[THIS ALL SWINGS LIKE A MOTHER Intro *offbeat - HIGH E5 DRONE ALSO WORKS - X-X-9-9-12-12 - Capo 1 original key] [C#m][B]* [A] [A][E/G#][E] [A][E/G#][B] [A][E/G#][B] [Repeat]
[Verse 1- Voice low] [A] Life's like a road that you travel on When there's [E] one day here and the next day gone Some [B] times you bend and sometimes you stand Some [B] times you turn your back to the wind There's a [A] world outside every darkened door Where [E] blues won't haunt you anymore Where the [B] brave are free and lovers soar Come [B] ride with me to the distant shore
[C#m] We won't hesitate [B] Break down the garden's gate [A] There's not much time left to [F#m] day
[Chorus - SEE NOTES FOR RHYTHM OF CHORDS] Life [C#m] is [B] a high [A] way [A] I [E/G#] wanna [E] ride it [A]All [E/G#]night [B]long [A][E/G#][B] If you're [C#m]going [B] my [A] way [A] I [E/G#] wanna [E] drive it [A]All [E/G#]night [B]long [A][E/G#][B]
[Verse 2 - Voice high] [A] Through all these cities and all these towns It's [E] in my blood and it's all around I [B] love you now like I loved you then [B] This is the road and these are the hands From [A] Mozambique to those Memphis nights The [E] Khyber Pass to Vancouver's lights [B] Knock me down back up again [B] You're in my blood, I'm not a lonely man
[Middle Eight] [C#m] There's no load I can't hold [B] Road so rough this I know [A] I'll be there when the light comes in Just [F#m] tell 'em we're survivors
[Chorus] Life [C#m] is [B] a high [A] way [A] I [E/G#] wanna [E] ride it [A]All [E/G#]night [B]long [A][E/G#][B] If you're [C#m]going [B] my [A] way [A] I [E/G#] wanna [E] drive it [A]All [E/G#]night [B]long [A][E/G#][B] [REPEAT CHORUS]
[Pre-solo] [F#m] There was a [A] distance between yo [C#m] u and I [B] [F#m] A misunders [A] tanding once, but [C#m] now we look it in the eye [B]
[Post solo] [C#m] There's no load I can't hold [B] Road so rough this I know [A] I'll be there when the light comes in Just [F#m] tell 'em we're survivors
[Chorus - JUST DRUMS] N.C. Life is a highway I wanna ride it all night long If you're going my way I wanna drive it all night long
[Chorus] (x2) Life [C#m] is [B] a high [A] way [A] I [E/G#] wanna [E] ride it [A]All [E/G#]night [B]long [A][E/G#][B] If you're [C#m]going [B] my [A] way [A] I [E/G#] wanna [E] drive it [A]All [E/G#]night [B]long [A][E/G#][B]
[Verse 1 - No drums - BPM 170 - Capo 1st fret, standard tuning - Don't bother for live] [Telefonics have capo on 2 I believe? Mainly vocals] [D] Do you have the [A] time To [Bm] listen to me [F#m] whine A [G] bout nothing and [D] everything All [A] at once
[D] I am one of [A] those Me [Bm] lodramatic [F#m] fools Neu [G] rotic to the [D] bone No doubt about [A] it
[Chorus - Bass drum just on each chord once] [G] Sometimes I [A] give myself the [D] creeps [G] Sometimes my [A] mind plays tricks [D] on me (more bass drum) It [G] all keeps adding [A] up (backward drums with offbeat to bring Bm in) I [D] think I'm [C] cracking [Bm] up (full drums) ... Am [G] I just para [A] noid? Am I just .....
[Verse 2 - Full drums] I [D] went to a [A] shrink To [Bm] analyze my [F#m] dreams She [G] says it's lack of [D] sex That's bringing [A] me down I [D] went to a [A] whore He [Bm] said my life's a [F#m] bore So [G] quit my whining [D] cause It's bringing [A] her down
[Chorus - More bass drum so like low tom figures] [G] Sometimes I [A] give myself [D] the creeps [G] Sometimes my [A] mind plays tricks [D] on me It [G] all keeps adding [A] up (backward drums with offbeat to bring Bm in) I [D] think I'm [C] cracking [Bm] up Am [G] I just para [A] noid? [################Scroll#################] Uh, yuh, yuh....
[Riff - Full drums] ya [D][A][Bm][A] x 4
[Bridge - Backward drums] [G] Grasping to con [A] trol [N.C.] (stop) So I better hold
[Instrumental - Full drums] on.... [D][A][Bm][F#m] - [G][D][A][A] (drum fill SBBSBB S) [D][A][Bm][F#m] - [G][D][A][A]
[Chorus] [G] Sometimes I [A] give myself [D] the creeps [G] Sometimes my [A] mind plays tricks [D] on me It [G] all keeps adding [A] up (backward drums with offbeat to bring Bm in) I [D] think I'm [C] cracking [Bm] up Am [G] I just para [A] noid? Am I just
[Outro] stoned? [D] - [G5/D-xx0033] - [Bm][Bm#5-225432] - ([G][D]) - [A] Play above 4 times [G][D][A]