Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton - Key To The Highway Live guitar tab

Key to the Highway

By Big Bill Broonzy, as performed by Eric Clapton at the One More Car, One More Rider concert.

Tabbed by Sean Sullivan: themindsnexus@hotmail.com

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Intro

.."thank you!"

E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

B|---------------------------------------------------------------|

G|----0h2---2---2---2---2----------------------------------------|

D|----0h2---2---2---2---2-------------0--------------------------|

A|--0-----0---0---0---0---------0-3~~---3\5~~--5--3--5-0---------|

E|-------------------------0--3----------------------------------|

pop the strings here

E|--------------------------------------------------|

B|--------------------------------------------------|

G|--0h2-0h2-0h2-0h2--2--2b--------------------------|

D|--------------------------2-0---------------------|

A|-------------------------------2-1-0--------------|

E|-------------------------------------3b-0---------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-------------------------------------------------------------|

G|----2\5-5--5---5/--2-4-5--4--2-------------------------------|

D|----2\5-5--4---4/--2-4-5--4--2---------------0---------------|

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

E|---------------------------------0--3------------3~~---------|

upward rake with the pads of your fingers

E|-1\3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------------------------|

B|-3\5-5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-1-3-1--1-3-1------------------------|

G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------3-0--------------------|

D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0---------2-0----------------|

A|-------------------------------------------------2-1-0---------|

E|--------------------------------------------------------3-0----|

E|-1/3-3-3--------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-3-5-5-5-3-3-1-3-1-3-1-----3-1-1h3-1h3-1h3-3b--3-1--------------------------|

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

D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0----------------------------2-0-----------------|

A|-------------------------------------------------------------2-1-0----------|

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------3~~-0---|

turnaround!

E|------------------------\5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0--------0-0--------|

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

G|----2------2---2----2--------------------------1--1-1--------|

D|------2---2---2----2----\5---4---3-------2-2-2-2-------------|

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

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

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Theme

rake these notes, don't finger pick!

E|---\9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-------10-10-10-10-12-12-10-----|

B|---\10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10------9--9--9--9--9--9--9------|

G|---\9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-------9--9--9--9--9--9--9------|

D|----x--------x--------x--------x--------------------------------------|

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

E|-----------------------------------------0--0------0-----0-----0------|

^these bass notes are very important; strike them hard on your downward rakes!

upward rake like in the intro

E|------2-2-2--2-2------2-2-2-2--2-2-2--------------------------------------|

B|------1-1-1--1-1------0-0-0-0--1-1-1-----\5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5----------|

G|------2-2-2--2-2------2-2-2-2--2-2-2-----\6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6----------|

D|-----------------------------------------\5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5----------|

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

E|--0-2-------2-----1-2-----2----2------------------------------------0-----|

E|--0----------------------\5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0--------0-0-------|

B|----3p2p0----0-----------------------------------0-0-0-------|

G|-----------2--------2--------------------------1---1-1-------|

D|---------------0h2----2--\5---4-----3-----2--2-2-------------|

A|-------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

Its pretty much the same theme throughout the song, except during the verses instead of doing this:

E|------------------------------------|

B|-----\5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5--------|

G|-----\6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6--------|

D|-----\5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5--------|

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

E|------------------------------0-----|

Do this:

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-----------------------------x--x----------------------------------------|

G|-----------------------------x--x----------------------------------------|

D|---2---4---2---4-------2---------------and back to the turnaround--------|

A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---2\4-----2---2--2--------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------0----------0------------------------------------|

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Solo

E|---\9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-------10-10-10-10-12-12-10-------|

B|---\10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10------9--9--9--9--9--9--9--------|

G|---\9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-------9--9--9--9--9--9--9--------|

D|----x--------x--------x--------x----------------------------------------|

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

E|-----------------------------------------0--0------0-----0-----0--------|

E|-----\5--5---8b-5--8b-8b-8p5-5------------------------------------------------|

B|-----\5--5---8b-5--------------7--5-------------------------------------------|

G|------------------------------------7\----------------------------------------|

D|---------------------------------------------2---4---2---4-------2------------|

A|-------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---2\4--------------|

E|-1-2---------------------------------------------------------------0----------|

E|--0----------------------\5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0--------0-0-------|

B|----3p2p0----0-----------------------------------0-0-0-------|

G|-----------2--------2--------------------------1---1-1-------|

D|---------------0h2----2--\5---4-----3-----2--2-2-------------|

A|-------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

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And its the same as before until the outro:

note that you stay on the 12th fret here

E|---\9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-------10-10-10-12-12-12-12----------------|

B|---\10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10------9--9--9--9--9--9--9-----------------|

G|---\9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-------9--9--9--9--9--9--9-----------------|

D|----x--------x--------x--------x-------------------------------------------------|

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

E|-----------------------------------------0--0------0-----0-----0-----------------|

EC mixing it up a bit...

E|------2-2-2--2-2------2-2-2-2--2-2-2--------------------------------------|

B|------1-1-1--1-1------0-0-0-0--1-1-1-----\5-5-5--4-4-4--5-5-5--5----------|

G|------2-2-2--2-2------2-2-2-2--2-2-2-----\6-6-6--5-5-5--6-6-6--6----------|

D|-----------------------------------------\5-5-5--4-4-4--5-5-5--5----------|

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

E|--0-2-------2-----1-2-----2----2------------------------------------0-----|

E|--0------------------------/5---5---5--5----------3-------------|

B|----3p2p0----0-------------------------------1-2--2-------------|

G|-----------2--------2------------------------1-2--2-------------|

D|---------------0h2----2----/5-5-4-4-3--2-----1-2--2-------------|

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

E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

And you're done!

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