Truck Driver Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am]

[Verse 1]
[Am]Well, I'm a lowdown
truck driver
Eighteen wheels and an easy rider
[D]Lord have mercy
[C]Lord have mercy on a weary soul
[Am]Well, I'm a bu[A]rnin' [E]down this highway
[D]And I'm pullin' on a heavy loa[Am]d

[Verse 2]
You know [Am]them high winds,
high grades
I'm pullin' freight
and I'm gettin' paid
Lord, [D]them chicken coops ain't open
And I'm [C]high gear,
hammer down in the hammer [Am]lane
I'm [E]gonna blow right past those smokies
I got friend[D]s on the inside
pullin' [Am]strings

[Verse 3]
I've been [Am]to Detroit, L.A., New York,
Mississipp- i- a
Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam,
East Texas and Vietnam
[D]Lord have mercy
[C]Lord have mercy on a weary soul
[Am]Well, [A]I'm a burnin' [E]down this highway
[D]And I'm pullin' on a heavy [Am]load

[Interlude 1]
Get some!
[Am][D]
[Am]
[E][D][Am]

[Verse 4]
Yeah, this is the motor mouth com
[A]in' at [Am]ya
Yeah, westbound,
what's it lookin' like there out your backdoor?

[Verse 5]
Come on!
[Am]I'm takin' little white pills,
I'm seein' white lines
You know that log book, she is way behind
Ah, [D]this 18- wheeler's movin' just
[C]like 18 tons of fallin' [Am]lead
Well, I'm [A]gonna put [E]that hammer down,
babe
'Cause Aus[D]tin's just
20 more miles [Am]ahead[A][Am][A]
[Am]I've

[Verse 6]
been to Detroit, L.A., New York,
Mississipp- i- a
Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam,
East Texas and Vietnam
[D]Lord have mercy
[C]Lord have mercy on a [Am]weary soul
Yeah, [E]I'm a burnin' down this highway
[D]And I'm pullin' on a heavy loa[Am]d

[Interlude 2]
Get some!
[Am][D]
[Am][A][Am]
[A][E][D][Am]

[Verse 7]
I've been [Am]to Detroit, L.A., New York,
Mississipp- i- a
Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam,
East Texas and Vietnam
[D]Lord have mercy
[C]Lord have mercy on a weary [Am]soul
[A]Yeah, [Am]I'm a gear[E]in' her
down, boys
[D]'Cause I can finally see, woo- hey,
the lights of [C]home

[Outro 1]
[Am][A][Am]
[Am]
[B][E]