Ventura Highway America *=this means to strum a few times ()=notes on parenthesis are optional Intro (1st way): Guitar I |-5h7p5-------------------------5h7p5------------------------| |-------7--5h7p5--------7-------------7--5h7p5--------7------| |----------------6--6h7---7--------------------6--6h7---6----| |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| | | |Guitar II | | * * | |---------------------------3-----------------------------2--| |---------------------------3-----------------------------2--| |---------------------------0-----------------------------2--| |---------------------------0-----------------------------0--| |---------------------------2-----------------------------0--| |---------------------------3----------------------------(2)-| G Dmaj7 Intro (2nd way, the way I prefer to do): Guitar I |-5h7p5-2--0h2p0--------2-------5h7p5-2--0h2p0--------2------| |----------------2--2h3---3--------------------2--2h3---2----| |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| | | |Guitar II | | * * | |---------------------------3-----------------------------2--| |---------------------------3-----------------------------2--| |---------------------------0-----------------------------2--| |---------------------------0-----------------------------0--| |---------------------------2-----------------------------0--| |---------------------------3----------------------------(2)-| G Dmaj7 Chords:

^G Chewin' on a piece of grass, walkin down the ^Dmaj7road |-5h7p5-2--0h2p0--------2------2--3-5-| |----------------2--2h3---3--5--------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|

^G Tell me, how long you gonna ^Dmaj7stay here Joe |-5h7p5-2--0h2p0--------2---| |----------------2--2h3---3-| |---------------------------| |---------------------------| |---------------------------| |---------------------------|

^G Some people say, this town don't look ^Dmaj7good in snow |-5h7p5-2--0h2p0--------2------2-| |----------------2--2h3---3--5---| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|

^G You don't care, I ^Dmaj7know |-/14--12------------------| |---------14-12--10--------| |--------------------11----| |-----------------------12-| |--------------------------| |--------------------------|

Chorus:

^GVentura Highway in the ^Dmaj7sunshine Where the ^Gdays are longer, the nights are stronger than ^Dmajmoonshine ^G You're gonna go, I ^Dmaj7kno-----^F#mw

Cause the ^Emfree wind is blowin' ^F#mthrough your hair And the ^Emday surrounds your ^F#mdaylight there ^Em Season's crying, ^F#mno despair Alli^Emgator, lizards ^F#min the air, in the ^Gair

^Dmaj7Do do do do do do do do ^GDo do do do do do do do

America - Ventura highway