Graham Parker Blue Highways Lyrics

Blue Highways Lyrics

Pre>dmaj7: x 0 0 11 10 9
D:   x x 0 5 5 7
D6:	  x x 0 7 7 7

Intro: dmaj7 / d / d6 / dmaj7 / d / d6 / dmaj7 / d / d6

D		  bm	   d			  bm
The kid’s left home, the kid’s got a kid of her own
D		   bm  d			  bm
Don’t knock that door, don’t knock it, nobody’s home
Em	   bm  em			 bm
The mystery sign, turn off and follow it blind
Em	 d		  g			d
The interstate is jammed and crammed with exhaust mist
Em	   d		    g
It only leads to somewhere you’ll never miss
A
You’ll never miss

D		   bm   d		    bm
Get on the blue highways, follow the blue highways
Em		   bm  em			 bm
You know that they’re there, you know that they’re there
F#m	   g	  a	 d  bm  d	bm
Where the real america lies
D		  bm	 d			 bm
The rusty chrome, the shutters swing open and closed
D		   bm  d			  bm
Don’t knock that door, don’t knock it, nobody’s home
Em		bm  em	  bm
The blood runs cold, the blood runs cold
Em		 d
There must be gold where fools are
G		   a
That’s what we are, that’s what we are

D		    bm   d 		 bm
Get on the blue highways, follow the blue highways
Em			bm  em		  bm
You know that they’re there, you know that they’re there
F#m    g   a   bm
Where the real america lies
Em    bm  em	 bm	  em	   d	 bm d bm
Blue highways, blue highways, blue highways

(outro same as intro) /pre>