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