Chords for Son Volt - Highways and Cigarettes
Tempo:
72.2 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
B
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [E] [A]
[E] [A] [E]
[A] [E] Got caught up in a breakaway dream
[D] Destination, [A] city of New Orleans
[D]
G [A]-Motels and big rig swells
[E] Crossing bridges for eternity
Headed west for a two-week [D] stand
Saw the poets of [A] work at dayglasses
[D] Las Cruces [A]
is a part of me now
[E] Desert birds sing [F#m] songs of laughter
[A]
[B] Still out there
With their coffee [A] stains and wooden [E] miles on shoes
[B] Can't escape the smell of cigarettes
[C#m] Still living out [D] these American late [A]-night blues
[E] [A]
[E] [A]
[E] [A] [E]
[A] [E] Best to clear the mind
[D] With the Mexicali [A] radio station
[D] Keep an eye [A] out for the border patrol
[E] Checking for drugs and so-called aliens
Always in dreams, forever together
[D] In the mind of the free [A] and the innocent
[D] Always a [A] future in the traveler's hands
[E] Starting some fires [F#m] on the river of madness
[A]
[B] Still out there
With their coffee stains [A] and wooden miles [E] on [B] shoes
Can't escape the smell of cigarettes
[C#m] Still living out [D] these American late [A]-night blues
[E] [A]
[E] [A] [E]
[B] Still out there
With their coffee stains [A] and wooden [E] miles on shoes
[B] Can't escape the smell of cigarettes
[C#m] Still living out [D] these American late [A]-night blues
[E]
[A] [E] [A]
[E]
[E] [A] [E]
[A] [E] Got caught up in a breakaway dream
[D] Destination, [A] city of New Orleans
[D]
G [A]-Motels and big rig swells
[E] Crossing bridges for eternity
Headed west for a two-week [D] stand
Saw the poets of [A] work at dayglasses
[D] Las Cruces [A]
is a part of me now
[E] Desert birds sing [F#m] songs of laughter
[A]
[B] Still out there
With their coffee [A] stains and wooden [E] miles on shoes
[B] Can't escape the smell of cigarettes
[C#m] Still living out [D] these American late [A]-night blues
[E] [A]
[E] [A]
[E] [A] [E]
[A] [E] Best to clear the mind
[D] With the Mexicali [A] radio station
[D] Keep an eye [A] out for the border patrol
[E] Checking for drugs and so-called aliens
Always in dreams, forever together
[D] In the mind of the free [A] and the innocent
[D] Always a [A] future in the traveler's hands
[E] Starting some fires [F#m] on the river of madness
[A]
[B] Still out there
With their coffee stains [A] and wooden miles [E] on [B] shoes
Can't escape the smell of cigarettes
[C#m] Still living out [D] these American late [A]-night blues
[E] [A]
[E] [A] [E]
[B] Still out there
With their coffee stains [A] and wooden [E] miles on shoes
[B] Can't escape the smell of cigarettes
[C#m] Still living out [D] these American late [A]-night blues
[E]
[A] [E] [A]
[E]
Key:
A
E
D
B
C#m
A
E
D
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] Got caught up in a breakaway dream
[D] Destination, [A] city of New Orleans
[D]
G [A]-Motels and big rig swells
[E] Crossing bridges for eternity
Headed west for a two-week [D] stand
Saw the poets of [A] work at dayglasses
[D] Las Cruces [A]
is a part of me now
[E] Desert birds sing [F#m] songs of laughter
[A] _
_ [B] Still out there
With their coffee [A] stains and wooden [E] miles on shoes
[B] Can't escape the smell of cigarettes
[C#m] Still living out [D] these American late [A]-night blues
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] Best to clear the mind
[D] With the Mexicali [A] radio station
[D] Keep an eye [A] out for the border patrol
[E] Checking for drugs and so-called aliens _
Always in dreams, forever together
[D] In the mind of the free [A] and the innocent
[D] Always a [A] future in the traveler's hands
[E] Starting some fires [F#m] on the river of madness
_ [A] _ _
[B] Still out there
With their coffee stains [A] and wooden miles [E] on [B] shoes
Can't escape the smell of cigarettes
[C#m] Still living out [D] these American late [A]-night blues
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] Still out there
With their coffee stains [A] and wooden [E] miles on shoes
[B] Can't escape the smell of cigarettes
[C#m] Still living out [D] these American late [A]-night blues _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] Got caught up in a breakaway dream
[D] Destination, [A] city of New Orleans
[D]
G [A]-Motels and big rig swells
[E] Crossing bridges for eternity
Headed west for a two-week [D] stand
Saw the poets of [A] work at dayglasses
[D] Las Cruces [A]
is a part of me now
[E] Desert birds sing [F#m] songs of laughter
[A] _
_ [B] Still out there
With their coffee [A] stains and wooden [E] miles on shoes
[B] Can't escape the smell of cigarettes
[C#m] Still living out [D] these American late [A]-night blues
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] Best to clear the mind
[D] With the Mexicali [A] radio station
[D] Keep an eye [A] out for the border patrol
[E] Checking for drugs and so-called aliens _
Always in dreams, forever together
[D] In the mind of the free [A] and the innocent
[D] Always a [A] future in the traveler's hands
[E] Starting some fires [F#m] on the river of madness
_ [A] _ _
[B] Still out there
With their coffee stains [A] and wooden miles [E] on [B] shoes
Can't escape the smell of cigarettes
[C#m] Still living out [D] these American late [A]-night blues
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] Still out there
With their coffee stains [A] and wooden [E] miles on shoes
[B] Can't escape the smell of cigarettes
[C#m] Still living out [D] these American late [A]-night blues _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _