Ventura Highway tab by America

Tabs (Ver. 2)

Ventura Highway
                  America

*=this means to strum a few times
()=notes on parenthesis are optional

Intro (1st way):
 Guitar I
|-5h7p5-------------------------5h7p5------------------------|
|-------7--5h7p5--------7-------------7--5h7p5--------7------|
|----------------6--6h7---7--------------------6--6h7---6----|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|                              |
|Guitar II                          |
|              *               * |
|---------------------------3-----------------------------2--|
|---------------------------3-----------------------------2--|
|---------------------------0-----------------------------2--|
|---------------------------0-----------------------------0--|
|---------------------------2-----------------------------0--|
|---------------------------3----------------------------(2)-|
              G+G              Dmaj7Dmaj7

Intro (2nd way, the way I prefer to do):
 Guitar I
|-5h7p5-2--0h2p0--------2-------5h7p5-2--0h2p0--------2------|
|----------------2--2h3---3--------------------2--2h3---2----|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|                              |
|Guitar II                          |
|              *               * |
|---------------------------3-----------------------------2--|
|---------------------------3-----------------------------2--|
|---------------------------0-----------------------------2--|
|---------------------------0-----------------------------0--|
|---------------------------2-----------------------------0--|
|---------------------------3----------------------------(2)-|
              G+G              Dmaj7Dmaj7

Chords:
G+G                       Dmaj7Dmaj7
 Chewin' on a piece of grass, walkin down the road
|-5h7p5-2--0h2p0--------2------2--3-5-|
|----------------2--2h3---3--5--------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

G+G              Dmaj7Dmaj7
 Tell me, how long you gonna stay here Joe
|-5h7p5-2--0h2p0--------2---|
|----------------2--2h3---3-|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|

G+G                   Dmaj7Dmaj7
 Some people say, this town don't look good in snow
|-5h7p5-2--0h2p0--------2------2-|
|----------------2--2h3---3--5---|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|

G+G         Dmaj7Dmaj7
 You don't care, I know
|-/14--12------------------|
|---------14-12--10--------|
|--------------------11----|
|-----------------------12-|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|

Chorus:
G+G           Dmaj7Dmaj7
Ventura Highway in the sunshine
     G+G                       Dmaj
Where the days are longer, the nights are stronger than moonshine
G+G          Dmaj7Dmaj7  F# minorF#m
 You're gonna go, I kno-----w

     E minorEm          F# minorF#m
Cause the free wind is blowin' through your hair
    E minorEm         F# minorF#m
And the day surrounds your daylight there
E minorEm         F# minorF#m
 Season's crying, no despair
  E minorEm       F# minorF#m        G+G
Alligator, lizards in the air, in the air


Dmaj7Dmaj7
Do do do do do do do do
G+G
Do do do do do do do do

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