SPRINGSTEEN BRUCE - "highway 29" Tablature

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 ...
Am7 C/G
I said, "There's no ...
F
She crossed her ...
C
We made some small talk; that's ...
Am7 C/G F
She slipped me her number; ...
C
My hand slipped up her skirt; ....
Am7 F
In that ....
C
On Highway 29.

It was a small town bank; it w....
Am7 F
In a little desert motel, the air ....
C G
I slept the sleep of the ..
Am7 F
I woke in the morning, ....
C G
We headed into the Sierra ....

The winter sun shot through the .....

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

The road was filled with broken .....

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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