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Highway Kings

The Bouncing Souls
Tab

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Band: Bouncing Souls

Song: Highway Kings

Album: Anchors Away

Tabber: clark@theoddmenout.com

*= mute chord

Verse 1:

D Bb

Sitting here, drinking again-

D Bb

Thinking back on how simple it used to be

D* Bb* C*

Can it ever be that way again? I'm drinking this one to my friends,

A*

Looks like they'll be here till the end

D Bb

Till their bitter end

f-C

What are dreams for anyway,

D Bb f C

Without the guts to live your life that way?

Bridge:

e--------------------------------------------------|
B--6--6-6-6-6--5--5-5-5-5--------------------------|
G--7--7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7--------------------------|
D--7--7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7--8--8-8-8-8--8--8-8-8-8--|
A--5--5-5-5-5--------------8--8-8-8-8--8--8-8-8-8--|
E--------------------------6--6-6-6-6--6--6-6-6-6--|

D,Bb

Chorus:

D

We are the Highway Kings!

Bb

Chasing our destinies!

D

Crusing through a time zone,

Bb

As the world stands still!

Verse 2:

D*

Harvest moon in a desert sky,

Bb*

Making good times as we pass it by

C* A*

Wherever this road takes us it was meant to be

D Bb

We're already home

f-C

What are dreams for anyway,

D Bb f C D Bb

Without the guts to live your life that way?

f-C

What are songs for anyway,

D Bb f C

Without the guts to live your life that way?

Outro: (this is the riff you play throughout the outro,

but as usual, I'll indicate the root notes in the lyrics so you can fit

them together)

e--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--7-7-6-6-7--7-6h7--7-7-6-6-7--7-6h7--7-7-6-6-7--7-6h7--7-7-6-6-7--7-6h7--|
D--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5--|
A--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7--------------------|

(D) (A) (B)

Learned to let go of the things we can't control

(G)

Left 'em behind and followed rock and roll

(D) (A) (B)

We found a new way of life forever till the end of time

(G) Riff x2

But never getting old..

x3

e--------------------|-----|
B--------------------|-----|
G--7-7-6-6-7--7-6h7--|--7--|
D--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7--|--7--|
A--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5--|--5--|
E--------------------|-----|

That's it! For sugggestions, corrections, and requests email me at:

oddmenout4@yahoo.com. Go to my band's website: www.theoddmenout.com

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