Key to the Highway
by Big Bill Broonzy
🎵 Blues
Difficulty
★★★☆☆
Tuning
Standard
Capo
None
An 8-bar blues standard in the key of A, recorded by Big Bill Broonzy in 1941 and later popularized by Little Walter and Eric Clapton. The mellow, rolling riff is a perfect intro to jazz-blues phrasing.
e|-----0-------0-------0---------0---0--------------|
B|-------2-------2-------2---------2---2--0h2-------|
G|---2-----2------2--------2---2-----------2--------|
D|-----------2-------2---------2---2-------2--------|
A|--0---0-------0---------0---------0--0--0---------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
e|-----0-------0-------2---------0-----0------------|
B|-------2-------2-------2---------2-----2----------|
G|---2-----2------2--------2---2-----------2--------|
D|-----------2-------2---------2---2-------2--------|
A|--0---0-------0-------0---0---------0--0----------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|