Carefree Highway

Gordon Lightfoot 1974 (album, Sundown)

Key of D Below

Carefree Highway chords
Gordon Lightfoot 1974 (album, Sundown)
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carefree_Highway_(song)
 
Capo II *
 
C A# F  G
 
C             G            E              Am  G
Pickin up the pieces of my sweet shattered dream,
  F              C               G
I wonder how the old folks are tonight?
    C                 G                 E           Am
Her name was Ann, and I'll be damned if I recall her face;
F               G               C
She left me not knowing what to do.
 
C        A#      F        G            C
Carefree highway,  let me slip away on you
         A#      F             G
Carefree highway,  you've seen better days
    Am            G              F         C     D
The morning after blues, from my head down to my shoes
C         A#      F        G                       C
 Carefree highway,  let me slip away, slip away on you
 
A# F  G  C  A# F   G
 
C                G            E           Am G
Turning back the pages to the times I love best
  F                C           G
I wonder if she'll ever do the same?
        C                 G              E         Am
Now the thing that I call living is just being satisfied,
     F             G              C
With knowing I got no one left to blame
 
C        A#      F        G            C
Carefree highway,  let me slip away on you
         A#      F             G
Carefree highway,  you've seen better days
    Am            G              F         C     D
The morning after blues, from my head down to my shoes
C         A#      F        G                       C
 Carefree highway,  let me slip away, slip away on you
 
A# F  G  C  A# F   G
 
C                  G               E              Am G
Searching thru the fragments of my dream shattered sleep;
  F             C                     G
I wonder if the years have closed her mind?
       C                G              E            Am
Well I guess it must be wander lust or trying to get free,
F                 G                        C
From the good old faithful feeling we once knew
 
C        A#      F        G            C
Carefree highway,  let me slip away on you
         A#      F             G
Carefree highway,  you've seen better days
    Am            G              F         C     D
The morning after blues, from my head down to my shoes
C         A#      F        G                       C
 Carefree highway,  let me slip away, slip away on you
       G            C
Let me slip away on you
 
C        A#      F          G              C
Carefree highway   I got to see you my old flame
         A#      F             G
Carefree highway,  you've seen better days
    Am            G              F         C     D
The morning after blues, from my head down to my shoes
C         A#      F        G                       C
 Carefree highway,  let me slip away, slip away on you
 
A# F  G  C  A# F  G 2x
 
* Alternates:
 
Open
 
C     = D
G     = A
E    = Gb
Am    = Bm
F     = G
G     = A
A#    = C
 
Capo IV
 
C     = A#
G     = F
E    = D
Am    = Gm
F     = D#
G     = F
A#    = Ab
 
Set8

KEY OF D
Capo II

D C G Asus4 A

D A F# Bm A
Pickin up the pieces of my sweet shattered dream,
G D Asus4 A
I wonder how the old folks are tonight?
D A F# Bm
Her name was Ann, and I’ll be damned if I recall her face;
G A D
She left me not knowing what to do.

D C G A D
Carefree highway, let me slip away on you
C G A
Carefree highway, you’ve seen better days
Bm A G D E
The morning after blues, from my head down to my shoes
D C G A D
Carefree highway, let me slip away, slip away on you

C G A D C G Asus4 A

D A F# Bm A
Turning back the pages to the times I love best
G D Asus4 A
I wonder if she’ll ever do the same?
D A F# Bm
Now the thing that I call living is just being satisfied,
G A D
With knowing I got no one left to blame

D C G A D
Carefree highway, let me slip away on you
C G A
Carefree highway, you’ve seen better days
Bm A G D E
The morning after blues, from my head down to my shoes
D C G A D
Carefree highway, let me slip away, slip away on you

C G A D C G Asus4 A

D A F# Bm A
Searching thru the fragments of my dream shattered sleep;
G D Asus4 A
I wonder if the years have closed her mind?
D A F# Bm
Well I guess it must be wander lust or trying to get free,
G A D
From the good old faithful feeling we once knew

D C G A D
Carefree highway, let me slip away on you
C G A
Carefree highway, you’ve seen better days
Bm A G D E
The morning after blues, from my head down to my shoes
D C G A D
Carefree highway, let me slip away, slip away on you
A D
Let me slip away on you

C G A D
Carefree highway I got to see you my old flame
C G A
Carefree highway, you’ve seen better days
Bm A G D E
The morning after blues, from my head down to my shoes
D C G A D
Carefree highway, let me slip away, slip away on you

C G A D C G A 2x

Set8