Highway Desperado
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: G#mCapotraste:
4th traste
As recorded by Jason Aldean
(From the 2023 Album HIGHWAY DESPERADO)
Capo 4th fret
[Intro]
Em Cmaj7 D
[Verse 1]
D Em
I chased a lot of sunsets
Cmaj7 D
I seen a desert sky like it's on fire out in Arizona
C D Em
I struck gold when I rode out to California
Em
Rocky Mountain high
Cmaj7
Out lookin' for a new horizon
D C
Midnight ridin' wherever the wind blows
[Chorus]
D Em
Like a highway desperado
C D
These boots, these days still ain't slowin' down
D
Hit the ground runnin' down
C
Every town to town, wherever the wheels go
Em Cmaj7
Can't stop, can't change
D
Every cowboy knows
G
You can't hang your hat in just one place
C Em Cmaj7 D C
When you're a highway desperado
[Verse 2]
D Em
Well, if you wanna find me (I'll be out west)
C
I'll be turnin' up a good time
D
With bad company
C
I got a shotgun angel
D Em
Ready to ride right next to me
Cmaj7
Wide open road (Ride or die)
Cmaj7
The Carolina coast
D C
Maybe San Antonio, wherever the wind blows
[Chorus]
D Em
Like a highway desperado
C D
These boots, these days still ain't slowin' down
D
Hit the ground runnin' down
C
Every town to town, wherever the wheels go
Em Cmaj7
Can't stop, can't change
D
Every cowboy knows
G
You can't hang your hat in just one place
C Em Cmaj7
When you're a highway desperado
D G Em
Yeah, a highway desperado
[Bridge]
Em C
Rocky Mountain high, I'm lookin' for a new horizon
Em C
The Carolina coast, maybe San Antonio
C
Wherever the wind blows
N.C.
Wherever the wind blows
[Chorus]
C D
These boots, these days still ain't slowin' down
D
Hit the ground runnin' down
C
Every town to town, wherever the wheels go
Em Cmaj7
Can't stop, can't change
D
Every cowboy knows
G
You can't hang your hat in just one place
C Em
When you're a highway desperado
C D
Yeah, a highway desperado
G D
Mm, highway desperado
C D G C
Yeah, a highway desperado
[Interlude]
C Em
[Outro]
C D G
I'll be out west
C Em C D G
Ride or die
C Em C D G C
Like a highway desperado
Em C D
G C Em C D G C
Yeah, a highway desperado
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