Standard Tuning with a Capo on 4th Fret
The C chords are a C/G shape, which creates the distinctive sound on the recording.
Partial Em7 pickups lead into the Em7 chords on the downbeat of the chorus.

[Intro]
      

[Chorus]
           
Oh, I dream a 

             
highway back t

  
o you love
          
A winding ribb

             
on with a band

    
 of gold
          
A silver visio

             
n come and res

     
t my soul
          
I dream a high

            
way back to yo

u.

[Verse 1]
          
John he's kick

            
ing out the fo

otlights
           
The Grand Ole 

             
Opry's got a b

        
rand new band
          
Lord, let me d

             
ie with a hamm

         
er in my hand
          
I dream a high

            
way back to yo

u.

[Verse 2]
          
I think I'll m

              
ove down into 


Memphis
           
And thank the 

             
hatchet man wh

           
o forked my to

ngue
          
I lie and wait

             
 until the wag

    
ons come
           
And dream a hi

             
ghway back to 


you.

[Break]

[Verse 3]
          
The getaway ki

         
cking up cinde

rs
          
An empty wagon

             
 full of rattl

    
ing bones
          
Moon in the mi

             
rror on a thre

       
e-hour jones
          
I dream a high

            
way back to yo

u.

[Chorus]
           
Oh, I dream a 

             
highway back t

  
o you love
          
A winding ribb

             
on with a band

    
 of gold
          
A silver visio

             
n come arrest 

   
my soul
          
I dream a high

            
way back to yo

u.

[Break]

[Verse 4]
           
Which lover ar

             
e you, Jack of

 
 Diamonds?
          
Now you be Emm

             
ylou and I'll 

   
be Gram
          
I send a lette

              
r, don't know 

     
who I am
          
I dream a high

            
way back to yo

u.

[Break]

[Verse 5]
          
I'm an indisgu

              
isable shade o

  
f twilight
          
Any second now

             
 I'm gonna tur

         
n myself on
           
In the blue di

            
splay of the c

            
ool cathode ra

y
          
I dream a high

            
way back to yo

u.

[Verse 6]
          
I wish you kne

              
w me, Jack of 


Diamonds
          
Fire-riding, w

              
heeling when I

        
 lead 'em up
             
Drank whisky w

             
ith my water, 

             
sugar with my 


tea
            
My sails in ra

              
gs with the st

             
aggers and the

   
 jags
          
I dream a high

            
way back to yo

u.

[Chorus]
           
Oh, I dream a 

             
highway back t

  
o you love
          
A winding ribb

             
on with a band

    
 of gold
          
A silver visio

             
n come molest 

   
my soul
          
I dream a high

            
way back to yo

u.

[Break]

[Verse 7]
          
Now give me so

              
me of what you

          
're having
           
I'll take you 

            
as a viper int

     
o my head
           
A knife into m

            
y bed, arsenic

          
 when I'm fed
          
I dream a high

            
way back to yo

u.

[Verse 8]
          
Hang overhead 

             
from all direc

tions
          
Radiation from

             
 the porcelain

  
 light
          
Blind and blis

             
tered by the m

       
orning white
          
I dream a high

            
way back to yo

u.

[Break]

[Verse 9]
          
Sunday morning

        
 at the diner
          
Hollywood trem

              
bles on the ve

      
rge of tears
           
I watched the 

             
waitress for a

            
 thousand year

  
s
             
Saw a wheel in

             
side a wheel, 

             
heard a call w

          
ithin a call
           
And I dreamed 

             
a highway back

    
 to you.

[Chorus]
             
Oh, I dream a 

             
highway back t

  
o you love
            
A winding ribb

  (      
on with a band

        
 of gold
            
A silver visio

  (      
n come possess

          
 my soul
          
I dream a high

            
way back to yo

u.

[Break]

[Verse 10]
          
Step into the 

            
light, poor La

zarus
           
Don't lie alon

            
e behind the w

          
indow shade
          
Let me see the

           
 mark death ma

de
          
I dream a high

            
way back to yo

u.
          
I dream a high

            
way back to yo

u.

[Verse 11]
           
What will sust

             
ain us through

     
 the winter?
          
Where did last

             
 year's lesson

  
s go?
          
Walk me out in

             
to the rain an

  
d snow
          
I dream a high

            
way back to yo

u.

[Chorus]
           
Oh, I dream a 

             
highway back t

  
o you love
          
A winding ribb

             
on with a band

    
 of gold
          
A silver visio

             
n come and ble

      
ss my soul
          
I dream a high

            
way back to yo

u.
          
I dream a high

            
way back to yo

u.

[Chorus]
            
Oh I dream a h

              
ighway back to

 
 you love.
            
A winding ribb

             
on with a band

         
 of gold
            
A silver visio

             
n come and ble

           
ss my soul
          
I dream a high

            
way back to yo

u.

[Outro]