Key To The Highway Live tab by Eric Clapton

Tabs

Key to the Highway

By Big Bill Broonzy, as performed by Eric Clapton at the One More Car, One More Rider concert.

Tabbed by Sean Sullivan: [email protected]

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Intro

.."thank you!"

E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----0h2---2---2---2---2----------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----0h2---2---2---2---2-------------0--------------------------|
A augmentedA|--0-----0---0---0---0---------0-3~~---35~~--5--3--5-0---------|
E MajorE|-------------------------0--3----------------------------------|

  pop the strings here
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--0h2-0h2-0h2-0h2--2--2b--------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------2-0---------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------2-1-0--------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------3b-0---------|

E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----25-5--5---5/--2-4-5--4--2-------------------------------|
D MajorD|----25-5--4---4/--2-4-5--4--2---------------0---------------|
A augmentedA|--0--------0-0-----0---0--0--0--------0--3~~---------0-------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------0--3------------3~~---------|

  upward rake with the pads of your fingers
E MajorE|-13-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------------------------|
BB|-35-5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-1-3-1--1-3-1------------------------|
G+G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------3-0--------------------|
D MajorD|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0---------2-0----------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------2-1-0---------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------3-0----|

E MajorE|-1/3-3-3--------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-3-5-5-5-3-3-1-3-1-3-1-----3-1-1h3-1h3-1h3-3b--3-1--------------------------|
G+G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0----------------------2-0---------------------|
D MajorD|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0----------------------------2-0-----------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------2-1-0----------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------3~~-0---|

             turnaround!
E MajorE|------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0--------0-0--------|
BB|------------------------------------------------0-0-0--------|
G+G|----2------2---2----2--------------------------1--1-1--------|
D MajorD|------2---2---2----2----5---4---3-------2-2-2-2-------------|
A augmentedA|--0-----0---0----0-------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------|

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Theme

   rake these notes, don't finger pick!
E MajorE|---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-------10-10-10-10-12-12-10-----|
BB|---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10------9--9--9--9--9--9--9------|
G+G|---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-------9--9--9--9--9--9--9------|
D MajorD|----x--------x--------x--------x--------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-0--0--------0--------0--------0--------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------0--0------0-----0-----0------|
   ^these bass notes are very important; strike them hard on your downward rakes!

    upward rake like in the intro
E MajorE|------2-2-2--2-2------2-2-2-2--2-2-2--------------------------------------|
BB|------1-1-1--1-1------0-0-0-0--1-1-1-----5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5----------|
G+G|------2-2-2--2-2------2-2-2-2--2-2-2-----6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6----------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5----------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------0--0------0------0------0----------|
E MajorE|--0-2-------2-----1-2-----2----2------------------------------------0-----|

E MajorE|--0----------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0--------0-0-------|
BB|----3p2p0----0-----------------------------------0-0-0-------|
G+G|-----------2--------2--------------------------1---1-1-------|
D MajorD|---------------0h2----2--5---4-----3-----2--2-2-------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------|

Its pretty much the same theme throughout the song, except during the verses instead of doing this:
E MajorE|------------------------------------|
BB|-----5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5--------|
G+G|-----6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6--------|
D MajorD|-----5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5--------|
A augmentedA|---0--0------0------0------0--------|
E MajorE|------------------------------0-----|

Do this:
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------x--x----------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------x--x----------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---2---4---2---4-------2---------------and back to the turnaround--------|
A augmentedA|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---24-----2---2--2--------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------0----------0------------------------------------|

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Solo

E MajorE|---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-------10-10-10-10-12-12-10-------|
BB|---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10------9--9--9--9--9--9--9--------|
G+G|---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-------9--9--9--9--9--9--9--------|
D MajorD|----x--------x--------x--------x----------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-0--0--------0--------0--------0----------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------0--0------0-----0-----0--------|

E MajorE|-----5--5---8b-5--8b-8b-8p5-5------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----5--5---8b-5--------------7--5-------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------7----------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------2---4---2---4-------2------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---24--------------|
E MajorE|-1-2---------------------------------------------------------------0----------|

E MajorE|--0----------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0--------0-0-------|
BB|----3p2p0----0-----------------------------------0-0-0-------|
G+G|-----------2--------2--------------------------1---1-1-------|
D MajorD|---------------0h2----2--5---4-----3-----2--2-2-------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------|


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And its the same as before until the outro:
                  note that you stay on the 12th fret here
E MajorE|---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-------10-10-10-12-12-12-12----------------|
BB|---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10------9--9--9--9--9--9--9-----------------|
G+G|---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-------9--9--9--9--9--9--9-----------------|
D MajorD|----x--------x--------x--------x-------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-0--0--------0--------0--------0-------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------0--0------0-----0-----0-----------------|

                         EC mixing it up a bit...
E MajorE|------2-2-2--2-2------2-2-2-2--2-2-2--------------------------------------|
BB|------1-1-1--1-1------0-0-0-0--1-1-1-----5-5-5--4-4-4--5-5-5--5----------|
G+G|------2-2-2--2-2------2-2-2-2--2-2-2-----6-6-6--5-5-5--6-6-6--6----------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------5-5-5--4-4-4--5-5-5--5----------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------0--0------0------0------0----------|
E MajorE|--0-2-------2-----1-2-----2----2------------------------------------0-----|

E MajorE|--0------------------------/5---5---5--5----------3-------------|
BB|----3p2p0----0-------------------------------1-2--2-------------|
G+G|-----------2--------2------------------------1-2--2-------------|
D MajorD|---------------0h2----2----/5-5-4-4-3--2-----1-2--2-------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------0-0-0----------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------|

And you're done!