Intro :G7
WG7ell my hearts in the Highlands gentle and fair
HG7oneysuckle blooming in the wildwood air
BC7luebells blazing where the Aberdeen waters flG7ow
WD7ell my heart's in The Highlands I'C7m gonna go there when I feel good enough to gG7o
WG7indows were shaking all night in my dreams
EG7verything was exactly the way that it seems
WC7oke up this mornin' and I looked at the same old pG7age
SD7ame old rat race liC7fe in the same old cG7age
IG7 don't want nothin' from anyone ain't that much to take
WG7ouldn't know the difference between a real blonde and a fake
FC7eel like a prisoner in a world of myG7stery
ID7 wish someone'd come and puC7sh back the clock for mG7e
WG7ell my heart's in The Highlands wherever I roam
TG7hat's where I'll be when I get called home
TC7he wind it whispers to the buckeye trees of rhG7yme
WD7ell my heart's in The Highlands IC7 can only get there one step at a tiG7me
IG7'm listening to Neil Young I gotta turn up the sound
SG7omeone's always yellin' "Turn it down"
FC7eel like I'm driftin' driftin' from scene to scG7ene
ID7'm wonderin' what in the devil could iC7t all possibly meG7an
IG7nsanity is smashin' up against my soul
YG7ou could say I was on anything but a roll
IC7f I had a conscience well I just might blow my tG7op
WD7hat would I do with it anyway tC7ake it to the pawn shG7op?
MG7y heart's in The Highlands at the break of dawn
BG7y the beautiful lake of the Black Swan
BC7ig white clouds like chariots that swing down loG7w
WD7ell my heart's in The Highlands onC7ly place left to gG7o
IG7'm in Boston town in some restaurant
IG7 got no idea what I want
OC7r maybe I do but I'm just really too suG7re
WD7aitress comes over noC7body in the place but me and hG7er
WG7ell it must be a holiday there's nobody around
SG7he studies me closely as I sit down
SC7he got a pretty face and long white shiny leG7gs
ID7 said "Tell me whats good today" ShC7e proudly say "You probably want hard boiled egG7gs"
IG7 said "That's right bring me some"
SG7he says "We ain't got any you picked the wrong time to come"
TC7hen she says "I know you're an artist draw a picture of mG7e"
ID7 said "I would if I could but IC7 don't do sketches from memG7ory"
WG7ell she's there she says "I'm right here in front of you or haven't you looked?"
IG7 say "All right I know but I don't have my drawin' book"
SC7he throws me a napkin she say "You can do it on tG7hat"
ID7 say "Yes I would if I coC7uld but I don't know where my pencil is aG7t"
SG7he pulls one out from behind her ear
SG7he says "OK go ahead draw me I'm stayin' right here"
IC7 make a few lines and I show it for her to seG7e
WD7ell she takes the napkin and throws it back and says "TC7hat don't look a thing like mG7e"
IG7 said "Oh kind miss it most certainly does"
SG7he say "You must be joking" I said "I wish I was"
SC7he says "I know you don't read women authors do yG7a?" At least that's what I think I hear her say
WD7ell I say "How would you know anC7d what would it matter anyG7way?"
WG7ell she says "Ya just don't seem like ya do" I said "You're way wrong"
SG7he says "Which ones have you read then?" I say "Read Erica Jong"
SC7he goes away for a minute and I slide out oG7ut of my chair
ID7 head back out to the busy street but nC7obody's goin' anywhereG7
WG7ell my heart's in The Highlands with the horses and hounds
WG7ay up in the border country far from the towns
WC7ith the twang of the arrow and the snap of the boG7w
MD7y heart's in The Highlands caC7n't go no any other place that I wanna gG7o
EG7very day is the same thing out the door
TG7ry to repair what went wrong the day before
SC7ome things in life it just gets too late to leaG7rn
WD7ell I'm lost somewhere IC7 must have made a few bad turG7ns
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IG7 see people in the park forgettin' their troubles and woes
TG7hey're drinkin' and dancin' wearin' bright colored clothes
AC7ll the young men with the young women lookin' so goG7od
WD7ell I'd trade places with any oC7f em in G7a minute only if I could
IG7'm crossin' the street to get away from a mangy dog
TG7alkin' to myself in a monologue
IC7 think what I might need full-length leather cG7oat
SD7omebody just asked me iC7f I'm registered to voG7te
WG7ell my heart's in The Highlands at the break of day
OG7ver the hills and far away
TC7here's a way to get there and I'll figure it out someG7how
WD7ell I'm already there in my mind anC7d that's good enough for nG7ow....fade out