Horses On The Highway Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays448

Horses On The Highway by Chuck Pyle is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Bb and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D
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 Riff #1 
    D chord 
 E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 B-----------3---------------3----------------3----------------------3-----------------| 
 G-----------2---------------2----------------2----------------------2-----------------| 
 D-----------0---------------0----------------0----------------------1-----------------| 
 A -------------------------------------3-------------------2------pulloff------0------| 
 D-----0------------0------------------------------------------------------------------| 


  Riff #2A 
     Bb chord                          C chord 
 E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 B------------------3------------------------------------5-----------------------------| 
 G------------3-----------3----------------------5------------5------------------------| 
 D-------3----------------------------------5------------------------------------------| 
 A--1----------------------------------3-----------------------------------------------| 
 D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 


   Riff #2B 
 E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 B----------3-----6-----3-----------3--------------------------------------------------| 
 G----------2-----2-----2-----------2----5------3--------------------------------------| 
 D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 A-----------------4------------------------4------------------------------------------| 
 D----0-----------------------0--------------------------------------------------------| 

 Riff #3 

 E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 B-----------8-------------6------3-----------------------3----------------------------| 
 G-----------7-------------5------2-----------------5----------------------------------| 
 D------------------------------------------0----------------------0-------------------| 
 A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 D-----0-----------0--------------0-----------------0----------------------------------| 


 Riff #3 (cont) 

 E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 G------------5---------------4------1----------(5----4-----0)-------------------------| 
 D ------------5---------------0------0----------pulloff-------------------------------| 
 A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 D-----0--------------0--------------------0-------------------------------------------| 




Riff #4A (Chorus) t=use thumb 

 E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 B-----------7--------------------------5----------------------3------------------------| 
 G-----------7--------------------------5----------------------4------------------------| 
 D-----------7--------------------------5----------------------5------5t----------------| 
 A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 D-----0------------0--------0---------0---------0-----------0--------------------------| 
       horses           on         the        high   -                   way 



Riff #4B  t=use thumb 
 E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 B---------------5----------------3----------1------------------------------------------| 
 G---------------5----------------4----------2------------------------------------------| 
 D---------------5----------------5----------3--------3t----------------3t--------------| 
 A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 D-----0------------------0------0-----------0--------------0---------------------------| 

          fen    -         ces down               to the 
          ain't  no    fen      -         cin'          de- 

Riff #4C 

 E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 B--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 G-----------------5--------------4--------1--------------------------------------------| 
 D-----------------5--------------0--------0-------------------(5----4----0)------------| 
 A------------------------------------------------------------------------pulloff-------| 
 D-------0-----------------0-----------------------0------------------------------------| 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

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