Blues Highway (words and music by Chris Stanley)

Intro chords: D – D – G – D,  D – D – A – D (x 2)

                D                                                                                            G                                             D

She answered the door with a shotgun and said I should have known our marriage was done
                                                                                                G                                             D
The economy sank in the Mexican gulf, there’s no jobs, no money, no rum
                A
I can’t stay – I’ve got to work for something
                G
I can’t stay – there’s nothing left for me
                A
I can’t stay – so I’ll take my chances
                G – D/F# - Em                                                    A
On the Blues Highway – can you hear the road sing?

Chorus

                         D                                           G                     D

When you’ve lost all you had through a hole in your pocket
                 G
And  you find out you’re too poor to pray
                   D             D/C#                    D/B         D/A
When the dogs are howlin’ and the coyotes call
                              G           D/F#                 Em        A7
You know you’re never alone with the blues  on the Blues Highway

Intro chords

Verse 2

He was playing guitar near Clarkesdale
Said he hoped to ride the Great River Road
But the blues took his heart, the Lord took his wife
And the devil came to trade for his soul
Seven days on the road to Jackson
Seven days to Tennessee
Seven days, driving to Chicago
On the Blues Highway – can you hear the road sing?

Chorus

Harmonica solo: chords as verse

Electric guitar solo: chords as bridge, then…
Intro chords: D – D – G – D,  D – D – A – D (x 2)

Verse 3

Now I’ve listened to the ghosts on the radio

And I’m so tired of seedy motels
I remember my dad saying be like the road
And always be true to yourself
Well there’s a way we can make it happen
There’s a way if you believe in me
There’s a way we’ll be bound for glory
              G  -  D/F#  -  Em                                    G  -  D/F#  -  Em
On the Blues Highway – can you hear the road?
                                         G  -  D/F#  -  Em
Can you hear the road?
                                         A  -  A7  -  A  -  A7
Can you hear the road sing?

Chorus 

2 x verse chords except 2nd time end with G – A – D (A – D)