CAPO 5 (CAPO 4 in the Reprise featuring Willie Nelson)
The D/F# which doesn't seem to be listed in the chord directory is just a D chord, but instead of playing the
D string for the root/bass, instead use your thumb to play an F# on the second fret of the E string:
E-A-D-G-B-e
D/F# 2-x-x-2-3-2
[Intro]
G D/F# G G7 C
G D/F# C D G
[Verse 1]
G
Well, to all my friends
D/F#
That treated me so well
G G7
You know I'm headed out
C
To that mission bell
G
Gonna wash my soul
D/F#
Gonna get it clean
C D
Headed down the border road
G
Called the El Camino
[Verse 2]
G
Well, I've been a prince
D/F#
You know I've been opposed
G G7
By a barb-wired fence
C
And a murder of crows
G
I'm leaving all I've loved
D/F#
And all I've seen
C D
Headed down the border road
G C
Called the El Camino
G D/F#
Headed down the border road
G C
Called the El Camino
[Bridge]
C
Yeah, my hearts grown sick
I've got a shepherd's crook
As a walking stick
G C
And I'm headed on
Yeah, my heart's grown blue
I've done wrong by you
I don't know what to do
D
And I'm moving on
Yeah, I'm moving on
[Verse 3]
G
One and one is two
D/F#
And two and two is four
G G7
I'm walking back and forth
C
On your cracked-tile kitchen floor
G
With the orange juice
D/F#
And the sun that shines
G G7
It really breaks my heart
C
Leaving you behind
G D/F#
It really breaks my heart
G Bm
Leaving you behind
[Bridge 2]
Bm C G Bm
All my ships have sailed away
C
The price of this politic is
D
That there's plenty of time to pray
G
Plenty of time to waste away
[Interlude]
G D/F# G G7 C
G D/F# C D G
[Verse 4]
G
Well, to all my friends
D/F#
That I've loved the most
G G7
You know I'm headed out
C
To that other coast
G
Gonna wash my soul
D/F#
Gonna get it clean
C D
Headed down the border road
G C
Called the El Camino
G D/F#
Headed down the border road
G
Called the El Camino
Corrections? Comments? Let me know!
Happy Playing!
-Sam