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Ventura Highway

America

 

Strum Guide

Strum: D   D DUM D M D     D DUM D M D   M = Mute

       1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

 

Chord Guide

      T 321

G6:   3x5430

            111

Dmaj7:  xx0222

          T 12

Asus2/F#:2x2200

         12 4

Em7:   022030

         T341

F#m7add4:244200

 

w/main riff:

/ G6 - - - / - - - - / Dmaj7 - - - / - - - - / x2

 

G6 (2)                                                                         Dmaj7 (2)

Chewing on a piece of grass, walking down the road

G6 (2)                                             Dmaj7 (2)

       Tell me, how long you gonna stay here, Joe?

G6 (2)                                                      Dmaj7 (2)

   Some people say this town don't look good in snow

G6 (2)                              Dmaj7 (2)

    You don't care, I know

 

Chorus:

G6 (2)                                           Dmaj7 (2)

     Ventura Highway in the sunshine

                    G6 (2)                                                                           Dmaj7 (2)

Where the days are longer, the nights are stronger than moonshine

G6 (2)                            Dmaj7 (2)     Asus2/F# (2)

      You're gonna go, I know

 

                 Em7                         F#m7add4

'Cause the free wind is blowin' through your hair

             Em7                        F#m7add4     

And the days surround your daylight there

  Em7               F#m7add4 

Seasons crying no despair

       Em7         F#m7add4  (2)   G6 (2)

Alligator lizards in the air, in the air

 

Dmaj7 (2)                    G6 (2)

Doot-doot, doot-doot, doot-doot, doot-doot,

Dmaj7 (2)                   

Doot-doot, doot-doot,

 

   G6 (2)                                                Dmaj7 (2)

Wishin' on a falling star, waitin' for the early train

G6 (2)                                                Dmaj7 (2)

       Sorry boy, but I've been hit by purple rain

G6 (2)                                                  Dmaj7 (2)

    Aw, come on, Joe, you can always change your name

G6 (2)                                         Dmaj7 (2)

      Thanks a lot, son, just the same

 

Chorus

 

Dmaj7 (2)                    G6 (2)

Doot-doot, doot-doot, doot-doot, doot-doot,   Repeat 4x

 

End on Dmaj7


This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.