| Highway 99 With Melange |
| Intro (sans "melange"): C7 C7 A B7 Well I was driving up the highway thinking about I don't know what in particular F What riot I would find when I got to Berkeley, I suppose Ab When I noticed these strange vibrations D G7 Or was I falling in love C7 A Well, I don't have a radio in my car so the noises I was hearing B7 F Frightened me enough that I began to wonder about the wisdom Ab C Of wanderin' on the road at eighty-five F# Now I should explain that I often drive alone G B7 But this time I was giving my friend and his wife a ride Eb Or was she falling in love F# Ab Now my friend don't drive and he's not used to the strange vibrations in my '60 Dodge Db7 F# A Db7 But then if I had more money I'd probably be worried about why the plane was wigglin' BREAK: C7-A-B7-F-Ab-D7-G7- C7-A-B7-F-Ab-C- F#-G-B7-Eb F# Ab Anyway it takes a certain amount of blind faith to make 99 in an old car Db7 No matter what your experience or precaution F# But I just had a tune-up A Db7 And anyway you can't dodge the one with your number on it, so to speak BREAK: C7-A-B7 F Ab D-G Why do I always seem to vibrate with my friend's old lady? C7 A It probably has to do with the fact I don't have one myself B7 And I don't want to mess with anyone else's F Ab So whereas I'd come on to somebody desirable C7 I'm attracted to a chick who feels that I won't bite F# Which is why when the car ground to a halt near Kingsburg G B7 Eb It was Fred who said that I needed a new transmission F# I mean after all without a transmission you can't go Ab Db7 I mean you need an engine, but that's what you get on F# A And getting it on requires the transmission Db7 Which Fred felt under some tension to provide C7 Although the one that he had was not negotiable Uh, necessarily, That's all Words and Music (C) Michael Nesmith |