Mama Knows the Highway

Subject: CRD: "Mama Knows the Highway" (Hal Ketchum) Date: 5 Mar 1994 23:15:12 GMT Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz Lines: 82 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: ucscb.ucsc.edu X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #3 (NOV) MAMA KNOWS THE HIGHWAY (recorded by Hal Ketchum) ------------------------------------------------ Actually in A; capo 2. [Each chord is one measure, except two chords joined by a hyphen are one measure total. (Em - D, G - G/F#, C - G/B, G - D)] The chords with * have that little mandolin part with F# and G notes. G* C* G* Em - D G* C* G* Em - D intro G C G G Mama knows the highway by the songs G G D D When she hears a good one, she always sings along G C G G She don't ever worry 'bout what's gone G G D G G She says, "good country music will never steer you wrong" G C G G She talks to the truckers with her lights G A D D Maybe just a little bit more on Saturday nights G C G G She knows a good road to paradise G D G G And that's just enough to keep the highway bright C C G* G* Yeah, Mama knows the highway now by heart G - G/F# Em D D She can see the rain before it starts G C/G G C/G Looking clear through a windshield full of stars G D G* C* G* Em - D Mama knows the highway now by heart G C G G She can tell Wyoming by the wind G G G D D She can tell another trucker by the rig that he's in G C G G She knows how to watch the river bends G D G G She knows where the real South begins Well, Mama knows the highway now by heart She can see the rain before it starts Looking clear through a windshield full of stars Mama knows the highway now by heart gu[G G D itar solo] pi[G G G ano solo] C - G/B Am G - D C She can gauge a cafe just by looking at the sign A7 A7 C C D D Little old places always share the grand design Mama knows the highway now by heart She can see the rain before it starts Looking clear through a windshield full of stars G D Em* Em* Mama knows the highway now by heart G D G* C* G* Em - D Mama knows the highway now by heart G* C* G* Em - D Mama knows the highway, yeah, yeah yeah G* C* G* Em - D instrumental; repeat and fade ==-=--=---=----=-----=-------=---------=---------=-------=-----=----=---=--=-== Adam Schneider indigo@ucscb.ucsc.edu U.C. Santa Cruz Mail me if you want guitar chords for Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Indigo Girls, Suzanne Vega, Lucinda Williams, etc. ==-=--=---=----=-----=-------=---------=---------=-------=-----=----=---=--=-==