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Rockin Down The Highway by Doobie Brothers
Rockin Down The Highway
#---------------#
# :CHORDS USED: #
#---------------#
A/E
x x x 9 10 9
Bm7
7 9 7 7 10 x
C#m7
9 11 9 9 9 x
D/F#
x x x 11 10 10
Dadd9/E
0 7 7 7 7 x
E
0 7 9 9 9 x
F
1 3 3 2 x x
Fsus4
1 3 3 3 x x
F#m7
x 9 11 9 10 9
G
3 5 5 4 3 3
G/D
x x x 7 8 7
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 2'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Lead'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Lead 2'
Intro
A/C G/B D/A A D/F# A/E
4/4
Gtr I
|-----------||--9---9------|-------------------|----5------|----------------|
|-----------||-10--10------|-------8-(8)-8-7---|-7--5------|---3----2-------|
|-----------||--9---9------|-------7-(7)-7-7---|-7--6------|---2----2-------|
|-------x---||-10--11------|-x-x-x-9-(9)-9-7-x-|-7--7------|-0-4--4-2--/11--|
|-------x-0-||-------------|-x-x-x-----------x-|-----------|-0--------------|
|-----------||-------------|-------------------|-----------|----------------|
A/C# G/B D/A A A5
|--9---9------|-------------------|----5-------|----------------|
|-10--10------|-------8-(8)-8-7---|-7--5-------|----------------|
|--9---9------|-------7-(7)-7-7---|-7--6-------|-2-----------2--|
|-11--11------|-x-x-x-9-(9)-9-7-x-|-7--7-------|---4--2------2--|
|-------------|-x-x-x-----------x-|---------0--|---------4-x-0--|
|-------------|-------------------|------------|-----------x----|
Verse
A/E D/F#
Gtr II
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
Gtr I
||---------------------|----------------------|--------------|
||o--------------------|----------------------|-3----3-3-3---|
||--2----------------2-|-(2)------------------|-2----2-2-2-2-|
||--2--4b4.5rp0-2-4--2-|-(2)--4b4.5rp0-2-4----|-4----4-4-4-2-|
||o-0---------0-0-0--0-|-(0)--0------0-0-0--0-|------------0-|
||---------------------|----------------------|--------------|
A/E
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|-(2)--------------|-2-----------2-|-(2)--------------|
|-(2)-2-4---2-4----|-2--4---2-4--2-|-(2)-2-4---2-4----|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0----0-|-0--0-0-0----0-|-(0)---0-0-0----0-|
|------------------|---------------|------------------|
D/F# A/E
| | | |
/ / / /
|--------------|-----------------|
|-3----3-3-x---|-------3------0--|
|-2----2-2-x-2-|-(2)---2---------|
|-4----4-4-x-2-|-(2)---4--2-4----|
|------------0-|-(0)-0-0--0------|
|--------------|-----------------|
Pre-Chorus
F FsuF4 Fsus4 F Fsus4 F Fsus4
| | | || | | | | | | | |
/ / / // / / / / / / / /
|-1--1------|-(1)---1-(1)-1-----|-5--5------|--5--5-(5)-------|
|-1--1------|-(1)---1-(1)-1-3-x-|-6--6------|--4--4-(4)--x----|
|-2--2------|-(2)---2-(2)-2-3-x-|-5--5------|--5--5-(5)--x----|
|-3--3------|-(3)---3-(3)-3-3-x-|-----------|------------x----|
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------------|
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|--------------0--|
E G
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
|-4--4\----------|-4--4\----------|-7--7--7-7-7--|-8--8--7-------||
|-5--5\--x---x---|-5--5\--x---x---|-8--8--8-8-8--|-8--8--8-------||
|-4--4\--x---x---|-4--4\--x---x---|-7--7--7-7-7--|-7--7--7--x----||
|--------x---x---|--------x---x---|--------------|----------x----||
|----------------|----------------|--------------|----------x----||
|----------0---0-|----------0---0-|--------------|------------0--||
Chorus
$
A/E G/D A/E
Gtr II
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / x / / / /
Gtr I
|--9---9------|-------------------|----5------|-----------------|
|-10--10------|-------8-(8)-8-7---|-7--5------|---3----2--------|
|--9---9------|-------7-(7)-7-7---|-7--6------|---2----2--------|
|-10--11------|-x-x-x-9-(9)-9-7-x-|-7--7------|-0-4--4-2--/11---|
|-------------|-x-x-x-----------x-|-----------|-0---------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-----------|-----------------|
A/E G/D A/E
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / x / / / /
|--9---9------|-------------------|----5------|-----------------|
|-10--10------|-------8-(8)-8-7---|-7--5------|---3----2--------|
|--9---9------|-------7-(7)-7-7---|-7--6------|---2----2--------|
|-10--11------|-x-x-x-9-(9)-9-7-x-|-7--7------|-0-4--4-2--/11---|
|-------------|-x-x-x-----------x-|-----------|-0---------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-----------|-----------------|
A/E G/D A/E
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / x / / / /
|--9---9------|-------------------|----5------|-----------------|
|-10--10------|-------8-(8)-8-7---|-7--5------|---3----2--------|
|--9---9------|-------7-(7)-7-7---|-7--6------|---2----2--------|
|-10--11------|-x-x-x-9-(9)-9-7-x-|-7--7------|-0-4--4-2--/11---|
|-------------|-x-x-x-----------x-|-----------|-0---------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-----------|-----------------|
1.
To Coda
A/E G/D A/E
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / x / / / /
|--9---9------|-------------------||----5-------|----------------|
|-10--10------|-------8-(8)-8-7---||-7--5-------|----------------|
|--9---9------|-------7-(7)-7-7---||-7--6-------|-2-----------2--|
|-11--11------|-x-x-x-9-(9)-9-7-x-||-7--7-------|---4--2------2--|
|-------------|-x-x-x-----------x-||---------0--|---------4-x-0--|
|-------------|-------------------||------------|-----------x----|
Interlude 1
N.C. A5 N.C. A5
Gtrs I, II
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|-(2)------2-----2-|-(2)-------2-----2-|
|-(2)------2h4-x-2-|-(2)-------2h4-x-2-|
|-(0)--3h4-----x-0-|-(0)-0-3h4-----x-0-|
|------------------|-------------------|
N.C. A5 N.C.
|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|--------------------o||
|-(2)------2-----2-|-(2)-------2---------||
|-(2)------2h4-x-2-|-(2)-------2h4-x-----||
|-(0)--3h4-----x-0-|-(0)-0-3h4-----x----o||
|------------------|-----------------0---||
2.
A/E
Gtr I
| | | |
/ / / /
Gtr II
|----5--------|----------------|
|-7--5--------|------5--5--x---|
|-7--6-----/6-|-(6)--6--6--x---|
|-7--7-----/7-|-(7)--7--7--x---|
|-------------|----------------|
|-------------|--------------9-|
Interlude 2
F#mC#m7Bm7 F#mC#m7 Bm7
|||||||| ||||| | |||||||| || ||| | |
//x///x/ ///x/ / //x////x // /// / x
Gtr III
|---------|---------|---------|-------12s14--|
|---------|---------|---------|-------12s14--|
|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
F#m7 C#m7 Bm7
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / x / / / x / / / / x / /
~~~~~~
|-(14)s=12-------------|--------------------------|
|-(14)s=12--10s12s10---|--------------------10-12-|
|------------9s11s=9---|----------9-(9)-/11-------|
|----------------------|---7-9s11-----------------|
|--------------------7s|=9------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
Dadd9/E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-12b14-(12)------------------10-|-12b14-(12)--12p10----10-------|
|------------------------9-11----|-------------------11-----11\--|
|------------\7-9-7-9s11---------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Interlude 3
Gtr I
|----------------|-------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-2------2-----2-|-(2)-------2-----2-|-(2)------2-----2-|-(2)-------2---------|
|-2------2h4-x-2-|-(2)-------2h4-x-2-|-(2)------2h4-x-2-|-(2)-------2h==4-x---|
|-0--3h4-----x-0-|-(0)-0-3h4-----x-0-|-(0)--3h4-----x-0-|-(0)-0-3h4-------x---|
|----------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------0-|
|
| Gtr III
|----------------|-------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|------------------|---------2-4p2---2---|
|----------------|-------------------|------------------|-----2-4-------4-----|
|----------------|-------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|------------------|---------------------|
Guitar Solo
A/E
Gtr II
| | | |
/ / / /
Gtr I
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----2-----------------2-|-(2)--------------------------------|
|-----2--4b4.5rp0-2-4---2-|-(2)---------4b4.5rp======0-2-4-----|
|-----0---------0-0-0---0-|-(0)---------0------------0-0-0---0-|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~~~
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-4b6-4---------------2---|--2--4-4b6==(4)r====(4)p2---2---4-2-|
|-----------------------4-|--------------------------4---------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
D/F# A/E
| | | |
/ / / /
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|------3------------3---3-3---|----------------------|
|------2------------2---2-2-2-|-(2)------------------|
|------4------------4---4-4-2-|-(2)-2-4----2-4-------|
|---------------------------0-|-(0)-0-0-0--0------0--|
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|-5b7-(5)--5b7-(5)--5p2-------|----------------------|
|-----------------------4-2---|-(2)---------------9--|
|-----------------------------|-------4------7S11----|
|-----------------------------|-----------/9---------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
| | | |
/ / / /
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|---2---------------------------2--|--(2)--------------------------------------|
|---2----4-----2---4------------2--|--(2)-2--4--------2--------4---------------|
|---0----0-0---0----------------0--|--(0)----0-----0--0---------------------0--|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------12b14-(12)-|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|---9---11-9--(9)--------------11--|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------12b14-(12)-|
|-----------------10-12-12b14-(12)-|-(12)---12p10----10h12p10----10------------|
|-----9------/11-------------------|--------------11----------11---------------|
|-/11------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
D/F# A/E
| | | |
/ / / /
|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---3-------------------3-----3--x---------------|-----------3--------0-----|
|---2-------------------2-----2--x------------2--|-(2)-------2--------------|
|---4-------------------4-----4--x------------2--|-(2)-------4--2-4---------|
|---------------------------------------------0--|-(0)----0--0--0-----------|
|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|
|~~~~~~ ~~
|-(12)----------------(12)---12------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------12b14-(12)-|-12p10----10--------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-------11-----0----11\----|
|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| ~~~
|------12----------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------12b14-(12)--12p10----12p10------------|-10---------------(10)\---|
|----------------------------11--------------11--|--------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
F Fsus4 F Fsus4
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
|---1-----1------------------------------|--------(1)------------------1------(1)-1--------|
|---1-----1------------------------------|--------(1)------------------1------(1)-1---3--x-|
|---2-----2------------------------------|--------(2)------------------2------(2)-2---3--x-|
|---3-----3------------------------------|--------(3)------------------3------(3)-3---3--x-|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|--------13------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----13----16b18-(16)-(16)--16-------13-|--------16p=13-------16b18-(16)----(16)----16-13-|
|-/14------------------------------------|---------------16-15-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|--------13------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----13----16b18-(16)-(16)--13h16p13----|-15b16-(15)----15-13--------------------------13-|
|-/14---------------------------------15-|----------------------------15--13h=14----/14----|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
F Fsus4 F Fsus4
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
|---------5-----------5---------------------------|-----------5------------5---(5)-------------|
|---------6-----------6---------------------------|-----------4------------4---(4)----x--------|
|---------5-----------5---------------------------|-----------5------------5---(5)----x--------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------x--------|
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------0----|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-16b18-(16)--16b18-(16)--16b18-(16)--13h16p13----|-13h16p13----13-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------16-|----------16----16b18-(16)-(16)--(16)\------|
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|--------13---16b18-(16)--16b18-(16)--13h16p13----|-13h16p13----13-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------16-|----------16----16b18-(16)-(16)--(16)\------|
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
E
| | | |
/ / / /
|---4-----4\-------------|--4----4\-----------------|
|---5-----5\-----x---x---|--5----5\-----x------x----|
|---4-----4\-----x---x---|--4----4\-----x------x----|
|----------------x---x---|--------------x------x----|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------0---0-|------------------0-----0-|
|
|--------12-----10---9---|--7s=9-9-----10-----12----|
|-----12-----------------|--------------------------|
|-/13--------11----9---7-|-(7)s9----11----/13----13-|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|
|--------12-----10---9---|--7s=9-9-----10-----12----|
|-----12-----------------|--------------------------|
|-/13--------11----9---7-|-(7)s9----11----/13----13-|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
G
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
|-----7-----7--------------7--7--7----|---------8-----------8-----------7----------||
|-----8-----8--------------8--8--8----|---------8-----------8-----------8----------||
|-----7-----7--------------7--7--7----|---------7-----------7-----------7---x------||
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------x------||
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------x------||
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------0----||
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
|----------15-------------------------|-18b20-(18)--18b20-(18)--18b19-(18)---------||
|-------15----18b20-(18)-(18)---18-15-|--------------------------------------------||
|-13s16-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------||
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
|----------15-------------------------|-18b20-(18)--18b20-(18)--18b19-(18)---------||
|-------15----18b20-(18)-(18)---18-15-|--------------------------------------------||
|-13s16-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------||
Outro
&
D/AA N.C. A5
Gtrs I, III
|----5-------|---------------|----------*|
|-7--5-------|---------------|----------*|
|-7--6-------|-2-----------2-|-2--------*|
|-7--7-------|---4--2----x-2-|-2--------*|
|---------0--|---------4-x-0-|-0--------*|
|------------|---------------|----------*|
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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version 2
Tuning (low to high): EADGBE
Intro:
A G D A A
E|------------------------------|
B|---10-10---8-8-7-7-10---7-5---|
G|----9--9---7-7-7-7--9---7-6---|
D|---11-11---9-9-7-7-11---7-7---|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
B|---10-10---8-8-7-7-10-----------|
G|----9--9---7-7-7-7--9-----------|
D|---11-11---9-9-7-7-11---7-4-----|
A|----------------------------7-4-|
E|--------------------------------|
Verse:
A boogie
E|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------| improvise this
D|-----------------------| if you want
A|---7---9-7---7-7-9-7---|
E|---5---5-5---5-5-5-5---|
Got those highway blues...
D A boogie
E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|---7--------------------------------------|
D|---7--------------------------------------|
A|---5----------------------------7-7-9-7---|
E|--------------------------------5-5-5-5---|
Flyin' down the road with my foot on the floor
A boogie
All the way in town they can hear me comin'
D A boogie
Ford's about to drop, she won't do no more
F5 Bb
E|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|---10-10---10-10-11--10-10---10-10---|
D|---10-10---10-10-10--10-10---10-10---|
A|----8--8----8--8-12---8--8----8--8---|
E|-------------------------------------|
And I smell my motor burnin'
Underneath the hood is smoke
E5
E|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---9-9---------------9-9---|
D|---9-9---------------9-9---|
A|---7-7---------------7-7---|
E|---------------------------|
Can't stop, and i can't stop
G5
E|--------|
B|--------|
G|---12---| play this chord
D|---12---| a few times
A|---10---|
E|--------|
Got to keep on movin' or i'll lose my mind...
Chorus (play the same as intro):
Oooooohhhh, rockin' down the highway (x4)
After the chorus:
E|-------------|----------------------|
B|-------------|----------------------|
G|-------------|----------------------|
D|---7-4-------|---2-------2-4-(x4)---|
A|-------7-4---|---0---3-4------------|
E|-------------|----------------------|
Then its another verse, another chorus, and we hit the solo:
F#m E Bm
E|---2---0-------|
B|---2---0---3---|
G|---2---1---4---| play this pattern for the beginning
D|---4---2---4---| and the rest is in the verse pattern
A|---4---2---2---|
E|---2---0-------|
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version 3
Tuning: Standard Tuning
I found that theres 2 ways to intro this song. Here's the first way:
Guitar I (clean)
|------------------------|
|-10-10----8-8-7-7-7-10--|
|--9--9----7-7-7-7-7--9--|
|-11-11----9-9-7-7-7-11--|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
Heres the way me and my band play this song:
Guitar I (w/ light override)
|-----------------------|
|-10-10----8-8-7-7-7-5--|
|--9--9----7-7-7-7-7-6--|
|-11-11----9-9-7-7-7-7--|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
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version 4
main "hook" that open song: A-A G D-D-D A-A D A-A (x2)
A
Got those highway blues, can't you hear my motor runnin'
D A
Flyin' down the road with my foot on the floor
A
All the way in town they can hear me comin'
D A
Ford's about to drop, she won't do no more
F-F
And i smell my motor burnin'
Underneath the hood is smoke
E-E
Can't stop, and i can't stop
G
Got to keep on movin' or i'll lose my mind
A-A G D A D-A
Oh, rockin' down the highway (x4)
--boogie on A for bridge--
The highway patrol got his eyes on me
I know what he's thinkin' and it ain't good
I'm movin' so fast he can barely see me
Gonna lose that man, i know i should
I gotta kick in my pedal
Make my ford move a little bit faster
Can't stop, and i can't stop
Got to keep on movin' or i'll lose my mind
Oh, rockin' down the highway
Oh, rockin' down the highway, good lord now
Oh, rockin' down the highway (x2)
F#m E Bm (x3)
E builds to crescendo then back to
--boogie on A for bridge-- then extended solo
over verse and chorus chords
oh, rockin' down the highway (x4)
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