D] don't know why they even bother [G] putting this highway on the map.
[D] Anybody that's ever been on it [G] knows exactly where they're at.
[A] The cells on both ends of it, [G] nowhere's in between on this highway [D] here.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] Seems like it's always hot down here [G] no matter when you come.
[D] It's kind of heathen-holy, [G] like a mama ho's her son.
[A] Tired when he tries to [G] walk, even tighter if he runs.
[D] Mean old dusty highway.
[G] It's the only one that'll [A] get me there.
_ [B] _ [G] _ That'll [D] get me there.
I'm [G] gonna get you. _ _
[D] _ I'm gonna get [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ you.
[G] So. _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[A] Mean old highway.
_ _ [G] Stuck [D] to the ground in [A] this city.
_ [G] It's the one that set [D] me free from [Bm] this thing more than I see.
[A] Been ripped up off the ground and [G] wrapped around me.
_ _ [A] Don't let it fool you, it's the [D] highway to me.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] I don't need a map to [G] tell me where I am today.
[D] This feeling that I have [G] is always leading the way down [A] here.
You're running from a broken [G] heart or to a heart that you got to break.
[D] On this mean old highway.
[G] _ _ _
[D] On this mean old highway.
[G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ Big [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[A] old highway.
_ _ [G] Stuck [D] to the ground in [A] this city.
_ [G] It's the [D] one that set me free from this [Bm] thing [B] more than I see.
[A] Been ripped up off the ground [G] and wrapped around me.
_ _ [A] Don't let it fool you, it's the [G] highway.
_ _ [D] _ _ Well, [G] it's the highway.
It's the highway.
_ [D] _ [Dm] It's the [G] _
_ _ [D] highway.
_ _ _ [G]
Well, _ _ [D] _ _ it's the [G] highway.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [F] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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