verse 1 (Palm muted):
C F Am G
Pretty girl on the hood of a Cadillac, yeah
C F Am G
She's broken down on Freeway 9
C F Am G
I take a look, I get her engine started,
C F Am G
Leave her purring and I roll on by. Bye, bye
Chorus (Palm muted):
C F Am G
Free love on the free love freeway, the
C F Am G
Love is free and the freeway's long, I got some
C F Am G
Hot love on the hot love highway, ain't
C F Am G
Going home 'cause my baby's gone (she's dead)
(Strumming chords now)
C F Am G x2
verse 2:
C F Am G
A little while later, see a Senorita,
C F Am G
She's caught a flat trying to make it home.
C F Am G
She says, "Por favor, can you pump me up?"
C F Am G
I said, "Muchos gracias, and adios. Bye, bye."
Chorus
Solo:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------8-13-10-15b17-15-13-----------|
G|-7b9-7-5-------------------------------5-7-9---------------------14--------|
D|---------7-5-----------------------5-7-------------------------------------|
A|-------------7-5-3-5b7-5-3---3-5-7-----------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------5-----------------------------------------------|
e|------------12h13p12-----------------15b17r15-13-12-13-12------------------|
B|-15b17-(17)----------15-15b17-15-13----------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-12-13-12-13~--13-12-13-15~--15-13-12-13~--12~-----------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------13---------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------12--10-9-10-9-------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
verse 3 (Single strums):
C F Am G
Down the road I see a cowboy crying
C F Am G
"Hey buddy, what can I do?"
C F Am G
He says, "I had a good life, had about a thousand women,"
C F Am G
I said, "Why the tears?", he says, " ' Cause none of them was you".
(Strumming again):
C F Am G
until fade out.
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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