I Am the Highway

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MetalMedium for beginners6 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
Intro: 
 
C   G   Dm  Am   C   G   Dm   Am 
 
Am  Am   Am  Am   
 
F           C         G       Am   
Pearls, and swine bereft of me   
F           C        G       Am   
Long and weary my road has been   
      F             C Am   
I was lost in the cities   
G            C  Am   
Alone in the hills   
               
     F        C  Am      G      C Am   
No sorrow or pity for leaving I feel   
   
Coro:   
   C         G                Dm   
     I am not your rolling wheels   
           Am   
I am the highway   
            G               Dm   
    I am not your carpet ride   
          E        
I am the sky  
 
 
Guitar break: 
 
Am   Am   Am   Am 
   
F            C   
Friends and liars   
        G      Am   
Don't wait for me    
     F         C   
Cause i'll get on   
    G      Am   
All by myself   
      F           C Am   
I put millions of miles   
    G     Am C   
Under my heels   
    F          C Am       G   Am C                   
And still too close to you I feel   
     
 coro(1x)   
     
Coro 2:   
C            G               Dm   
     I am not your blowing wind   
          Am   
I am the lightining   
C           G              Dm   
    I am not your autumn moon  
E 
I am the sky 
 
Guitar solo: 
 
F   C   G   Am  (x4) 
   
Coro1 y coro 2(1x)   
 
Outro: 
 
Am  
Yeah, yeah, yeah   x4

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Chord set

C · G · Dm · Am · F · E

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.