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Highways and Heartaches
Written and performed by Joe Ely
As appearing on the album, Love and Danger

This is a pretty simple song....the verses are primarily
one chord.  Listen to the album to understand what's going
on.

Highways and Heartaches

Intro:  G  C  G

Verse 1:
GG Piano Chord 

Leaving California
GG Piano Chord 

She is on my mind
GG Piano Chord 

I left her back in Travis County
GG Piano Chord 

Crying to a clothesline

DD Piano Chord 

Steel guitar on the radio,
Cuttin' slow and mean
I brought home the bottle
She just wanted beans

Chorus
GG Piano Chord 
            CC Piano Chord 

Highways and heartaches
GG Piano Chord 
                CC Piano Chord 

Go together like you and me
GG Piano Chord 
           CC Piano Chord 

Do you ever think about it
GG Piano Chord 
                 CC Piano Chord 

When the night is sad and lonely.

Verse 2:
I wonder if she's watching TV
Cryin' with soap opera stars
I wonder if she's seen it in me
Or if we've gone to far.

Look at all the lovers,
Runnin' from their past
Gassin' up just to get somewhere
But goin' nowhere fast

Chorus

Bridge:
DD Piano Chord 

Do you ever think about it
When the night is sad and lonely

Verse 3:
Runnin' away don't stop the pain
It just delays the cryin'
What's left unsaid is better swallowed
Is covered up with lyin'

Though the song is over
I can still hear the steel guitar's
And though the past is gone for good
It still helps to swallow hard.

Chorus