Lost Highway chords by
David Allan Coe

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Key: D major•

Verse 1

D

D

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C

C

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G

G

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D

D

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G

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You know, I don't know why,

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D

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but most people think of

Hank

Williams when you mention

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G

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David

Allen

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D

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Coe's name, and maybe it's because

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C

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G

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the ride was such a hit for me.

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D

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But I was so disappointed when they did a

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C

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TV special on

Hank

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G

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Williams this year and

they asked

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D

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John

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G

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Anderson to sing the ride instead of me,

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it broke my heart.

And I was telling

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A

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G

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Mo about that at

King

Records.

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A

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They had just released

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my latest album,

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Lonesome

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D

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Fugitive, and he said, well, why don't we

go in the studio and cut

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G

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a tribute album to

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A

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D

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A

A

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Hank, an d call it

The

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D

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Ghost of

Hank

Williams

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after the song you wrote at

Hank's grave.

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D

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C

C

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And I said, man, that'd be great.

And

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G

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D

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Mo said, well, what's your favorite

Hank

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Williams songs?

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D

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I picked up the guitar,

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A

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started playing it, and I went...

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G

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C

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I'm a rolling stone, all alone and lost

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G

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D

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C

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G

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D

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A

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A life of sin, I have paid the cost

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G

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D

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G

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When I pass by, all the people say

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C

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G

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D

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Just another guy on

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the lost highway

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D

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C

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D

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Just a deck of cards

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G

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D

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an d a jug of wine

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G

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D

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An d a woman's lies

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G

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A

A

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makes a life like mine

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G

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D

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On the day we met, I went astray

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G

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D

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C

C

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G

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I started down that lost highway

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D

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C

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D

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C

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G

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D

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C

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G

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D

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C

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G

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D

D

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C

C

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D

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I was just a lad,

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C

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G

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D

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merely twenty -two

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C

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G

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D

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Neither good nor bad,

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G

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A

A

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just a kid like you

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D

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And now I'm lost, too late to pray

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C

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D

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Lord, I paid the cost,

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D

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on the lost highway

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C

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D

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Now boys don't stop,

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C

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you're running around

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D

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On the road of sin,

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C

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G

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A

A

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oh you're sorrow bound

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G

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D

D

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Take my advice, you'll curse the day

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C

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G

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D

D

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You started traveling down

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D

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That lost highway, that lost highway

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D

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That lost highway,

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C

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G

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D

D

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that old lost highway

You

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner

E ₂

A ₂

D ₃

G ₃

B ₃

E ₄

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B ₁

E ₂

A ₂

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E ₃

E ₂

A ₃

A ₂

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D ₃

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G ₃

B ₃

B ₃

E ₄

E ₄

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G ₄

C ₄

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D ₄

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B ₄

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B ₀

E ₁

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G ₃

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E ₄

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G ₄

D ₃

G ₃

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C ₃

G ₃

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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner

E ₂

A ₂

D ₃

G ₃

B ₃

E ₄

Guitar Tuner 7 Strings

B ₁

E ₂

A ₂

D ₃

G ₃

B ₃

E ₄

Guitar Tuner 12 stringStandard

E ₃

E ₂

A ₃

A ₂

D ₄

D ₃

G ₄

G ₃

B ₃

B ₃

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G ₄

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CavaquinhoStandard

D ₄

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B ₀

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E ₄

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G ₄

D ₃

G ₃

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D ₄

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C ₃

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

Chords

D
C
G
A

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The original key of Lost Highway by David Allan Coe is D major.

The primary chords used in Lost Highway are D, C, G, A.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like D, C, G, A, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Lost Highway is approximately 113 beats per minute.

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