Heartache Highway Chords

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Heartache Highway by Clay Walker is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Am, C, D, D/C, D/B, D/A and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro:  G    G    Am    Am    C    D    G  

G                                       Am 
The sun's reflecting off the city limit sign 
C                                       G 
I better keep moving before I change my mind 
Lookin' in the rearview mirror 
Am 
Comin' home didn't make things clearer 
C                                D   D/C D/B D/A 
I didn't wanna hear her say good bye 

G                 Bm 
Heartache Highway why didn't I say 
C                  G 
What she wanted to hear 
             Am             C             G 
Why must the most important words go unsp oken 
                  Bm 
Heartache Highway now it's too late 
   C               G 
To ever change her mind 
          Am 
Oh it's a hell of a road 
            D                 G 
When you're leavin' heaven be hind 

G G Am D 

G                                Am 
Memories of her dance in my head lights 
C                              G 
As I'm ridin' my pain into the night 
Headin' for the next horizon 
Am 
Watchin' the full moon risin' 
C                              D     D/C D/B D/A 
Gotta keep on drivin' goin' no where 

G                 Bm 
Heartache Highway why didn't I say 
C                  G 
What she wanted to hear 
             Am             C             G 
Why must the most important words go unsp oken 
                  Bm 
Heartache Highway now it's too late 

   C               G 
To ever change her mind 
          Am 
Oh it's a hell of a road 
            D                 G 
When you're leavin' heaven be hind 
          Am 
Oh it's a hell of a road 
            D                 G 
When you're leavin' heaven be hin 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante