[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
