Highway 40 Blues Chords by Ricky Skaggs

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Well these Highway [F#m] 40 blues _ _ [B].
I've walked holding both [E] my shoes _ .
Counted the days since [F#m] I've been gone [B] And I'd love to see the [E] lights at home.
A waste of time and [A] money too _ [B] _ .
Squandered youth in [E] search of [B] truth.
[C#m] But in the end I [F#] had to lose The Lord above who paid [B] my dues.
Got the Highway [E] 40 blues [Em] _ [F#m] [E] The highway car when [F#m] I was young.
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Told me lies of [E] things to come _ Fame and fortune [F#m] lies ahead.
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What the billboard [E] likes to say _ _ Shattered dreams my [A] mind is _ numb.
[B].
My money's gone stick [E] out my [B] thumb [C#m] _ .
My eyes are filled with [F#] bitter tears.
Lord I ain't [B] been home years Got the Highway [E] 40 [G] blues.
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You know I've rambled all [F#m] around _ [B] Like a rolling stone from town [E] to town.
_ Met pretty girls I have [F#m] to say _ [B] But none of them could make [E] me stay _ .
Well I've played the music [A] halls and _ bars [B].
Had fancy clothes and big [E] fine _ [B] cars.
[C#m].
Plains of country boy [F#] can't use Dixieland sure [B] means shoes.
Got the Highway [E] 40 blues.
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