Submitted by Kirk Anderson (kanderso@wheatonma.edu) 
 
Dmaj7:  x 0 0 11 10 9
D:      x x 0 5  5  7
D6:     x x 0 7  7  7
 
intro: Dmaj7 / D / D6 / Dmaj7 / D / D6 / Dmaj7 / D / D6
 
D               Bm        D                     Bm
The kid's left home, the kid's got a kid of her own
D                 Bm    D                       Bm
Don't knock that door, don't knock it, nobody's home
Em           Bm    Em                    Bm
The mystery sign, turn off and follow it blind
Em         D                  Gm                   D
The interstate is jammed and crammed with exhaust mist
Em        D                 Gm
It only leads to somewhere you'll never miss
A
You'll never miss
 
 D                  Bm     D                  Bm
Get on the blue highways, follow the blue highways
Em                     Bm    Em                    Bm
You know that they're there, you know that they're there
F#m        G      A     D    Bm   D   Bm
Where the real America lies
D                 Bm    D                       Bm
The rusty chrome, the shutters swing open and closed
D                 Bm    D                       Bm
Don't knock that door, don't knock it, nobody's home
Em              Bm    Em            Bm
The blood runs cold, the blood runs cold
Em             D
There must be gold where fools are
G                    A
That's what we are, that's what we are
 
 D                  Bm     D                  Bm
Get on the blue highways, follow the blue highways
Em                     Bm    Em                    Bm
You know that they're there, you know that they're there
F#m        G      A     Bm
Where the real America lies
Em        Bm   Em    Bm       Em        D    Bm  D Bm
Blue highways, blue highways, blue highways
 
(outro same as intro)