Blazing Highway Home Chords
by Josh Ritter
Blazing Highway Home by Josh Ritter is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
C G
F G C G
verse 1
C G
Chasing thunder, chasing lightning too
F C G
You never wondered what they thought of you
C G
You know you can't outrun the great unknown
F G C G
May you find yourself a blazing highway home
verse 2
C G
Somewhere the high cliffs, somewhere the waves hit white
F C G
The wind in it's mischief, the palace of rainbows, I
C G
will be here watching you though you may feel alone
F G C
While you find yourself a blazing highway home
F
I try to sleep
C
Searching the darkness for something
F
Your soul to keep
C G
Here I am sleeping with nothing
verse 3
C G
Still St. Peter, you don't want to wait
F C G
Throw it in gear and roll on through those gates
C G
And know no matter where your soul may roam
F G C
That you'll find yourself a blazing highway home
F
I try to sleep
C
Searching the darkness for something
F
Your soul to keep
C G
Here I am sleeping with nothing
Interlude
C G
F G C G
verse 4
C G
And may the angel sing you country songs
F C G
Your mama sang you back when days were long
C G
More beautiful than anything you've known
F G C
While you find yourself a blazing highway home
F
I try to sleep
C
Searching the darkness for something
F
Your soul to keep
C G
Here I am sleeping with nothing
Outro
C G
F G C