Ventura Highway - America
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Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Ventura Highway
America

*=this means to strum a few times
()=notes on parenthesis are optional

[Intro]

(1st way)
Guitar I
e|-5h7p5-------------------------5h7p5------------------------|
B|-------7--5h7p5--------7-------------7--5h7p5--------7------|
G|----------------6--6h7---7--------------------6--6h7---6----|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|Guitar II |
* * |
e|---------------------------3-----------------------------2--|
B|---------------------------3-----------------------------2--|
G|---------------------------0-----------------------------2--|
D|---------------------------0-----------------------------0--|
A|---------------------------2-----------------------------0--|
E|---------------------------3----------------------------(2)-|
G Dmaj7


[Intro]

(2nd way, the way I prefer to do)

Guitar I
e|-5h7p5-2--0h2p0--------2-------5h7p5-2--0h2p0--------2------|
B|----------------2--2h3---3--------------------2--2h3---2----|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|Guitar II |
* * |
e|---------------------------3-----------------------------2--|
B|---------------------------3-----------------------------2--|
G|---------------------------0-----------------------------2--|
D|---------------------------0-----------------------------0--|
A|---------------------------2-----------------------------0--|
E|---------------------------3----------------------------(2)-|
G Dmaj7

[Chords]

G Dmaj7
Chewin' on a piece of grass, walkin down the road
e|-5h7p5-2--0h2p0--------2------2--3-5-|
B|----------------2--2h3---3--5--------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

G Dmaj7
Tell me, how long you gonna stay here Joe
e|-5h7p5-2--0h2p0--------2---|
B|----------------2--2h3---3-|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

G Dmaj7
Some people say, this town don't look good in snow
e|-5h7p5-2--0h2p0--------2------2-|
B|----------------2--2h3---3--5---|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

G Dmaj7
You don't care, I know
e|-/14--12------------------|
B|---------14-12--10--------|
G|--------------------11----|
D|-----------------------12-|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|


[Chorus]

G Dmaj7
Ventura Highway in the sunshine
G Dmaj
Where the days are longer, the nights are stronger than moonshine
G Dmaj7 F#m
You're gonna go, I kno-----w

Em F#m
Cause the free wind is blowin' through your hair
Em F#m
And the day surrounds your daylight there
Em F#m
Season's crying, no despair
Em F#m G
Alligator, lizards in the air, in the air


Dmaj7
Do do do do do do do do
G
Do do do do do do do do



************************************

| (n) Ghost note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| / Slide up

************************************
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
America - "Ventura Highway"

Tabbed by: Wolfbite718
Email: wolfbite717@yahoo.com
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Tuning: Standard

Legend:
v = downstroke
^ = Upstroke
h = Hamer-on
p = Pull-off
* = release the chord quickly and hold it back down to add that extra detail into the song.

This song is normally played with 3 guitars, i'll Tab on how to play it with one. To me,
sounds alot better if you play it on an acoustic alone tho.

the tabs on this song really suck so i tabbed out the intro and verse here

Intro:
e|-----5h7p5---------------------------|
B|-------------7-5h7p5-------7---------|
G|---------------------6-6h7-----------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

Verse:
e|----0--0---0-0---0------0---0-0-0-0---------|
B|----0--0---0-0---0------0---0-0-0-0---------|
G|----4--4---4-4---4------4---4-4-4-4---------|
D|----5--5---5-5---5------5---5-5-5-5---------|
A|----5--5---5-5---5------5---5-5-5-5---------|
E|----3--3---3-3---3------3---3-3-3-3---------|
v v v ^ ^ v v ^ v ^
* * *

e|----2--2---2-2---2------2---2-2-2-2---------|
B|----2--2---2-2---2------2---2-2-2-2---------|
G|----2--2---2-2---2------2---2-2-2-2---------|
D|----0--0---0-0---0------0---0-0-0-0---------|
A|----0--0---0-0---0------0---0-0-0-0---------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
v v v ^ ^ v v ^ v ^
* * *

Now if you wanted to include the riff into your playing, you would play it like this:

e|----0--0---0-0----5h7p5----------------------|
B|----0--0---0-0----------7-5h7p5--------7-----|
G|----4--4---4-4-------------------6-6h7-------|
D|----5--5---5-5-------------------------------|
A|----5--5---5-5-------------------------------|
E|----3--3---3-3-------------------------------|
v v v ^
* *

e|----2--2---2-2----5h7p5----------------------|
B|----2--2---2-2----------7-5h7p5--------7-----|
G|----2--2---2-2-------------------6-6h7-------|
D|----0--0---0-0-------------------------------|
A|----0--0---0-0-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
v v v ^
* *

you can even switch it up, playing rythm/riff on some measures and just rythem on the
it dosn't matter as long as you play the right chords and stay in time.

have fun!
Song info
Ventura Highway
America
2001
  • Rock
  • Classic Rock
  • Soft Rock
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