{"id":28617,"date":"2026-01-06T22:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T22:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=28617"},"modified":"2026-01-06T22:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T22:39:11","slug":"ventura-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/ventura-highway\/","title":{"rendered":"Ventura Highway"},"content":{"rendered":"
Song: Ventura Highway\r\nArtist: America\r\nComposer: Dewey Bunnell\r\nAlbum: Homecoming\r\n \r\nTabbed by DJ  5th Oct 2016\r\n \r\nLive performance video at this link:\r\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ujsOx33f4mk\r\n \r\nIGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website\r\ndisplays, they are generated automatically from a\r\ngeneric database and often don't show the best\r\noptions for a particular chord progression.\r\nI would suggest using the voicings in the text\r\ncolumn numbers below.\r\n \r\nG6    = 355430 or 320030\r\nF#m11 = x44200 or 202200\r\nDmaj7 = xx0222\r\nEm7   = 075700 or 022030\r\n \r\nPlease take a second to swipe down to the bottom of\r\nthe page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks\r\n=====================================================\r\n[* Intro -see riff at bottom of page]\r\n  G<\/span>                         D<\/span>\r\n| \/  \/  \/  \/ | \/  \/  \/  \/ | \/  \/  \/  \/ | \/  \/  \/  \/ |\r\n  G<\/span>                         D<\/span>\r\n| \/  \/  \/  \/ | \/  \/  \/  \/ | \/  \/  \/  \/ | \/  \/  \/  \/ |\r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\nG<\/span>\r\n    Chewing on a piece of grass,\r\n                 D<\/span>\r\nWalking down the-----  road,\r\nG<\/span>                              D<\/span>\r\n    Tell me, how long you gonna----- stay here, Joe?\r\nG<\/span>\r\n    Some people say...\r\n                     D<\/span>\r\nThis town don't look------  good in snow,\r\nG<\/span>                        D<\/span>\r\n    You don't care, ...I know!'\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nG<\/span>                           D<\/span>\r\n    Ventura Highway, in the------ sunshine,\r\n\r\n          G<\/span>\r\nWhere the days are longer,\r\n                            D<\/span>\r\nThe nights are stronger than----- moonshine,\r\nG<\/span>                      D<\/span>\r\n    You're gonna go, I know, oo - woh, oo - woh,\r\n                                      F#m<\/span>\r\n...Oo - woh, oo - woh, oo - woh, oo - woh!\r\n \r\n[Bridge]\r\n           Em<\/span>                   F#m<\/span>\r\n'Cause the free wind is blowing through your hair,\r\n        Em<\/span>                 F#m<\/span>\r\nAnd the days surround your daylight there,\r\nEm<\/span>                  F#m<\/span>\r\n     Seasons crying no despair,\r\n       Em            F#m                   G\r\nAlli - gator lizards in the air, ...in the air\r\n \r\n[Break]\r\nD\r\nDoo, dit - doo, doo!  Doo, dit - doo, doo!\r\nG\r\nDoo, dit - doo, doo!  Doo, dit - doo, doo!\r\nD\r\nDoo, dit - doo, doo!  Doo, dit - doo, doo!\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\nG\r\n     Wishing on a falling star,\r\n                 D\r\nWaiting for the------- early train,\r\nG\r\n    'Sorry, boy,\r\n                     D\r\nBut I've been hit by-----  purple rain!'\r\nG\r\n    'Aww, come on, Joe,\r\n                D\r\nYou can always------ change your name!'\r\nG                                   D\r\n    'Thanks a lot, son, ...just the same'\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nG                           D\r\n    Ventura Highway, in the------ sunshine,\r\n           G\r\nWhere the days are longer,\r\n                            D\r\nThe nights are stronger than----- moonshine,\r\nG                      D\r\n    You're gonna go, I know, oo - woh, oo - woh,\r\n                                      F#m\r\n...Oo - woh, oo - woh, oo - woh, oo - woh!\r\n \r\n[Bridge]\r\n           Em                   F#m\r\n'Cause the free wind is blowing through your hair,\r\n        Em                 F#m\r\nAnd the days surround your daylight there,\r\nEm                  F#m\r\n     Seasons crying no despair,\r\n       Em            F#m                   G\r\nAlli - gator lizards in the air, ...in the air!\r\n \r\n[Coda - repeats]\r\nD\r\nDoo, dit - doo, doo!  Doo, dit - doo, doo!\r\nG\r\nDoo, dit - doo, doo!  Doo, dit - doo, doo!\r\nD\r\nDoo, dit - doo, doo!  Doo, dit - doo, doo!\r\nG\r\nDoo, dit -doo, doo!   Doo, dit - doo, doo!\r\n \r\n[Suggested ending]\r\nD\r\nDoo!\r\n=====================================================\r\n[* Intro riff]  h = Hammer-on note  p = Pull-off note\r\n                                     G6\r\ne|--5-h7-p5-----------------------|--0--0---0--0--|\r\nB|----------7--5-h7-p5---------7--|--3--3---3--3--|\r\nG|---------------------6---6-7----|--0--0---0--0--|\r\nD|--------------------------------|--0------0-----|\r\nA|--------------------------------|--2------2-----|\r\nE|--------------------------------|--3------3-----|\r\n                                     Dmaj7\r\ne|--5-h7-p5-----------------------|--5--5---5--5--|\r\nB|----------7--5-h7-p5---------7--|--7--7---7--7--|\r\nG|---------------------6---6-7----|--6--6---6--6--|\r\nD|--------------------------------|--0------0-----|\r\nA|--------------------------------|---------------|\r\nE|--------------------------------|---------------|\r\n                                     G6\r\ne|--5-h7-p5-----------------------|--0--0---0--0--|\r\nB|----------7\u2014-5-h7-p5---------7--|--3--3---3--3--|\r\nG|---------------------6---6-7----|--0--0---0--0--|\r\nD|--------------------------------|--0------0-----|\r\nA|--------------------------------|--2------2-----|\r\nE|--------------------------------|--3------3-----|\r\n                                     Dmaj7\r\ne|--5-h7-p5-----------------------|--5--5---5--5--|\r\nB|----------7\u2014-5-h7-p5---------7--|--7--7---7--7--|\r\nG|---------------------6---6-7----|--6--6---6--6--|\r\nD|--------------------------------|--0------0-----|\r\nA|--------------------------------|---------------|\r\nE|--------------------------------|---------------|\r\n                                    G6      Gmaj7\r\ne|--5-h7-p5-----------------------|-----0----2----|\r\nB|----------7\u2014-5-h7-p5---------7--|--3--3----3----|\r\nG|---------------------6---6-7----|--0--0----0----|\r\nD|--------------------------------|--0------------|\r\nA|--------------------------------|--2------------|\r\nE|--------------------------------|--3------------|\r\n
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Song: Ventura Highway Artist: America Composer: Dewey Bunnell Album: Homecoming Tabbed by DJ 5th Oct 2016 Live performance video at this link: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ujsOx33f4mk IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website displays, they are generated automatically from a generic database and often don’t show the best options for a particular … CLICK TO VIEW SONGVentura Highway<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28617"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28618,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28617\/revisions\/28618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}