Biography:
James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide.
Taylor achieved his breakthrough in 1970 with the No. 3 single "Fire and Rain" and had his first No. 1 hit the following year with "You've Got a Friend", a recording of Carole King's classic song.
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Other songs:
- Birthday Song
- Carolina In My Mind
- Country Road
- Fading Away
- Fire And Rain
- How Sweet It Is
- How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved By You)
- Jump Up Behind Me
- Jump Up Behing Me
- Shower The People
- Something In The Way She Moves
- Sweet Baby James
- Wandering
- You've Gotta Friend
- You’ve Got A Friend
- A Junkies Lament
- Ananas
- Angels Of Fenway
- Another Day
- Another Grey Morning
- Anywhere Like Heaven
- Auld Lang Syne
- Bartenders Blues
- Before This World
- Before This Worldjolly Springtime
- Blossom
- Boatman
- Brighten Your Night With My Day
- Bsur
- Captain Jims Drunken Dream
- Copperline
- Crying In The Rain
- Daddys All Gone
- Daddys Baby
- Dont Let Me
- Dont Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
- Dont Talk Now
- Enough To Be On Your Way
- Everybody Has The Blues
- Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha
- Everyday
- Far Afghanistan
- Frozen Man
- Gaia
- Golden Moments
- Handy Man
- Hangnail
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
- Hello Old Friend
- Her Town Too
- Hey Mister
- Hey Mister Thats Me Up On The Jukebox
- Highway Song
- Hows The World Treating You
- I Was A Fool To Care
- In The Bleak Midwinter
- Isnt It Nice To Be Home Again
- Its Growing
- Ive Got To Stop Thinkin Bout That
- Jelly Man Kelly
- Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier
- Lighthouse
- Like Everyone She Knows
- Line Em Up
- Little More Time With You
- Long Ago And Far Away
- Looking For Love On Broadway
- Machine Gun Kelly
- Mexico
- Millworker
- Mockingbird
- Mona
- Montana
- Mud Slide Slim
- Music
- My Romance
- My Traveling Star
- My Travelling Star
- Never Die Young
- New Tune
- Nobody But You
- Oh Susanna
- Oh Susannah
- One Morning In May
- Only One
- Our Town
- Places In My Past
- Riding On A Railroad
- Sarah Maria
- Secret Of Life
- She Thinks I Still Care
- Shed A Little Light
- Snowtime
- Soldiers
- Song For You Far Away
- Steamroller
- Steamroller Blues
- Stretch Of The Highway
- Suite For 20G
- Summer Breeze
- Sunny Skies
- That Lonesome Road
- The Kings Shilling
- There We Are
- Today Today Today
- Up On The Roof
- Walking Man
- Walking My Baby Back Home
- Watchin Over Me
- Water Is Wide
- Who Comes This Night
- Wild Mountain Thyme
- With A Little Help From My Friends
- Woodstock
- You And I Again
- You Can Close Your Eyes
- You Make It Easy
- Your Smiling Face
- Youve Got A Friend
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Artist: James Taylor
Song: Highway song
Album: Mudslide Slim & the blue horizon
Tabbed by: DJ
27th Sept 2012
CAPO: 3rd fret (Sounds in the key of G)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
E = 022100 Amaj7 = x02120 D = xx0232
Bm7 = x24232 A/B = x22220 C#m = x24432
C#m7 = x46454 D/E = xx2232 E7sus4 = 020200
G#m7 = 464444 E/A = x02100
******************************************************************
[Intro]
E Bm7 C#m7 G#m7
Father, let us build a boat and sail a - way,
Amaj7 A/B
There's nothing for you here,
E Bm7 C#m7 G#m7
And Brother, let us throw our lot out upon the sea,
Amaj7 A/B
It's been done be - fore!
[Verse 1]
D/E E/A
I'm thinkin' 'bout a broken heart,
D/E E/A
I'm talkin' 'bout the break of dawn,
D/E E/A D/E E/A
You've loved me while I'm here, then you can miss me when I'm gone,
D/E E/A D/E E/A
Sweet misunder - standing, won't you leave a poor boy a - lone?
D/E E/A
I'm the one - eyed seed of a tumbleweed,
E D C#m D
In the belly of a rolling stone,
C#m7 Bm7 Amaj7 E7sus4 D/E E/A
Back on the highway, yeah, yeah, yeah, back on the road---- again!
D/E E/A
| /__/ /__/ / / | / / / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 2]
D/E E/A D/E E/A
I had a little woman in Memphis, she wanted to be my bride,
D/E E/A
She said, "Settle on down, travel - ing man,
D/E E/A
And you can stay right by my side!"
D/E E/A D/E E/A
I tried so hard to please her, but I couldn't hold out too long,
D/E E/A
'Cause, one Saturday night, I was laying in bed,
E D C#m D
And I heard that highway song,
C#m7 Bm7 Amaj7 E7sus4 D/E E/A
Back on the highway, yeah, yeah, yeah, back on the road---- again!
D/E E/A
| /__/ /__/ / / | / / / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Break]
D/E E/A D/E E/A
| / / / / | / / / / | /__/ /__/ / / | / / / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 3]
D/E E/A D/E E/A
Now, one of these days, that highway song will lose it's appeal to me,
D/E E/A
I'm gonna settle on down, like a natural born man,
D/E E/A
I'm gonna live my life naturally, (Free and easy!)
D/E E/A
Till that day, the thunder's gonna roll,
D/E E/A D/E
And I notice there's a sign of rain, so I grab my bags,
D/E E D C#m D
And I pack my clothes, and I'm back on the road a - gain,
C#m7 Bm7 Amaj7 E7sus4 D/E E/A
Back on the highway, yeah, yeah, yeah, back on the road---- again!
D/E E/A
| /__/ /__/ / / | / / / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 4]
D/E E/A
I'm thinkin' 'bout a broken heart,
D/E E/A
I've been talkin' 'bout the break of dawn,
D/E E/A D/E E/A
You've loved me while I'm here, and you can miss me when I'm gone,
D/E E/A
And I said, sweet misunder - standing,
D/E E/A
Won't you leave a poor boy a - lone?
D/E E/A
'Cause I'm the one - eyed seed of a tumbleweed,
E D C#m D
In the belly of a rolling stone,
C#m7 Bm7 Amaj7
Back on the highway, yeah - yeah, yeah, yeah, now,
E7sus4 D/E E/A
Back on the road---- again!
D/E E/A
| /__/ /__/ / / | / / / / |
^ ^ ^ ^
[Coda]
D/E E/A D/E E/A
Here I am again, Holi - day Inn, same old four walls a - gain,
D/E E/A D/E
Gee, but it's fine to be back home a - gain, woh, now,
E/A D/E E/A
It's a Holi - day Inn, I'm on the road again!
D/E Amaj7
| /__/ /__/ / / | / ||
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Song: Highway song
Album: Mudslide Slim & the blue horizon
Tabbed by: DJ
27th Sept 2012
CAPO: 3rd fret (Sounds in the key of G)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
E = 022100 Amaj7 = x02120 D = xx0232
Bm7 = x24232 A/B = x22220 C#m = x24432
C#m7 = x46454 D/E = xx2232 E7sus4 = 020200
G#m7 = 464444 E/A = x02100
******************************************************************
[Intro]
E Bm7 C#m7 G#m7
Father, let us build a boat and sail a - way,
Amaj7 A/B
There's nothing for you here,
E Bm7 C#m7 G#m7
And Brother, let us throw our lot out upon the sea,
Amaj7 A/B
It's been done be - fore!
[Verse 1]
D/E E/A
I'm thinkin' 'bout a broken heart,
D/E E/A
I'm talkin' 'bout the break of dawn,
D/E E/A D/E E/A
You've loved me while I'm here, then you can miss me when I'm gone,
D/E E/A D/E E/A
Sweet misunder - standing, won't you leave a poor boy a - lone?
D/E E/A
I'm the one - eyed seed of a tumbleweed,
E D C#m D
In the belly of a rolling stone,
C#m7 Bm7 Amaj7 E7sus4 D/E E/A
Back on the highway, yeah, yeah, yeah, back on the road---- again!
D/E E/A
| /__/ /__/ / / | / / / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 2]
D/E E/A D/E E/A
I had a little woman in Memphis, she wanted to be my bride,
D/E E/A
She said, "Settle on down, travel - ing man,
D/E E/A
And you can stay right by my side!"
D/E E/A D/E E/A
I tried so hard to please her, but I couldn't hold out too long,
D/E E/A
'Cause, one Saturday night, I was laying in bed,
E D C#m D
And I heard that highway song,
C#m7 Bm7 Amaj7 E7sus4 D/E E/A
Back on the highway, yeah, yeah, yeah, back on the road---- again!
D/E E/A
| /__/ /__/ / / | / / / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Break]
D/E E/A D/E E/A
| / / / / | / / / / | /__/ /__/ / / | / / / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 3]
D/E E/A D/E E/A
Now, one of these days, that highway song will lose it's appeal to me,
D/E E/A
I'm gonna settle on down, like a natural born man,
D/E E/A
I'm gonna live my life naturally, (Free and easy!)
D/E E/A
Till that day, the thunder's gonna roll,
D/E E/A D/E
And I notice there's a sign of rain, so I grab my bags,
D/E E D C#m D
And I pack my clothes, and I'm back on the road a - gain,
C#m7 Bm7 Amaj7 E7sus4 D/E E/A
Back on the highway, yeah, yeah, yeah, back on the road---- again!
D/E E/A
| /__/ /__/ / / | / / / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 4]
D/E E/A
I'm thinkin' 'bout a broken heart,
D/E E/A
I've been talkin' 'bout the break of dawn,
D/E E/A D/E E/A
You've loved me while I'm here, and you can miss me when I'm gone,
D/E E/A
And I said, sweet misunder - standing,
D/E E/A
Won't you leave a poor boy a - lone?
D/E E/A
'Cause I'm the one - eyed seed of a tumbleweed,
E D C#m D
In the belly of a rolling stone,
C#m7 Bm7 Amaj7
Back on the highway, yeah - yeah, yeah, yeah, now,
E7sus4 D/E E/A
Back on the road---- again!
D/E E/A
| /__/ /__/ / / | / / / / |
^ ^ ^ ^
[Coda]
D/E E/A D/E E/A
Here I am again, Holi - day Inn, same old four walls a - gain,
D/E E/A D/E
Gee, but it's fine to be back home a - gain, woh, now,
E/A D/E E/A
It's a Holi - day Inn, I'm on the road again!
D/E Amaj7
| /__/ /__/ / / | / ||
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
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