Walking In The King's Highway Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays450

Walking In The King's Highway by The Carter Family is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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A
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  			(intro) A E A 

                     A 
    We shall see the desert as a rose, 
                                                E 
    walking in the King's Highway, 
                     A 
    there'll be singing where salvation goes, 
                             E                A 
    walking in the King's Highway. 

                 A 
There's a highway there and a way, 
                                            E 
where sorrows shall flee away, 
              A 
and the light shines bright as the day, 
                        E                 A 
walking in the King's Highway. 

( A E A ) 

                     A 
    We shall see the glory of the Lord, 
                                                E 
    walking in the King's Highway, 
                 A 
    and behold the glory of his word, 
                             E                A 
    walking in the King's Highway. 

                 A 
There's a highway there and a way, 
                                            E 
where sorrows shall flee away, 
              A 
and the light shines bright as the day, 
                        E                 A 
walking in the King's Highway. 

( A E A ) 

                      A 
    There the rain shall fall upon the ground, 
                                               E 
    walking in the King's Highway, 
                     A 
    and the springs of water shall be found, 
                             E                A 
    walking in the King's Highway. 

                 A 
There's a highway there and a way, 
                                            E 
where sorrows shall flee away, 
              A 
and the light shines bright as the day, 
                        E                 A 
walking in the King's Highway. 

( A E A ) 

           A 
    No unclean thing shall pass o'er here, 
                                                E 
    walking in the King's Highway, 
                 A 
    just the ransomed ones without a fear, 
                             E                A 
    walking in the King's Highway. 

                 A 
There's a highway there and a way, 
                                            E 
where sorrows shall flee away, 
              A 
and the light shines bright as the day, 
                        E                 A 
walking in the King's Highway. 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante