Highway Chile

Jimi Hendrix / the Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967)

Em
Yeah! His guitar slung across his back,
His dusty boots is his cadillac. 
A flamin' hair just a-blowin' in the wind 
ain't seen a bed in so long, it's a sin. 
C7/9
He left home when he was seventeen,
The rest of the world he was gonna see. 
Em
And everybody knows the boss,
a rollin' stone gathers no moss. 
 
G
Now you'd probably call him a tramp,
A
But it goes a little deeper than that.
Em intro1 intro1
He's a highway chile. Yeah!
 
Em
Now some people say he had a girl back home
who messed around and did her baby wrong. 
They tell me it kinda hurt him bad, 
Kinda made him feel pretty sad. 
C7/9
I couldn't say what went through his mind,
Anyway he left the world behind. 
Em
Well, everybody knows the same old story:
in love or war you can lose your glory. 
 
G
Now you'd probably a-call him a tramp,
A
But I know it goes a little deeper than that.
Em intro1 intro1 intro2 intro2 Em
He's a highway chile. Walk on brother! Man!
solo
 
C7/9
His old guitar slung across his back
His dusty boots is his cadillac 
Em
Flamin' hair just a-blowin' in the wind
ain't seen a bed in so long it's a sin 
 
G
Now you'd probably a-call him a tramp
A
But I know it goes a little deeper than that
Em intro1 intro1 intro2
He's a highway chile. Walk on brother
intro2 intro2 ...
Don't let no one stop you Highway Child!
You can play this either in Em or like it is here, in Fm with all strings tuned down 1/2 step.
Intro: 2X intro 1 2X intro 2 ---------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- -9--------8------8-------8-------6------ -13-------11-----11------11------9------- -11(13)~--10(12)-10(12)--10(12)--8(10)~- -15(17)~--13(15)-13(15)--13(15)--11(13)~- ---------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- Verse: Fm C#7/#9 Fm G# A# Fm --------------------- -0------ -4-6- -6-8- ---1----------------- -5------ -4-4- -6-6- ---1----------------- -4------ -5-5- -7-7- ---3-1---1t3--------- -3------ ----- ----- -------3-------1-2-3- -4------ ----- ----- -1-----------4------- -------- ----- ----- repeat first part of intro second verse repeat intro Solo: ---------13------------------------------13--------------- -------13--16(18)~-(18)--13-13~--------13--16(18)--13-13~- -15(17)----------------15--------15(17)----------15(17)--- ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------13----------------13----------------13-------------------- -------13--16(18)~-------13--16(18)~-------13--16(18)~-16p13--13~-- -15(17)------------15(17)------------15(17)-----------------15(17)- ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------13---------13---------13------------------13--------13------------- -------13---------13---------13--16(18)(18)~-----13--------13---16(18)(18)~- -15(17)-----15(17)-----15(17)---------------15(17)----15(17)---------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------13-------16p13------16p13-------------------13--------13------------ -------13---16p13------16(18)-----16(18)(18)~------13--------13--16(18)(18)~- -15(17)--------------------------------------15(17)----15(17)---------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------13---------13------------------13----------------- -------13---------13--16(18)(18)~-----13---16(18)(18)(18)~- -15(17)-----15(17)---------------15(17)-------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- ---------13--------13--------13--------13---------------------- -------13--------13--------13--------13---13-----13-----13----- -15(17)----15(17)----15(17)----15(17)-----15(17)-15(17)-15(17)- --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Third verse repeat intro Outro: ------------------------------------------13----------------------------------- -13-------11-----11------11------9--------16(18)~--13-----11-----11-----9------ -15(17)~--13(15)-13(15)--13(15)--11(13)~-----------15(17)-13(15)-13(15)-11(13)- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------


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