HIGHWAY 29
By Bruce Springsteen

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 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:

CC Piano Chord 
            FF Piano Chord 
            Am7Am7 Piano Chord 
          C/GC/G Piano Chord 
          GG Piano Chord 

e |------0-----|------1-----|------0-----|------0-----|------3-----|
BB Piano Chord 
 |--------1---|--------1---|--------1---|--------1---|--------0---|
GG Piano Chord 
 |---0------0-|---2------2-|---0------0-|---0------0-|---0------0-|
DD Piano Chord 
 |------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
AA Piano Chord 
 |-3----------|------------|-0----------|------------|------------|
FF Piano Chord 
 |------------|-0----------|------------|-2----------|-2----------|

Intro:  C

FF Piano Chord 
                            CC Piano Chord 

I slipped on her shoe; she was a perfect size seven.
Am7Am7 Piano Chord 
      C/GC/G Piano Chord 

I said, "There's no smoking in the store, ma'am."
FF Piano Chord 

She crossed her legs and then
CC Piano Chord 

We made some small talk; that's where it should have stopped.
Am7Am7 Piano Chord 
    C/GC/G Piano Chord 
             FF Piano Chord 

She slipped me her number; I put it in my pocket.
CC Piano Chord 

My hand slipped up her skirt; everything slipped my mind
Am7Am7 Piano Chord 
        FF Piano Chord 

In that little roadhouse
CC Piano Chord 

On Highway 29.

It was a small town bank; it was a mess.
Well, I had a gun.  You know the rest.
Money on the floorboards, shirt was covered in blood
And she was cryin'; her and me we headed south
On Highway 29.

Am7Am7 Piano Chord 
                      FF Piano Chord 

In a little desert motel, the air was hot and clean.
CC Piano Chord 
              GG Piano Chord 

I slept the sleep of the dead; I didn't dream.
Am7Am7 Piano Chord 
                            FF Piano Chord 

I woke in the morning, washed my face in the sink.
CC Piano Chord 
                             GG Piano Chord 

We headed into the Sierra Madres, 'cross the border line.

The winter sun shot through the black trees
I told myself it was all something in her
But as we drove I knew it was something in me,
Something that'd been comin' for a long, long time
And something that was here with me now
On Highway 29.

Fill:  C with walking bass notes:  C  F  G  A  G  C

The road was filled with broken glass and gasoline.
She wasn't saying nothin'; it was just a dream.
The wind come silent through the windshield,
All I could see was snow, sky and pines.
I closed my eyes and I was runnin'.
I was runnin' and then I was flyin'

Outro:  F  C  Am7  C/G  F

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Corrections are more than welcome.  Enjoy!

Playwriting, Department of Theatre and Dance
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