Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen - Highway 29 guitar tab

Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 13:36:54 -0600

To: guitar@nevada.edu

From: jgroce@mail.utexas.edu (Jason Groce)

Subject: HIGHWAY 29 by Bruce Springsteen

HIGHWAY 29

By Bruce Springsteen

(From the album "The Ghost of Tom Joad")

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:

C F Am7 C/G G

e |------0-----|------1-----|------0-----|------0-----|------3-----|

B |--------1---|--------1---|--------1---|--------1---|--------0---|

G |---0------0-|---2------2-|---0------0-|---0------0-|---0------0-|

D |------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|

A |-3----------|------------|-0----------|------------|------------|

F |------------|-0----------|------------|-2----------|-2----------|

Intro: C

F C

I slipped on her shoe; she was a perfect size seven.

Am7 C/G

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

F

She crossed her legs and then

C

We made some small talk; that's where it should have stopped.

Am7 C/G F

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

C

My hand slipped up her skirt; everything slipped my mind

Am7 F

In that little roadhouse

C

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.

Am7 F

In a little desert motel, the air was hot and clean.

C G

I slept the sleep of the dead; I didn't dream.

Am7 F

I woke in the morning, washed my face in the sink.

C G

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!

Jason Groce - jgroce@mail.utexas.edu

Playwriting, Department of Theatre and Dance

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