Amarillo Highway Chords
by Bobby Bare
Amarillo Highway by Bobby Bare is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
verse 1
G
Well I'm a high straight in Plainview
G
A side bet in Idalou
G C
And a fresh deck in new deal
D
Yeah some call me high hand
D
And some call me low hand
D G
But I'm holdin' what I am, the wheel
G
Yeah I'm a panhandlin' manhandlin'
G C
Post holin' high rollin' dust bowlin' daddy
D
And I ain't got no blood veins I just
D G
I got them four lanes of hard Amarillo Highway
verse 2
G
Well I don't wear no Stetson
G
But I'm willin' to bet son
G C
That I'm big a Texan as you are
D
Yeah there's a girl in her bare feet
D
Asleep on my back seat
D G
And the trunk's full of Pearl and Lone Star
G
Cause I'm a panhandlin' manhandlin'
G C
Post holin' high rollin' dust bowlin' daddy
D
And I ain't got no blood veins I just
D G
Got them four lanes of hard Amarillo Highway
Solo: G-G-C-D D-D-G-G
verse 3
G
I'm gonna hop outta bed pop a pill in my head
G
Gonna bust a hub for the golden spread
C
Under blue sky
D
Gonna stuff my hide behind some power glide
D
And get some southern fried back in
G
My hide
G
Cause I'm a panhandlin' manhandlin'
G C
Post holin' high rollin' dust bowlin' daddy
D
Yeah the closest I'll ever get to heaven
D
Is speedin' up old eighty-seven
G
That hard ass, Amarillo Highway
G
Hey I'm a panhandlin' manhandlin'
G C
Post holin' high rollin' dust bowlin' daddy