The highway song (video)

G - D - G ~

G D

1. Right about now you’ll find me on the highway,

G

pointing my thumb at all the cars going my way.

G D

Right about here you’ll see me getting weary,

G

I got no one left to keep me warm and cheery.

G C G C

But the thought of coming home keeps me going strong,

G C G D G - D

keeps me holding on, singing la, la, la, la dee da,

G D G - D

singing la, la, la, la dee da.

C G B7 C

All the boys in the city were cold, hard and pretty,

G D G - D

singing la, la, la, la dee da.

+ G ~ ~

G D

2. Right about now I can taste that old home cookin’,

G

smackin’ my lips, I see it, not even lookin’.

G D

Right about here I hear my baby laughin’,

G

and I’m losing my mind, havin’ the thoughts I’m havin’.

+ CHORUS

(orig. moves up half a note to capo 1st here) + G ~ ~

G D

3. Right about here a stranger waves “come with me”,

G

and I run like a rabbit, I can’t let him miss me.

D

The stranger asks me “where’s my destination”,

G

so I tell him and he says “sorry, wrong direction”.

G C G C

But the thought of coming home keeps me going strong,

G C G D G - D

keeps me holding on, singing la, la, la, la dee da,

G D G - D

singing la, la, la, la dee da.

C G B7 C

All the boys in the city were cold, hard and pretty,

G D G

singing la, la, la, la dee da.

D G D G

+ Come on, sing now, la, la, la, la dee da. (4x) .....

(Nancy Sinatra)