Highway Shine chords by Vincent Neil Emerson

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Chorus:
C                F
The highway's shining like an old river top
         C
Just as far as you can see
            Bb
Far beyond that canyon wall
            C
There ain't nowhere I'd rather be


Verse 1:
               F
But back home in my darlin's sweet lovin' arms
             C
There ain't nobody quite like she
                  Bb
There ain't no feelin' quite like free
               C
The highway shine is calling me
            F
Think I found myself a big record deal
           C
Gonna move down to the Row
            Bb
Gonna relocate to Los Angeles
              C
And I won't have to work no more
                 F
'Cause I've been held down by the man too long
           C
Gettin' by on gettin' by
             Bb
And I can't take it anymore
                  C
They want me to lay right down and die

Chorus:
C               F
The highway's shining like an old river top
        C
Just as far as you can see
             Bb
Far beyond that canyon wall
             C
There ain't nowhere I'd rather be


Verse 2:
C           F
Comin' back from Amarillo, babe
            C
I just talked to Billy Joe
                Bb
Told me to listen to this song that he wrote
             C
"I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal"
               F
But I'm gonna be a diamond someday‚ babe
              C
Oh honey‚ just you wait and see
              Bb
I'm gonna miss you when I'm gone
               C
The highway shine is calling me


Chorus:
C               F
The highway's shining like an old river top
            C
Just as far as you can see
            Bb
Far beyond that canyon wall
                C
There ain't nowhere I'd rather be
C               F
The highway's shining like an old river top
            C
Just as far as you can see
            Bb
Far beyond that canyon wall

Highway shine is calling me
            Bb
Far beyond that canyon wall

The highway shine is calling me