Bob Wayne - Studio version of "Mack" Chords

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_ _ _ _ Mackie drove up Peterbilt [Dm] in 1973.
[E] He was a truck driver with a wife and [Am] kid to feed.
_ [A] With [E] stars and bars across the [D] grill, the cab looked like his knife.
[E] Yet the road was home and that truck [Am] was his life.
He was an honest man.
He meant no [A] harm to those diesel in his veins.
[E] He was heading north on a [Am] southbound lane.
[E] He got mixed up with drugs, [A] guns, and batshit going around.
[E] I got a feeling our friend Mackie's going down.
_ [F] He's a truck driver.
[G] _ Gun _ [C] toting.
Men snorting.
[A] _ Blue [F] collar troop. _
[G] _ _ _ [E] American hero. _
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Well Ringo was the old senior that hooked Mack up with that [E] score to fill his 18-wheeler [Am] full of black. _
[E] Up Tennessee to Mexico, [A] then dump it in San Diego.
[E] Some guy there from Seattle named [Am] Jack Coke. _
[E] Well it took three days to make the [A] run and Mackie showed up with his old shotgun.
[Em] Even up a [E] while things were getting weird. _
See Jack Coke was supposed to have the [Dm] cash.
Then he had some song and [E] dance.
Mackie shot him in the chest right then and there.
Cuz [F] he's a truck driver.
[G] _ Gun toting.
[C] _ Men snorting.
[A] A blue [F] collar troop.
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[E] American hero. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ When the bats finally caught up with him, old [D] Mack was banging heroin.
[E] He was living at some truck stop [A] by 5'5".
_ Well they [E] cuffed a man.
They brought a [D] man.
Then some suit guy came [E] in and said,
Mack, I just want to shake your hand.
See Jack Coke was on the wanted list.
[A] That bastard killed a bunch of kids.
[E] I just wish I could have been there to [A] see him die.
He said,
Now I'm gonna let you [Dm] go.
You and that trailer full of [E] dope.
Mack grabbed his keys and rolled off in the night.
Cuz [F] he's a truck driver.
[G] _ Gun toting.
[C] _ Men [E] snorting.
Blue [F] collar troop. _ _
[G] _ _ American [E] _ hero. _
_ _ Mackie's [F] one of the last troop. _
[G] _ _ _ [E] American hero. _ _
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