Verso 1:
A7 E7 D7
Key to the highway
D7
Packed up and bound to go
A7
I'm gonna leave here running
E7 D7 A7 D7 E7 N.C.
'Cause walking most too slow
Verso 2:
N.C. A7 E7
I'm going back down to the border
D7
Where I'm much better off
A7
'Cause you ain't done nothing
E7 D7 A7 D7 E7 N.C.
But drive a good man away from home
Verso 3:
N.C. A7
So give me one more
E7 D7
One more kiss, baby, just before I go
A7
Back out on the highway
E7 D7 A7 D7 E7 N.C.
That's the only place I know
Verso 4:
A7 E7
And when the moon creeps over my room
D7
Honey I'll be on my way
A7
I'm gonna roam this old highway
E7 D7 A7 D7 E7 N.C.
Until the break of day
Verso 5:
N.C. A7 E7
I got the key to the highway
D7
Packed up and bound to go
A7
I'm gonna leave here running
E7 D7 A7 D7 A7 N.C.
'Cause walking is 'most too slow
Verso 6:
N.C. A7 E7
Well, it's so long, so long, baby
D7
I must say goodbye
A7
I gotta roam, roam this highway
E7 D7 A7 D7 E
Until the day I die