WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Dan Bern - Blue Highway Chords | Ver. 1
[Verse 1]
C G Am
Never meant that much to me
F G C
House and the car and the babies three
C G Am
So I left a note and some money
F G
Made out for Tennessee
F G C
Thought that if they heard me play
C Am
In Nashville, Memphis anyway
C G Am F
So my harmonica and me headed out one day
C G Am G
Ramblin down that big old blue highway
[Verse 2]
C G Am
Found out real soon that Tennessee
F G C
Had enough harmonica players for the next century
C G Am
So I drifted back to Arkansas
F G
Blowin in and out like there’s no tomorrow
F G C
Then on my way to Little Rock
C Am
My big break came in this honky tonky
C G Am F
Fort Smith it was, Merle Haggard heard me play
C G Am G
Took me rambling down that big old blue highway
[Verse 3]
C G Am
Headed to the coast and the coast highway
F G C
Golden Gate Bridge, Sausalito and the Nimitz
C G Am
Double back made Texas in a day
F G
Played that Austin city limits
F G C
Hopped a plane to Amsterdam
C Am
Stayed in the coffee shops ‘til dawn
C G Am F
Sun come up all pink and the sky all grey
C G Am G
We was rambling down that big old blue highway
[Verse 4]
C G Am
Between all night gigs and rock and roll scenes
F G C
Face started getting into magazines
C G Am
Started out cool got to be a drag
F G
Complained one night to Mr. Merle Haggard
F G C
Then in the fading light by the deck of cards
C Am
He said “if you want to be a garage band stay in the garage
C G Am F
Got no time for whinin’” he did say
C G Am G
Left me standin’ on that big old blue highway
[Verse 5]
C G Am
Played the Opry and the Hollywood Bowl
F G C
Blowin’ my harp in the Albert Hall
C G Am
But when summer gave way into fall
F G
My face became invisible
F G C
When the train station was warm enough
C Am
I’d play that harmonica low and rough
C G Am F
Sometimes made a dollar a day
C G Am G
Slept on the edge of that big old blue highway
[Verse 6]
C G Am
When it got cold, I got me a crazy feelin’
F G C
Hopped a boat headin’ down to New Zealand
C G Am
My harmonica rusted in the sun
F G
But I won another in a game of 21
F G C
And I played the songs of the ocean mist
C Am
And the lover whose eyes have never been kissed
C G Am F
The leftover bread in the galley was my pay
C G Am G
The ocean scene, my big old blue highway
[Verse 7]
C G Am
There’s men with tall ships in the marina
F G C
And a summer home in Catalina
C G Am
Lie awake nights wonder if they locked it
F G
Got my harmonica right here in my pocket
F G C
And if you find yourself howllin’ at the moon
C Am
And you ever need a lonesome tune
C G Am F
I probably be in your town someday
C G Am G
Ramblin in off that big old blue highway
[Verse 8]
C G Am
Never meant that much to me
F G C
The house and the car and the babies three
C G Am
So I left a note and some money
F G
Made out for Tennessee
