Chords for "The Great Highway"

Date:  1 April 2018
From:  George Ziadeh


"The Great Highway"    Transcribed by George Ziadeh

Intro: D - G - A - G - D - G - A x8
V1:
D           A          Bm     (G-G/F#) x4
I had this dream America      (G-G/F#) x3 /a - /b - /c#
Was always a very special place
A
Heroes of the great Wild West
G
Wild Bill Hickok and the rest
       A
The romantic on a reckless chase
       G--G  n.c.
Till reality hit me in the face

Chorus:
D    G      A     G      D                   G     A     G
Hey, hey, hey,      I am riding on The Great Highway
  D               G     A                 G     D     G      A x4
All across America.........From New York to LA
G
Hoping I can find my dream
   A
In New Hampshire or New Orleans
Bm
Find a place where I can stay
     G    G        n.c.
And once I'm there I'm never going away so

Chorus:
Hey, hey, hey
From Portland, Maine to San Francisco Bay
All across America along The Great Highway
G
Bright eyes like wishing wells
A
Instamatic kiss and tell
Bm
Optimistic self-belief
(G-G/F#) x4                     /e
College girls with perfect teeth
D
Technicolor realism 
A
in 20/20 vision
Bm
Animated multi-race
    (G-G/F#) x4
And always out there in your face
A                    G
Ooh la she'll be cruel if you upset her
     A
And life is not a road movie
    G   G  n.c.
So wake up to reality and

Chorus:
Hey, hey, hey, I'm driving on the interstate
All across America, along The Great Highway
     G
And even if the dream goes wrong
A                            Bm    G--G   n.c.
Still stay for the last song

Repeat Chorus 2    (Ax8)

     D
The great illusion it may be
     A
But always something else to see
 Bm
Always some little hick town
   G
To pick you up when you are down
  D
Another day, another shake
A
Malted with a slice of cake
Bm                        G
Lah di dah di dah di dah, Lah di dah di dah di dah, 
        D
At a jukebox in a smoky bar
   A
A girl stands looking at the stars
Bm
Dressed in denim wearing shades
     G                     D
And outside is The Great Highway
              A         Bm    G
(I had this dream, America)
     D
She sips a Coke walks away
      A
It's just a second in her day
    Bm                        G
But all her culture's on display
                 D    C9
She might be a dreamer
    G
But maybe I'm a dreamer too

Repeat Chorus 1 and continue progression 

Hey, hey, hey (x4)
     G    A
Hey