[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]
[Solo OUT?] [Repeat to end - I THINK?]
[Rhythm for chorus] l i a h w X X X X - X X X X B A G
[Verse 1 - No drums - freeform-ish] I [A] remember [Amaj7] all my [A] life [A] Raining down as [Amaj7] cold as [A] ice [Bm] Shadows of a man [Bm] Face through a window [G] Crying in the night The [E7] night goes [E] in [E7] to
[Verse 2] [A] Morning, just a [Amaj7] nother [A] day [A] Happy people [Amaj7] pass my [A] way [Bm] Looking in their eyes I [Bm] see a memory I [G] never realized How [E7] happy you [E] made [E7] me
[Chorus - Full drums] Oh, [A] Mandy Well, you [F#m] came and you [D] gave without [E] taking But I [E7] sent you a [E] way Oh, [A] Mandy Well, you [F#m] kissed me and [D] stopped me from [E] shaking And I [E7] need you to [E] day, oh [A] Mandy
[Interlude - half bar each chord- drums stop] [A][F#m][D] ([E][E7])
[Verse 3 - Drums back in] I'm [A] standing on the [Amaj7] edge of [A] time I [A] walked away when [Amaj7] love was [A] mine [Bm] Caught up in a world Of [Bm] uphill climbing [G] Tears are in my mind And [E7] nothing is [E] rhy [E7] ming
[Chorus] Oh, [A] Mandy Well, you [F#m] came and you [D] gave without [E] taking But I [E7] sent you a [E] way Oh, [A] Mandy Well, you [F#m] kissed me and [D] stopped me from [E] shaking And I [E7] need you to [E] day, oh Mandy
[Interlude] [F#m][C#m][D][Bm] [E][E]
[Semi Verse] [Bm] Yesterday's a dream, I [Bm] face the morning [G] Crying on a breeze, the [E7] pain is [E] call [E7] ing
[Chorus] Oh, [A] Mandy Well, you [F#m] came and you [D] gave without [E] taking But I [E7] sent you a [E] way Oh, [A] Mandy Well, you [F#m] kissed me and [D] stopped me from [E] shaking And I [E7] need you to [E] day, oh [B] Mandy (key change) Well, you [G#m] came and you [E] gave without [F#7] taking But I [F#] sent you away Oh, [B] Mandy Well, you [G#m] kissed me and [E] stopped me from [F#7] shaking And I [F#] need [B] you . . .
