Key to the Highway

by Eric Clapton/BB King/Little Walter · posted by BlueWest

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

5    -4  4   5   5  4   5   -4
I've got the key to the highway
-6   -6 6  5  4
Feel I got to go
3 3  3  4     5    3   3
I gonna leave here running
4  -3   -3 3    2    1
Walking is both too slow

5   -4  4  5   5  4   5  -4
I'm going back to the border
-6   -6   6  5   4
Where I'm better known
3    4   4  5    3   3
You haven't done nothing
4   -3   -3 3    2    1
Draw a good man from home

8 -8 7   8    8     -8   7   8    -8
When the moon peeps over the mountain
-10  -10 9  -9 7
I'll be  on my way
-6 -6  7   8   6   6
Gonna roll the highway
7 -6  -6  6     -5 4
Until the break of day

5    -4  4    5    5  4  5  -4
Just one more kiss oh my darling
-6   -6  6  5 4
Just before I go
3   4   4  5    3    3
Is when I leave this time
4  -3   -3 3    2  1
I won't be back no more

8    -8   7   8  8  7   8   -8
I've got the key to the highway
-10 -10 9 -9 7
I'm about to go
-6 -6  7    8    6   6
Gonna leave here running
7   -6  -6  6   -5  4
Walking is both too slow

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