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From: Aaro J Koskinen 
 [Song: Roy Harper "Highway Blues"]
 [Transcription by Dave Coniam (B096770@vax.csc.cuhk.hk)]
 I dunno which open tuning Roy uses but you'll a lot of stuff is
 in some open tuning or other - as Gordon's naming of chords like
 G1 and Bm1 suggests.
 I play a lot of stuff in open E tuning - just crank the 3rd, 4th
 and 5th strings up so that when you hit them you get the E chord
 without holding down any strings. I find it's a great tuning for
 a lot of old Joni and Beatles songs.
 Here's an attempt at Highways Blues, which, like a lot of Harper
 songs, requires very few chords.
 
 In the "main" verses you hammer a sort of E and a vague D6;
 following Gordon's line, I've called these E1 and A1.
 
 The chorus then shifts to a good old E - A - B run.
 
 I've only included a few of the words. Mebbe some kinder soul cd
 stick the whole song on the list: the last verse I cant
 remember/work it all out.
 
 
 Fret
 :0... _ _ _ _ _ ... _ _ _ _ _ ... _ _ _ _ _ ... _ _ _ _ _
  1   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|
  2   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|
  3   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_1_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|
  4   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|
  5   |_1_|_|_|_|   |_|_4_|_|_|   1_1_1_1_1_1   |_|_|_|_|_|
  6   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|
  7   |_|_4_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|   1_1_1_1_1_1
 
         E1            D1               A           B
 
 
 Intro : E1 - D1 - E1 - D1 - E1 - D1 - E1
 
 E1                     D1                        E1
 Take a walk down your highway, tell me what you see
 
 E1 - D1 - E1 - D1 -
 
 E1             D1                            E1
 If you're down my way, well it could well be me
 
 [.....]
 
 A                   E1      A                            E1
   Please give me a lift man,   you know it won't be for far
 
 A                  E1      A               B
 The way that you shift man, in your empty car
 
 [.....]
 
 E1                   D1      E1        D1
 I got the Highways Blues in my holey shoes
 
 E1             D1             E1
 and I cannot choose what I look like
 
 [.....]
 
 Like anything in an open tuning, this is pretty approximate, but
 hammer away at it after a beer or two and it shdnt sound too bad!
 
 "Once" goes pretty OK in open E as well- you basically fiddle
 around on the top and second strings, picking out the melody, and
 plonking a few chords (A, G# and B) in here and there. I'll bung
 that up on the list as well if anybody's intrested.
 
 
 Bash away
 
 Dave Coniam
 Hong Kong