Born To Take The Highway Cifra

BORN TO TAKE THE HIGHWAY
As recorded by Joni Mitchell
(1967 recording from the 2020 Boxset JONI MITCHELL ARCHIVES -
VOLUME 1: THE EARLY YEARS (1963-1967)
 
 
 
[Intro]
E  D  A
 
[Verse 1]
A
See the stretching sun at dawning
                       D
Wipe the stardust from his eyes
A
Feel the morning breezes yawning
E
Telling me it's time to rise
        C#m Bm7        A
Telling me   it's time to rise
 
[Chorus]
D             E
I was born to take the highway
A
I was born to chase a dream
A
Any road at all is my way
A
Any place is where I've been
 C#m Bm7    A
Anything is what I've seen
 C#m Bm7    A               D A
Anything is what I've seen
 
[Verse 2]
A
Gambler's gold is made for squandering
                  D
Miser's silver is to hoard
A
My gold as the sky goes wandering
E
My silver is the drinking gourd
      C#m  Bm7       A
My silver is the drinking gourd
 
[Chorus]
D             E
I was born to take the highway
A
I was born to chase a dream
E
Any road at all is my way
E
Any place is where I've been
 C#m  Bm    A
Anything is what I've seen
 
[Verse 3]
A
I've skipped on concrete
A
Danced on cobbles
                           D
Stepped on pavement in the heat
A
I've seen where children crouched at marbles
A
Made chalk circles in the street
        C#m Bm   A
Found a penny at my feet
 
[Chorus]
D             E
I was born to take the highway
A
I was born to chase a dream
A
Any road at all is my way
A
Any place is where I've been
  C#m Bm7   E    A         D A
Anything is what I've seen
 
[Verse 4]
A
Now I know a road that winds forever
                         D
Through the land the rainbows run
    A
You cross the bridge from now till never
A
Take the first turn past the sun
         C#m       Bm7 E          A    D A
Take the first turn    beyond the sun
 
[Out-Chorus]
D             E
I was born to take the highway
A
I was born to chase a dream
A
Any road at all is my way
A
Any place is where I've been
   C#m Bm E         A        D  A
Anything  is what I've seen
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