The winding highway chords by John Lee Hooker

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Verse 1
C 
 (C major) I love my wife and my baby people
My little girl was just only four days old
Lord, I just walked out on highway people
Lord, I just walked both night and day
She said,
Johnny
Lee, please don't leave her
Lord, we're gonna miss you so
She said,
Johnny
Lee, please don't leave her
Lord, don't you know we're
gonna miss you
Lord, I want to travel the highway
Lord, I'm just gonna travel
both night and day
I'm just sitting down
here thanking people
Lord, I'm just thanking all to myself
Lord, I'm just sittin' down here thinkin' this mornin',
yes, yeah
I'm just thinkin' all to myself
I hope my little girl don't learn
to call no other man daddy
And
Lord, that's what's worryin' me
I just beg for a nickel to go in my telephone
I sit down and beg for a nickel,
Lord, to
Goin' in my telephone

Verse 2

I wanna call my baby up Tell her please let

me come back home

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Verse 3

I just traveled this old highway

Verse 4

I just traveled both night and day

Verse 5
C 
I just  (C major) traveled through old highway people
until my shoes got very thin
I was trying to get back home
to my wife and my baby
and
C 
Lord I want to go back down  (C major) to stay