I Dream a Highway- Gillian Welch
Transcribed by Gemma Andrews gemma_andrews@hotmail.com


Intro (G#m) (B) (E) (G#m) 
Oh I dream a (B) highway back to (E) you love (G#m) 


A winding (B) ribbon with a (E) band of gold (B) 
(G#m) A silver (B) vision come and (E) rest my soul 
(G#m) I dream a (B) highway back to (E) you 
John he's kicking out the footlights 
The Grand Ol’ Opry’s got a brand new band 
Lord let me die with a hammer in my hand 


I dream a highway back to you 
I think I’ll move down into Memphis 


And thank the hatchet man who forked my tongue 
I lie and wait until the wagons come 
And dream a highway back to you 
Solo break #1 


The getaway kicking up cinders 
An empty wagon full of rattling bones 
Putting the mirror on a three hour Jones (?) 
I dream a highway back to you 
Oh I dream a highway back to you love 


A winding ribbon with band of gold 
A silver vision come arrest my soul 
I dream a highway back to you 
Solo break #2 
Which lover are you Jack of Diamonds? 


Now you be Emmylou and I’ll be Gram 
I sent a letter don’t know who I am (?) 
I dream a highway back to you 
Solo Break #3 
I’m an indisguisable shade of twilight 
Any second now I’m going to turn myself on 


In the blue display of the cool cathode ray 
I dream a highway back to you 
I wish you knew me Jack of Diamonds 
Fire eyed and wheeling when I lay down out (or when i lit 'em up) 
Drink whiskey with my water, sugar with my tea, 
My sails in rags with the staggers and the jags 
I dream a highway back to you 
Oh I dream a highway back to you love 


A winding ribbon with band of gold 
A silver vision come molest my soul 
I dream a highway back to you 
Solo break #4 
Now give me some of what you’re having 
I’ll take you as a viper into my head 


The knife into my bed, arsenic when I’m fed 
I dream a highway back to you 
Pain overhead from all directions 
Radiation from the porcelain light 
Blind and blistered by the morning light/white 
I dream a highway back to you 


Solo break #5 
Sunday morning at the diner 
Hollywood trembles on the verge of tears 
I watch the waitress for a thousand years 
Saw a wheel inside a wheel, heard a call within a call 
I dream a highway back to you 


Oh I dream a highway back to you love 
A winding ribbon with band of gold
A silver vision convalesced my soul 
I dream a highway back to you 
Solo break #6 
Step into the light Po' Lazerus 


Don’t lie alone behind the window shade 
Let me see the mark death made 
I dream a highway back to you 
I dream a highway back to you 
What will sustain us through the winter? 
Where did last years lessons go? 


Walk me out into the rain and snow 
I dream a highway back to you 
Oh I dream a highway back to you love 
A winding ribbon with band of gold 
A silver vision come and bless my soul 


I dream a highway back to you 
I dream a highway back to you 
Oh I dream a highway back to you love 
A winding ribbon with band of gold 
A silver vision come and bless my soul 


I dream a highway back to you 

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