Chords for Highway Cafe of the Damned by the Austin Lounge Lizards
Tempo:
147.2 bpm
Chords used:
Em
B
G
Am
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A#] [C] [Bm] [Em]
[C#m] [Em] I was driving down the [B] interstate to Winslow, Arizona.
I had seven vices on [G] my
[Em] mind.
[B] Sloth and avarice, fornication, television, whiskey, beer, [Em] and wine.
Mama tried to raise me, battered, but I held her in contempt [Am] and I punched her in [B] the nose.
[Em] And I laughed the day [B] that I broke the heart of my San [Em] Antonio road.
Lightning next to the sky as [B] I wondered why I had [G] come to no [Em] good end.
So I lit another [B] fag and I took a drag.
A smoke was my [Em] only friend.
The thunder was a-clapping and the wipers were a-slapping [Am] when I heard an [B] awful crash.
[G] Then I woke up in this [B] poor microcounter with a plate of [G] corned beef [Em] hash.
[Am] Waitress, waitress, bring me some [Em] coffee.
Make it as hot as you can.
[B] Bring me a light for this everlasting night at the Highway [C] [G] Cafe of the [Em] Damned.
There's a black velvet [G] painting of the King of Rock and [B] Roll hanging just beside [G] the door.
[Em] The show order cook [B] has a lean and hungry look as he soils the kitchen [Em]
floor.
[A] The radio [Em] is playing Barry Manilow [Am] incessantly.
It almost drives [B] me mad.
[Em] A drunken local trollop [B] tries to pitch the double wall up to a salesman clad [G] in plaid.
[Am] Waitress, waitress, bring me some coffee.
[Em] Make it as hot as you can.
[B] Bring me a light for this everlasting night at the Highway [Em] Cafe of the Damned.
[G]
[B] [Em] I try to leave but [B] two-headed Cerberus is holding me [G] at bay.
[Em] The trucks zoom [G] by and I know that [B] I am doomed to forever [Em]
[C#m] stay.
[Bm] [Am] Death thou [Em] comest when I had thee least in mind.
[Am] I was cut down in [B] my prime.
[Em] Sentenced to [B] stale rolls and warmed over casseroles until the end of [G]
time.
[Am] Waitress, waitress, bring me some [G] coffins.
Bring [B] me a light for this everlasting night at the Highway [Em] Cafe of the Damned.
[Am] Waitress, waitress, bring me some [Em] caca.
I know he's your [G] kind of man.
[B] Bring me a light for this everlasting night at the Highway [G] Cafe of the Damned.
[C] [G] [Em] [C#] [Em]
[N]
[C#m] [Em] I was driving down the [B] interstate to Winslow, Arizona.
I had seven vices on [G] my
[Em] mind.
[B] Sloth and avarice, fornication, television, whiskey, beer, [Em] and wine.
Mama tried to raise me, battered, but I held her in contempt [Am] and I punched her in [B] the nose.
[Em] And I laughed the day [B] that I broke the heart of my San [Em] Antonio road.
Lightning next to the sky as [B] I wondered why I had [G] come to no [Em] good end.
So I lit another [B] fag and I took a drag.
A smoke was my [Em] only friend.
The thunder was a-clapping and the wipers were a-slapping [Am] when I heard an [B] awful crash.
[G] Then I woke up in this [B] poor microcounter with a plate of [G] corned beef [Em] hash.
[Am] Waitress, waitress, bring me some [Em] coffee.
Make it as hot as you can.
[B] Bring me a light for this everlasting night at the Highway [C] [G] Cafe of the [Em] Damned.
There's a black velvet [G] painting of the King of Rock and [B] Roll hanging just beside [G] the door.
[Em] The show order cook [B] has a lean and hungry look as he soils the kitchen [Em]
floor.
[A] The radio [Em] is playing Barry Manilow [Am] incessantly.
It almost drives [B] me mad.
[Em] A drunken local trollop [B] tries to pitch the double wall up to a salesman clad [G] in plaid.
[Am] Waitress, waitress, bring me some coffee.
[Em] Make it as hot as you can.
[B] Bring me a light for this everlasting night at the Highway [Em] Cafe of the Damned.
[G]
[B] [Em] I try to leave but [B] two-headed Cerberus is holding me [G] at bay.
[Em] The trucks zoom [G] by and I know that [B] I am doomed to forever [Em]
[C#m] stay.
[Bm] [Am] Death thou [Em] comest when I had thee least in mind.
[Am] I was cut down in [B] my prime.
[Em] Sentenced to [B] stale rolls and warmed over casseroles until the end of [G]
time.
[Am] Waitress, waitress, bring me some [G] coffins.
Bring [B] me a light for this everlasting night at the Highway [Em] Cafe of the Damned.
[Am] Waitress, waitress, bring me some [Em] caca.
I know he's your [G] kind of man.
[B] Bring me a light for this everlasting night at the Highway [G] Cafe of the Damned.
[C] [G] [Em] [C#] [Em]
[N]
Key:
Em
B
G
Am
C
Em
B
G
[A#] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _
[C#m] _ [Em] I was driving down the [B] interstate to Winslow, Arizona.
I had seven vices on [G] my _
[Em] mind.
_ [B] Sloth and avarice, fornication, television, whiskey, beer, [Em] and wine.
_ Mama tried to raise me, battered, but I held her in contempt [Am] and I punched her in [B] the nose.
[Em] And I laughed the day [B] that I broke the heart of my San [Em] Antonio road.
_ Lightning next to the sky as [B] I wondered why I had [G] come to no [Em] good end.
So I lit another [B] fag and I took a drag.
A smoke was my [Em] only friend.
The thunder was a-clapping and the wipers were a-slapping [Am] when I heard an [B] awful _ crash.
[G] Then I woke up in this [B] poor microcounter with a plate of [G] corned beef [Em] hash.
_ [Am] _ Waitress, waitress, bring me some [Em] coffee.
_ Make it as hot as you _ can.
[B] Bring me a light for this everlasting night at the Highway [C] [G] Cafe of the [Em] Damned.
There's a black velvet [G] painting of the King of Rock and [B] Roll hanging just beside [G] the door.
[Em] The show order cook [B] has a lean and hungry look as he soils the kitchen [Em] _
floor.
[A] The radio [Em] is playing Barry Manilow [Am] incessantly.
It almost drives [B] me mad.
_ [Em] A drunken local trollop [B] tries to pitch the double wall up to a salesman clad [G] in _ plaid.
[Am] _ Waitress, waitress, bring me some coffee.
[Em] Make it as hot as you _ can.
[B] Bring me a light for this everlasting night at the Highway [Em] Cafe of the _ Damned.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [Em] I try to leave but [B] two-headed Cerberus is holding me [G] at bay.
[Em] The trucks zoom [G] by and I know that [B] I am doomed to forever [Em] _
[C#m] stay.
[Bm] _ [Am] Death thou [Em] comest when I had thee least in mind.
[Am] I was cut down in [B] my prime.
_ [Em] _ Sentenced to [B] stale rolls and warmed over casseroles until the end of [G] _
time.
[Am] _ Waitress, waitress, bring me some [G] coffins. _ _ _ _ _
Bring [B] _ me a light for this everlasting night at the Highway [Em] Cafe of the _ Damned.
[Am] _ Waitress, waitress, bring me some [Em] caca.
I know he's your [G] kind of man.
_ [B] Bring me a light for this everlasting night at the Highway [G] Cafe of the _ Damned.
[C] _ _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
[C#m] _ [Em] I was driving down the [B] interstate to Winslow, Arizona.
I had seven vices on [G] my _
[Em] mind.
_ [B] Sloth and avarice, fornication, television, whiskey, beer, [Em] and wine.
_ Mama tried to raise me, battered, but I held her in contempt [Am] and I punched her in [B] the nose.
[Em] And I laughed the day [B] that I broke the heart of my San [Em] Antonio road.
_ Lightning next to the sky as [B] I wondered why I had [G] come to no [Em] good end.
So I lit another [B] fag and I took a drag.
A smoke was my [Em] only friend.
The thunder was a-clapping and the wipers were a-slapping [Am] when I heard an [B] awful _ crash.
[G] Then I woke up in this [B] poor microcounter with a plate of [G] corned beef [Em] hash.
_ [Am] _ Waitress, waitress, bring me some [Em] coffee.
_ Make it as hot as you _ can.
[B] Bring me a light for this everlasting night at the Highway [C] [G] Cafe of the [Em] Damned.
There's a black velvet [G] painting of the King of Rock and [B] Roll hanging just beside [G] the door.
[Em] The show order cook [B] has a lean and hungry look as he soils the kitchen [Em] _
floor.
[A] The radio [Em] is playing Barry Manilow [Am] incessantly.
It almost drives [B] me mad.
_ [Em] A drunken local trollop [B] tries to pitch the double wall up to a salesman clad [G] in _ plaid.
[Am] _ Waitress, waitress, bring me some coffee.
[Em] Make it as hot as you _ can.
[B] Bring me a light for this everlasting night at the Highway [Em] Cafe of the _ Damned.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [Em] I try to leave but [B] two-headed Cerberus is holding me [G] at bay.
[Em] The trucks zoom [G] by and I know that [B] I am doomed to forever [Em] _
[C#m] stay.
[Bm] _ [Am] Death thou [Em] comest when I had thee least in mind.
[Am] I was cut down in [B] my prime.
_ [Em] _ Sentenced to [B] stale rolls and warmed over casseroles until the end of [G] _
time.
[Am] _ Waitress, waitress, bring me some [G] coffins. _ _ _ _ _
Bring [B] _ me a light for this everlasting night at the Highway [Em] Cafe of the _ Damned.
[Am] _ Waitress, waitress, bring me some [Em] caca.
I know he's your [G] kind of man.
_ [B] Bring me a light for this everlasting night at the Highway [G] Cafe of the _ Damned.
[C] _ _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _