Steve Earle - Long Lonesome Highway Blues

steve earle : long lonesome highway blues

intro : G C G D G

verse 1 :

G C G
bound down that long lonesome highway , as far as i can go

D G
till i out run , your memory

C G
i can’t go home , cause i can’t face another day alone

D G
now that your gone , this ain’t no place for me

C G
i want to start , all over new

C D
but i can’t lose , these lonesome highway blues

G C G
down that lone lonesome highway , as far as i can go

D G
till i out run , your memory

( insturmental ) G C G D G x2

verse 2 :

G C G
bound down that long lonesome highway , as fast as i can fly

D G
just want to go , someplace you won’t be

C G
i’m movin on to a new place , and hold my head up high

D G
where no one knows , what you done to me

C G
a thousand miles , between us now

C D
and still some how , these blues have tracked me down

G C G
that lone lonesome highway , as far as i can go

D G
till i out run , your memory

( insturmental ) G C G D G C G C D G C G D G

verse 3 :

G C G
bound down that long lonesome highway , cause it’s the only place i know

D G
ain’t no clouds , hangin over me

C G
leave me alone , cause it’s a long way no matter where i go

D G
nothin but blues , as far as i can see

C G C
i wish i had you back again , but i know i can’t

D G C G
so here i go again , down that long lonesome highway , just as far as i can go

D G D G D G
till i out run , your memory