Chords for Highway 40 Blues - Josh Williams - Columbia Gorge Bluegrass Festival 2012
Tempo:
125.05 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
F#m
F#
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Start Jamming...
[F#m]
[F#] [E]
[C#m]
[E]
[F#m]
[B] [E]
[A]
[B] [E] [D#m]
[C#m] [F#]
[C#] [B] [E]
I ain't gone when [F#m] I was young.
[B] It was open eyes that [E] faced the gun.
I ain't the pork and the [F#m] limey head.
[B] It was what the billboard [E] lights would say.
Shedding grief for [A] my dear son.
[B] My mother's gone to [E] get my [D#m] blood.
[C#m] I had to build with [F#] bitter tears.
Before I ain't been [B] home since New Year's.
God, the highway [E] ain't gonna move.
[G]
[E] [F#m]
[B] [E]
[F#m]
[B] [E]
[A]
[F#] [E]
[C#m] [F#]
[B] [E]
[F#m]
[E]
[F#m]
[B] [E]
[A]
[C#]
[C#m] [F#]
[E]
You know I rambled [F#m] all around.
[B] Like a rolling stone from [E] town to town.
I met pretty girls I [F#m] had to say.
[B] But none of them could [E] make me stay.
I played the music [A] on the record.
[B] Had fancy clothes and [E] big white [D#m]
[C#m] cars.
Playing the country [F#] boys we used to dig.
But [B] Sheriff A.C.U.
God, the highway [E] ain't gonna move.
[F#m]
[F#] [E]
[B] [E]
[F#] [E]
[C#m]
[E]
[F#m]
[B] [E]
[A]
[B] [E] [D#m]
[C#m] [F#]
[C#] [B] [E]
I ain't gone when [F#m] I was young.
[B] It was open eyes that [E] faced the gun.
I ain't the pork and the [F#m] limey head.
[B] It was what the billboard [E] lights would say.
Shedding grief for [A] my dear son.
[B] My mother's gone to [E] get my [D#m] blood.
[C#m] I had to build with [F#] bitter tears.
Before I ain't been [B] home since New Year's.
God, the highway [E] ain't gonna move.
[G]
[E] [F#m]
[B] [E]
[F#m]
[B] [E]
[A]
[F#] [E]
[C#m] [F#]
[B] [E]
[F#m]
[E]
[F#m]
[B] [E]
[A]
[C#]
[C#m] [F#]
[E]
You know I rambled [F#m] all around.
[B] Like a rolling stone from [E] town to town.
I met pretty girls I [F#m] had to say.
[B] But none of them could [E] make me stay.
I played the music [A] on the record.
[B] Had fancy clothes and [E] big white [D#m]
[C#m] cars.
Playing the country [F#] boys we used to dig.
But [B] Sheriff A.C.U.
God, the highway [E] ain't gonna move.
[F#m]
[F#] [E]
[B] [E]
Key:
E
B
F#m
F#
C#m
E
B
F#m
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [D#m] _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ I ain't gone when [F#m] I was young.
_ [B] It was open eyes that [E] faced the gun. _
_ I ain't the pork and the [F#m] limey head.
_ [B] It was what the billboard [E] lights would _ say.
_ Shedding grief for [A] my dear son. _
_ [B] _ My mother's gone to [E] get my [D#m] blood.
_ [C#m] _ I had to build with [F#] bitter tears.
Before I ain't been [B] home since New Year's.
God, the highway [E] ain't gonna move.
[G] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ You know I rambled [F#m] all around. _
_ [B] Like a rolling stone from [E] town to town.
_ I met pretty girls I [F#m] had to say.
_ [B] But none of them could [E] make me stay.
_ I played the music [A] on the record. _
_ [B] Had fancy clothes and [E] big white [D#m] _
[C#m] cars.
Playing the country [F#] boys we used to dig.
But [B] Sheriff A.C.U.
God, the highway [E] ain't gonna move. _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [D#m] _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ I ain't gone when [F#m] I was young.
_ [B] It was open eyes that [E] faced the gun. _
_ I ain't the pork and the [F#m] limey head.
_ [B] It was what the billboard [E] lights would _ say.
_ Shedding grief for [A] my dear son. _
_ [B] _ My mother's gone to [E] get my [D#m] blood.
_ [C#m] _ I had to build with [F#] bitter tears.
Before I ain't been [B] home since New Year's.
God, the highway [E] ain't gonna move.
[G] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ You know I rambled [F#m] all around. _
_ [B] Like a rolling stone from [E] town to town.
_ I met pretty girls I [F#m] had to say.
_ [B] But none of them could [E] make me stay.
_ I played the music [A] on the record. _
_ [B] Had fancy clothes and [E] big white [D#m] _
[C#m] cars.
Playing the country [F#] boys we used to dig.
But [B] Sheriff A.C.U.
God, the highway [E] ain't gonna move. _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _