Son Volt - "Afterglow 61"
from the record 'Okemah and the Melody of Riot'
Words and Music by Jay Farrar
Tabs by Tim Prizer (tim_prizer@yahoo.com)
Chords used (names on some may be incorrect):
A - 022200
Asus2 - 032200
D - 2320xx
Dsus2 - 0320xx
Em - 000220
F#m - 222442
B - 22442x
Intro: A Asus2 Dsus2 (x4)
AAsus2
US highway from north to south
A
It's history breathing
Asus2Dsus2
Get out from under the gun
AADsus2
And drive down Highway 61
Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/son_volt/afterglow_61_crd.html
AAsus2
Hannibal's son saw the Gold Rush
A
Saw the Civil War done
Asus2Dsus2
Then settled down some
AADsus2
Out on Highway 61
CHORUS
EmDA
There's no reason to feel downhearted
F#mBDsus2A
There's music in the wheels there to be found
AADsus2AAsus2
Goodnight Irene in the prison walls
A
Killed A man
Asus2Dsus2
And lived to sing about it all
AADsus2
Stella-12 out on Highway 61
AAsus2
The immigrant son left the mining town
AAsus2Dsus2
Electrified the traditional
AADsus2
And had it out on Highway 61
REPEAT CHORUS