Hiway Songs Chords
Hiway Songs by Gordon Lightfoot is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords D, A, C, G and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: D A C G D (4x)
verse 1:
A
When I walk the hills so high
C G D
Around the town where I was born
A
New York seems so far away
C G D A C G D
Though I was there just yesterday
verse 2:
A
I have played on my guitar
C G D
In coffeehouses, halls and bars
A
Everyone that I call friend
C G D A C G D
Knows they will not be forgot
verse 3:
A
Trains and planes and rented cars
C G D
Singers, saints and other stars
A
I suspect them every one
C G D
They'll never change, it's too much fun
A E
Just for now I'd like to rest
G D
In the shade of a maple tree
A E
To the blue Canadian sky
G D E A E A
I'll say a prayer for the world out there
verse 4:
D A
When I stand on my own sod
C G D
It feels so good to be home, by god
A
The winter wind has turned my head
C G D A C G D
But I always came up warm somehow
VERSE 5:
A
Bottles, beads and cigarettes
C G D
And lovers that I ain't found yet
A
Picking with a friend till dawn
C G D
And singing all those hi'way songs
INTERLUDE: A C G D A C G D
A E
Just for now I'd like to rest
G D
In the shade of a maple tree
A E
To the blue Canadian sky
G D E A E A
I'll say a prayer for the world out there
VERSE 6:
D A
When I walk the hills so high
C G D
Around the town where I was born
A
New York seems so far away
C G D
Though I was there just yesterday
VERSE 7:
A
I would travel all my life
C G D
If loneliness was not the price
A
While heading north across that line's
C G D
The only time I'm flying
OUTRO: (## repeat and fade to end ##)
D A C G D