Highway 29 chords by Bruce Springsteen

Chords with lyrics

HIGHWAY 29
By Bruce Springsteen
(From the album "The Ghost of Tom Joad")

Note: This is a wonderful song that isn't too tough to play, once you get
the picking pattern down. For ease of play (I'm not sure if Bruce does
this or not, but I suspect it due to the sound of the fill before the last
verse) tune the low E MajorE up to an F. This will make the piece much easier to
play than doing full barres for the F.

Picking Pattern and Chord Formations:

  C majorC      FF      Am7Am7     C/GC/G     G+G
e |------0-----|------1-----|------0-----|------0-----|------3-----|
BB |--------1---|--------1---|--------1---|--------1---|--------0---|
G+G |---0------0-|---2------2-|---0------0-|---0------0-|---0------0-|
D MajorD |------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
A augmentedA |-3----------|------------|-0----------|------------|------------|
FF |------------|-0----------|------------|-2----------|-2----------|

Intro: C majorC

         FF              C majorC
I slipped on her shoe; she ...
                     Am7Am7   C/GC/G
I said, "There's no ...
             FF
She crossed her ...
                           C majorC
We made some small talk; that's ...
          Am7Am7  C/GC/G       FF
She slipped me her number; ...
                          C majorC
My hand slipped up her skirt; ....
        Am7Am7    FF
In that ....
      C majorC
On Highway 29.

It was a small town bank; it w....
           Am7Am7           FF
In a little desert motel, the air ....
             C majorC       G+G
I slept the sleep of the ..
       Am7Am7              FF
I woke in the morning, ....
           C majorC               G+G
We headed into the Sierra ....

The winter sun shot through the .....

Fill: C majorC with walking bass notes: C majorC FF G+G A augmentedA G+G C majorC

The road was filled with broken .....

Outro: FF C majorC Am7Am7 C/GC/G FF

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Corrections are more than welcome. Enjoy!

Jason Groce - [email protected]
Playwriting, Department of Theatre and Dance
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