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"Interstate of Broken Hearts" is a song I have not recorded. A demo version is available here for those of you who might be interested. I've had the song around for a long time, and got the idea while driving one night on the California interstate and imagining all of those people going through a broken relationship all at the same time. Sing it sad and weepy.
Key of E Major/Moderate
E7
On the Interstate of Broken Hearts
A7 E7
I'm traveling tonight
B7
With a load of pain and sorrow, that makes me want to cry
A7 E7 A7
I don't care where I'm going, I'm taking my hard times for a ride
E7 B7 E-E7
On the Interstate of Broken Hearts
Refrain:
A7 Ten lanes wide, on just one side E7 A sad, sad, sight to see Bm B7 So many broken-hearted people Just like me
Additional verses:
On the Interstate of Broken Hearts
You travel just one way
Through the past, you can't forget
For many a-cloudy day
Seeing her face in every sign, along that sad highway
On the Interstate of Broken Hearts (refrain)
On the Interstate of Broken Hearts
That's one hard road
You can roll and roll for miles and miles
And never find a hand to hold
There ain't no exit, there ain't no "U" turns
There ain't no resting no
On the Interstate of Broken Hearts
On the Interstate of Broken Hearts
Previous Songs: I Like It Here/O Cold and Misery * Winter on the Farm * Darling * Fine Old Lady * The Teton Dam * Towboat * The Hinkley Fire * L'Etoile Du Nord * Goodnight Baby * Gypsy Woody * The B. C. Rail * Play Us a Waltz * Ozawindib * Long Way to Another Friend * Fall Is Here * Rainfall Has Turned to Snow * Itasca: A Place of Beginnings * I'm From Minnesota * The Ballad of Augie Mattsen * The Strike Is On * Sam Smith * Mary Gibbs * The C.C.C.
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