Highway Blues Roy Harper
From: Aaro J Koskinen <br/> <br/> [Song: Roy Harper "Highway Blues"]<br/> [Transcription by Dave Coniam (B096770@vax.csc.cuhk.hk]<br/> <br/> I dunno which open tuning Roy uses but you'll a lot of stuff is<br/> in some open tuning or other - as Gordon's naming of chords like<br/> G1 and Bm1 suggests.<br/> <br/> I play a lot of stuff in open E tuning - just crank the 3rd, 4th<br/> and 5th strings up so that when you hit them you get the E chord<br/> without holding down any strings. I find it's a great tuning for<br/> a lot of old Joni and Beatles songs.<br/> <br/> Here's an attempt at Highways Blues, which, like a lot of Harper<br/> songs, requires very few chords.<br/> <br/> In the "main" verses you hammer a sort of E and a vague D6;<br/> following Gordon's line, I've called these E1 and A1.<br/> <br/> The chorus then shifts to a good old E - A - B run.<br/> <br/> I've only included a few of the words. Mebbe some kinder soul cd<br/> stick the whole song on the list: the last verse I cant<br/> remember/work it all out.<br/> <br/> <br/> Fret<br/> :0... _ _ _ _ _ ... _ _ _ _ _ ... _ _ _ _ _ ... _ _ _ _ _<br/> 1 |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|<br/> 2 |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|<br/> 3 |_|_|_|_|_| |_1_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|<br/> 4 |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|<br/> 5 |_1_|_|_|_| |_|_4_|_|_| 1_1_1_1_1_1 |_|_|_|_|_|<br/> 6 |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|<br/> 7 |_|_4_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| 1_1_1_1_1_1<br/> <br/> E1 D1 A B<br/> <br/> <br/> Intro : E1 - D1 - E1 - D1 - E1 - D1 - E1<br/> <br/> E1 D1 E1<br/> Take a walk down your highway, tell me what you see<br/> <br/> E1 - D1 - E1 - D1 -<br/> <br/> E1 D1 E1<br/> If you're down my way, well it could well be me<br/> <br/> [.....]<br/> <br/> A E1 A E1<br/> Please give me a lift man, you know it won't be for far<br/> <br/> A E1 A B<br/> The way that you shift man, in your empty car<br/> <br/> [.....]<br/> <br/> E1 D1 E1 D1<br/> I got the Highways Blues in my holey shoes<br/> <br/> E1 D1 E1<br/> and I cannot choose what I look like<br/> <br/> [.....]<br/> <br/> Like anything in an open tuning, this is pretty approximate, but<br/> hammer away at it after a beer or two and it shdnt sound too bad!<br/> <br/> "Once" goes pretty OK in open E as well- you basically fiddle<br/> around on the top and second strings, picking out the melody, and<br/> plonking a few chords (A, G# and B) in here and there. I'll bung<br/> that up on the list as well if anybody's intrested.<br/> <br/> <br/> Bash away<br/> <br/> Dave Coniam<br/> Hong Kong<br/> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="breadcrumbs">
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