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Key To The Highway Tabs

(ver. 3)
Eric Clapton
(Live)
Key to the Highway

By Big Bill Broonzy, as performed by Eric Clapton at the One More Car, One More Rider concert.


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Intro

.."thank you!"

E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----0h2---2---2---2---2----------------------------------------|
D|----0h2---2---2---2---2-------------0--------------------------|
A|--0-----0---0---0---0---------0-3~~---3\5~~--5--3--5-0---------|
E|-------------------------0--3----------------------------------|

    pop the strings here
E|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--0h2-0h2-0h2-0h2--2--2b--------------------------|
D|--------------------------2-0---------------------|
A|-------------------------------2-1-0--------------|
E|-------------------------------------3b-0---------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----2\5-5--5---5/--2-4-5--4--2-------------------------------|
D|----2\5-5--4---4/--2-4-5--4--2---------------0---------------|
A|--0--------0-0-----0---0--0--0--------0--3~~---------0-------|
E|---------------------------------0--3------------3~~---------|

   upward rake with the pads of your fingers
E|-1\3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------------------------|
B|-3\5-5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-1-3-1--1-3-1------------------------|
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------3-0--------------------|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0---------2-0----------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------2-1-0---------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------3-0----|

E|-1/3-3-3--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3-5-5-5-3-3-1-3-1-3-1-----3-1-1h3-1h3-1h3-3b--3-1--------------------------|
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0----------------------2-0---------------------|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0----------------------------2-0-----------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------2-1-0----------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------3~~-0---|

                          turnaround!
E|------------------------\5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0--------0-0--------|
B|------------------------------------------------0-0-0--------|
G|----2------2---2----2--------------------------1--1-1--------|
D|------2---2---2----2----\5---4---3-------2-2-2-2-------------|
A|--0-----0---0----0-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

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Theme

     rake these notes, don't finger pick!
E|---\9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-------10-10-10-10-12-12-10-----|
B|---\10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10------9--9--9--9--9--9--9------|
G|---\9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-------9--9--9--9--9--9--9------|
D|----x--------x--------x--------x--------------------------------------|
A|-0--0--------0--------0--------0--------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------0--0------0-----0-----0------|
      ^these bass notes are very important; strike them hard on your downward rakes!

        upward rake like in the intro
E|------2-2-2--2-2------2-2-2-2--2-2-2--------------------------------------|
B|------1-1-1--1-1------0-0-0-0--1-1-1-----\5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5----------|
G|------2-2-2--2-2------2-2-2-2--2-2-2-----\6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6----------|
D|-----------------------------------------\5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5----------|
A|---------------------------------------0--0------0------0------0----------|
E|--0-2-------2-----1-2-----2----2------------------------------------0-----|

                                                        
E|--0----------------------\5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0--------0-0-------|
B|----3p2p0----0-----------------------------------0-0-0-------|
G|-----------2--------2--------------------------1---1-1-------|
D|---------------0h2----2--\5---4-----3-----2--2-2-------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

Its pretty much the same theme throughout the song, except during the verses instead of doing this:
E|------------------------------------|
B|-----\5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5--------|
G|-----\6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6--------|
D|-----\5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5--------|
A|---0--0------0------0------0--------|
E|------------------------------0-----|

Do this:
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------x--x----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------x--x----------------------------------------|
D|---2---4---2---4-------2---------------and back to the turnaround--------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---2\4-----2---2--2--------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------0----------0------------------------------------|

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Solo

E|---\9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-------10-10-10-10-12-12-10-------|
B|---\10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10------9--9--9--9--9--9--9--------|
G|---\9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-------9--9--9--9--9--9--9--------|
D|----x--------x--------x--------x----------------------------------------|
A|-0--0--------0--------0--------0----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------0--0------0-----0-----0--------|

E|-----\5--5---8b-5--8b-8b-8p5-5------------------------------------------------|
B|-----\5--5---8b-5--------------7--5-------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------7\----------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------2---4---2---4-------2------------|
A|-------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---2\4--------------|
E|-1-2---------------------------------------------------------------0----------|

E|--0----------------------\5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0--------0-0-------|
B|----3p2p0----0-----------------------------------0-0-0-------|
G|-----------2--------2--------------------------1---1-1-------|
D|---------------0h2----2--\5---4-----3-----2--2-2-------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|


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And its the same as before until the outro:
                                    note that you stay on the 12th fret here
E|---\9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-------10-10-10-12-12-12-12----------------|
B|---\10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10------9--9--9--9--9--9--9-----------------|
G|---\9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-------9--9--9--9--9--9--9-----------------|
D|----x--------x--------x--------x-------------------------------------------------|
A|-0--0--------0--------0--------0-------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------0--0------0-----0-----0-----------------|

                                                 EC mixing it up a bit...
E|------2-2-2--2-2------2-2-2-2--2-2-2--------------------------------------|
B|------1-1-1--1-1------0-0-0-0--1-1-1-----\5-5-5--4-4-4--5-5-5--5----------|
G|------2-2-2--2-2------2-2-2-2--2-2-2-----\6-6-6--5-5-5--6-6-6--6----------|
D|-----------------------------------------\5-5-5--4-4-4--5-5-5--5----------|
A|---------------------------------------0--0------0------0------0----------|
E|--0-2-------2-----1-2-----2----2------------------------------------0-----|

E|--0------------------------/5---5---5--5----------3-------------|
B|----3p2p0----0-------------------------------1-2--2-------------|
G|-----------2--------2------------------------1-2--2-------------| 
D|---------------0h2----2----/5-5-4-4-3--2-----1-2--2-------------|
A|-------------------------------------------0-0-0----------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

And you're done!
            
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