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Marshall Tucker Band - Take The Highway (Chord)
Album: The Marshall Tucker Band (2003)
Submitter: ER (10) on 2/12/03 3 comments Month Views: 663 \| Total Views: 33,837

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Take the Highway

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Marshall Tucker Band

D -    XXO232
Dsus - XXO233
Cadd9 -X32O3O
G -    32OOO3
G/B -    X20003
D/F# - 2OO232
C -    X32O1O
Bm -   X24432
Bb -   X13331
E -    O221OO
F -    133211

D  Dsus  D  Dsus D Cadd9 -------- 6 times

         D    Dsus  D  Dsus D Cadd9
Take the highway,
      D          Dsus             D     Dsus D Cadd9
Cause Lord knows I'll be gone too long
     D    Dsus  D  Dsus D Cadd9
On a sad day,
    D                Dsus              D     Dsus D Cadd9
One day you'll turn around and I'll be gone


        G                D/F#
and the time has fin'lly come,
    C           G/B            Bb
for me to pack my bags and walk away,
      D
to be sad.


D  Dsus  D  Dsus D Cadd9 ------- 2 times


        D    Dsus   D  Dsus D Cadd9
I'll be back some day,
    D                    Dsus            D   Dsus D Cadd9
but darling please don't wait for me too long
             D   Dsus    D         Dsus D Cadd9
there's just one place I can't stay,
    D                Dsus               D  Dsus D Cadd9
the mem'ry's of your love still lingers on.


        G                D/F#
and the time has fin'lly come,
    C           G/B            Bb
for me to pack my bags and walk away,
      D
to be sad.


(Instrumental 3 min.)

D & F for awhile back and forth, then switches to D & D/C
   then back to D & F


D  Dsus  D  Dsus D Cadd9 ---------- 2 Times


        D    Dsus   D  Dsus D Cadd9
I'll be back someday,
   D                    Dsus            D    Dsus D Cadd9
so darling please don't wait for me too long,
             D   Dsus    D         Dsus D Cadd9
there's just one place I can't stay,
    D                Dsus               D   Dsus D Cadd9
the mem'ry's of your love still lingers on.


        G                D/F#
and the time has fin'lly come,
    C           G/B            Bb
for me to pack my bags and walk away,
      D
to be sad.

D  Dsus  D  Dsus D Cadd9 ------ 2 times


         D    Dsus  D  Dsus D Cadd9
Take the Highway,
         D    Dsus  D  Dsus D Cadd9
Take the Highway,
         D    Dsus  D  Dsus D Cadd9
Take the Highway,
         D    Dsus  D  Dsus D Cadd9
Take the Highway.

        G                D/F#
and the time has fin'lly come,
    C           G/B            Bb
for me to pack my bags and walk away,
      D      C     Bm      Bb
to be sad.................

D.......E.......F.......D

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I've worked for the Marshall Tucker Band as a guitar tech since shortly after Toy Caldwell died, this was his favorite song and people always wondered what that line was. its not "to be sad" its "hear me say." I've heard a million different ways to say it, "he'll be safe" etc. but I asked Toy myself, and his answer was "Hear Me Say". Just to let you know, thanks for the tab -adamn7 \| 2/14/2009
Yeah..and in the live videos you can clearly hear and see Doug sing "hear me say". Also that Bm doesn't seem correct. Sounds like it should be just a walk down from C to C/B or whatever it's called. -grievousangel09 \| 7/17/2012
To Grevious, you know what, i think you're right ! Instead of Bm, it probably should be a G/B on the walk-down from C. It sounds better too ! ... G/B --- x20003 -ER \| 7/18/2012

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