Pan Am highway blues Chords

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Pan Am highway blues by ZZ Top is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A5, D5 and E5. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			  A5 
1.Verse: I´ve gotten good at missin´ her 
         D5                       A5 
         i practice all the time 
         A5 
         while i drive the ran am highway through 
                   D5                    A5 
         with that cactus friend of mine 
         D5                                              A5 
         it´s gettin´ hard to see the white line rollin´ by 
         D5                                  E5 
         i can´t forget her memry deep inside 
 
         A5 
2.Verse: i dropped a bundle down in panama, 
                 D5                        A5 
         but the loss didn´t do me no good 
         A5 
         spendin´ cash and talkin´ trash 
               D5                   A5 
         don´t do it like it should 
         D5                                 A5 
         i realized i just couldn´t buy her smile 
              D5                                     E5 
         i´ll keep tryin´ on that pan am mile by mile 
 
         A5          
3.Verse: if she´d meet me in San Salvador, 
             D5                     A5 
         i´d buy her a drink or two 
         A5 
         we´d talk about our used to be and 
         D5               A5 
         ride on to Peru 
             D5                                    A5 
         the time to get it right is here and now 
         D5                                   E5 
         and if she won´t i´ll move on anyhow 

    	

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