D               A           F#              Bm      A 
Pickin' up the pieces of my sweet shattered dream, 
  G              D             Asus4     A 
I wonder how the old folks are tonight. 
    D                A                 F#           Bm 
Her name was Ann and I'll be damned if I recall her face, 
    G                A               D 
She left me here not knowin' what to do. 
 
Chorus: 
         C       G       A            D 
Carefree Highway, let me slip away on you. 
         C       G         A 
Carefree Highway, you seen better days. 
    Bm            A             G               Esus4   E   D 
The mornin' after blues from my head down to my shoes. 
         C       G       Asus4     A             D     A 
Carefree Highway, let me slip away, slip away on you. 
 
D                A            F#               Bm     A 
Turnin' back the pages to the times I love the best, 
  G                D           Asus4    A 
I wonder if she'll ever do the same. 
        D                 A              F#         Bm 
Now the thing that I call livin' is just bein' satisfied, 
     G             A              D 
With knowin' I got no one else to blame. 
 
(Chorus) 
 
D                     A               F#              Bm      A 
Searchin' through the fragments of my dream shattered sleep, 
  G             D                     Asus4    A 
I wonder if the years have closed her mind. 
        D                A              F#            Bm 
Well, I guess it must be wander-lust or tryin' to get free, 
         G                 A               D 
From the good old faithful feelin' we once knew. 
 
(Chorus)