Chords for My Used Log Truck
Tempo:
93.7 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
Am
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
If you want a real experience and care to test your luck, just go out and buy yourself
a used log truck.
[A]
[G] [E] You can [A] pick one up off of most any lot.
[D] Nothing down, [A] mortgage everything you got.
Then you get your [Em] permits and your PUCs [D] and you feel like [Bm] a king, [D] about as tall as the trees.
The [E] world's a ripe cherry, ready [A] for you to pluck, because at [Em] last you've got your [E] own
used log [E] truck.
[D] Well, things [A] start happening that you [G] didn't count on.
[E] She comes all unglued and your money is gone.
[G] [D] So what you do then is [F#m] go into town and establish credit [A] in a few places around.
You're a business man now, and with any [Bm] kind of luck, [F#] you can pay them off [D] quick [Am] with your
used log truck.
[A] [G] Then you and the head [A] loader go a couple rounds and he [E] gives you 3,000 feet that weighs 80 [D],000 pounds.
[A] The scalers are cranked, deaf [E] and dumb, you got bad eyesight [A] and [Em] an extra long thumb.
[F#m] The weigh station's open.
[A] Just your rotten luck.
There goes the next payment on your used log truck.
Then you start [D] blowing tires faster [A] than you can count them, so you charge a new [E] set.
When you have the man mount them, [F#] you feel kind of bad about [F#m] the bill you just made,
[A] because your fuel [D] bill there is only [E] half paid.
[F#] But you [A] smile and assure him he [F#m] won't get stuck, [A] because you can get rolling [Em] now with
your [A] used log truck.
[Em] [D] When you do get the haul, you work [Am] on it all night.
Pretty soon, [F#m] you and [A] your wife have a fight.
She don't understand it's just gotta [E] be.
She says you love that truck [A] more than the kids and me.
She [F#] cries a lot lately and complains and howls [A] when you wipe your greasy hands on her new [D] white towel.
The washing [A] machine is broke.
The dryer motor's [A] stuck.
[E] And so are you, [Am] with your used log truck.
[F#m]
You got a big grocery [A] bill and [Em] you're behind on your rent.
[A] Before you get a dollar, it's [G#] already [F#] spent.
[E] Finally there comes that [G#] sad, sad day [A] when the finance company comes and [E] drags it away.
[F#m] [A] Bankruptcy then is the only [Am] way out.
Man, you thought you'd [A] never take that route.
[D] You go back to driving for a big [Am] outfit, probably the same one you up and [D] quit.
[A] One thing about it, at the end of the day, you get out [E] of that rig and just walk away.
[F#] [D] You go home to mama, [E] she's happy [A] again.
At last [E] you got a steady check coming in.
[Am] [E] But you think about your truck and your mouth gets dry [A] and a little bit of [Am] moisture forms
in your eye and [D] a lump comes up [Am] in your throat and gets stuck from all the [A] memories of your
used log truck.
a used log truck.
[A]
[G] [E] You can [A] pick one up off of most any lot.
[D] Nothing down, [A] mortgage everything you got.
Then you get your [Em] permits and your PUCs [D] and you feel like [Bm] a king, [D] about as tall as the trees.
The [E] world's a ripe cherry, ready [A] for you to pluck, because at [Em] last you've got your [E] own
used log [E] truck.
[D] Well, things [A] start happening that you [G] didn't count on.
[E] She comes all unglued and your money is gone.
[G] [D] So what you do then is [F#m] go into town and establish credit [A] in a few places around.
You're a business man now, and with any [Bm] kind of luck, [F#] you can pay them off [D] quick [Am] with your
used log truck.
[A] [G] Then you and the head [A] loader go a couple rounds and he [E] gives you 3,000 feet that weighs 80 [D],000 pounds.
[A] The scalers are cranked, deaf [E] and dumb, you got bad eyesight [A] and [Em] an extra long thumb.
[F#m] The weigh station's open.
[A] Just your rotten luck.
There goes the next payment on your used log truck.
Then you start [D] blowing tires faster [A] than you can count them, so you charge a new [E] set.
When you have the man mount them, [F#] you feel kind of bad about [F#m] the bill you just made,
[A] because your fuel [D] bill there is only [E] half paid.
[F#] But you [A] smile and assure him he [F#m] won't get stuck, [A] because you can get rolling [Em] now with
your [A] used log truck.
[Em] [D] When you do get the haul, you work [Am] on it all night.
Pretty soon, [F#m] you and [A] your wife have a fight.
She don't understand it's just gotta [E] be.
She says you love that truck [A] more than the kids and me.
She [F#] cries a lot lately and complains and howls [A] when you wipe your greasy hands on her new [D] white towel.
The washing [A] machine is broke.
The dryer motor's [A] stuck.
[E] And so are you, [Am] with your used log truck.
[F#m]
You got a big grocery [A] bill and [Em] you're behind on your rent.
[A] Before you get a dollar, it's [G#] already [F#] spent.
[E] Finally there comes that [G#] sad, sad day [A] when the finance company comes and [E] drags it away.
[F#m] [A] Bankruptcy then is the only [Am] way out.
Man, you thought you'd [A] never take that route.
[D] You go back to driving for a big [Am] outfit, probably the same one you up and [D] quit.
[A] One thing about it, at the end of the day, you get out [E] of that rig and just walk away.
[F#] [D] You go home to mama, [E] she's happy [A] again.
At last [E] you got a steady check coming in.
[Am] [E] But you think about your truck and your mouth gets dry [A] and a little bit of [Am] moisture forms
in your eye and [D] a lump comes up [Am] in your throat and gets stuck from all the [A] memories of your
used log truck.
Key:
A
E
D
Am
F#m
A
E
D
_ _ _ _ _ If you want a real experience and care to test your luck, just go out and buy yourself
a used log truck.
_ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ You can [A] pick one up off of most any lot.
[D] _ Nothing down, [A] mortgage everything you got.
Then you get your [Em] permits and your PUCs [D] and you feel like [Bm] a king, [D] about as tall as the trees.
The [E] world's a ripe cherry, ready [A] for you to pluck, because at [Em] last you've got your [E] own
used log [E] truck.
_ [D] Well, things [A] start happening that you [G] didn't count on.
[E] She comes all unglued and your money is gone.
[G] [D] So what you do then is [F#m] go into town and establish credit [A] in a few places around.
You're a business man now, and with any [Bm] kind of luck, [F#] you can pay them off [D] quick [Am] with your
used log truck.
[A] _ [G] Then you and the head [A] loader go a couple rounds and he [E] gives you 3,000 feet that weighs 80 [D],000 pounds.
[A] The scalers are cranked, deaf [E] and dumb, you got bad eyesight [A] and [Em] an extra long thumb.
[F#m] The weigh station's open.
[A] Just your rotten luck.
There goes the next payment on your used log truck.
_ Then you start [D] blowing tires faster [A] than you can count them, so you charge a new [E] set.
When you have the man mount them, [F#] you feel kind of bad about [F#m] the bill you just made,
[A] because your fuel [D] bill there is only [E] half paid.
_ [F#] But you [A] smile and assure him he [F#m] won't get stuck, [A] because you can get rolling [Em] now with
your [A] used log truck.
[Em] _ [D] When you do get the haul, you work [Am] on it all night.
Pretty soon, [F#m] you and [A] your wife have a fight.
She don't understand it's just gotta [E] be.
She says you love that truck [A] more than the kids and me.
_ She [F#] cries a lot lately and complains and howls [A] when you wipe your greasy hands on her new [D] white towel.
The washing [A] machine is broke.
The dryer motor's [A] stuck.
[E] And so are you, [Am] with your used log truck.
[F#m] _
You got a big grocery [A] bill and [Em] you're behind on your rent.
[A] Before you get a dollar, it's [G#] already [F#] spent.
[E] Finally there comes that [G#] sad, sad day [A] when the finance company comes and [E] drags it away.
_ _ [F#m] [A] Bankruptcy then is the only [Am] way out.
Man, you thought you'd [A] never take that route.
[D] You go back to driving for a big [Am] outfit, probably the same one you up and [D] quit.
[A] One thing about it, at the end of the day, you get out [E] of that rig and just walk away.
_ [F#] [D] You go home to mama, [E] she's happy [A] again.
At last [E] you got a steady check coming in.
[Am] [E] But you think about your truck and your mouth gets dry [A] and a little bit of [Am] moisture forms
in your eye and [D] a lump comes up [Am] in your throat and gets stuck from all the [A] memories of your
used log truck. _ _ _ _
a used log truck.
_ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ You can [A] pick one up off of most any lot.
[D] _ Nothing down, [A] mortgage everything you got.
Then you get your [Em] permits and your PUCs [D] and you feel like [Bm] a king, [D] about as tall as the trees.
The [E] world's a ripe cherry, ready [A] for you to pluck, because at [Em] last you've got your [E] own
used log [E] truck.
_ [D] Well, things [A] start happening that you [G] didn't count on.
[E] She comes all unglued and your money is gone.
[G] [D] So what you do then is [F#m] go into town and establish credit [A] in a few places around.
You're a business man now, and with any [Bm] kind of luck, [F#] you can pay them off [D] quick [Am] with your
used log truck.
[A] _ [G] Then you and the head [A] loader go a couple rounds and he [E] gives you 3,000 feet that weighs 80 [D],000 pounds.
[A] The scalers are cranked, deaf [E] and dumb, you got bad eyesight [A] and [Em] an extra long thumb.
[F#m] The weigh station's open.
[A] Just your rotten luck.
There goes the next payment on your used log truck.
_ Then you start [D] blowing tires faster [A] than you can count them, so you charge a new [E] set.
When you have the man mount them, [F#] you feel kind of bad about [F#m] the bill you just made,
[A] because your fuel [D] bill there is only [E] half paid.
_ [F#] But you [A] smile and assure him he [F#m] won't get stuck, [A] because you can get rolling [Em] now with
your [A] used log truck.
[Em] _ [D] When you do get the haul, you work [Am] on it all night.
Pretty soon, [F#m] you and [A] your wife have a fight.
She don't understand it's just gotta [E] be.
She says you love that truck [A] more than the kids and me.
_ She [F#] cries a lot lately and complains and howls [A] when you wipe your greasy hands on her new [D] white towel.
The washing [A] machine is broke.
The dryer motor's [A] stuck.
[E] And so are you, [Am] with your used log truck.
[F#m] _
You got a big grocery [A] bill and [Em] you're behind on your rent.
[A] Before you get a dollar, it's [G#] already [F#] spent.
[E] Finally there comes that [G#] sad, sad day [A] when the finance company comes and [E] drags it away.
_ _ [F#m] [A] Bankruptcy then is the only [Am] way out.
Man, you thought you'd [A] never take that route.
[D] You go back to driving for a big [Am] outfit, probably the same one you up and [D] quit.
[A] One thing about it, at the end of the day, you get out [E] of that rig and just walk away.
_ [F#] [D] You go home to mama, [E] she's happy [A] again.
At last [E] you got a steady check coming in.
[Am] [E] But you think about your truck and your mouth gets dry [A] and a little bit of [Am] moisture forms
in your eye and [D] a lump comes up [Am] in your throat and gets stuck from all the [A] memories of your
used log truck. _ _ _ _