Chords for Roll On- Brad James
Tempo:
134.9 bpm
Chords used:
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E
A
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E] Roll on highway, [A] roll on along, [E] roll on daddy till you [A] get back home.
[E] Roll on family, [A] roll on crew, [E] roll on mama like I asked you to do.
[Gbm] Roll on [E] 18-wheeler, roll on.
[A] [E]
[A] [E] Well it's Monday morning, he's kissing mama goodbye.
He's up and gone [Dbm] with the sun.
[A] Daddy drives an 18-wheeler and he's off on the [E] Midwest run.
Three sad faces gather around mama, they ask her when daddy's [Dbm] coming home.
[A]
Daddy drives an 18-wheeler and they sure miss him [E] when he's gone.
[A] Aw, but he calls him [Abm] every night and [Gb] he tells them that [B] he loves them.
He taught them this song to [E] sing.
Roll on highway, [A] roll on along, [E] roll on daddy till you get [A] back home.
[E] Roll on family, [A] roll on crew, [E] roll on mama like I asked you to do.
[Gbm] Roll on [B] 18-wheeler, [E] roll on.
[A] [F]
[Bb] Well [F] it's Wednesday evening, mama's waiting by the phone.
It rings but it's not [Dm] his voice.
[Bb] Seems the highway patrol has found a jackknife rig in a snowbank in [F] Illinois.
The driver was missing and the search had been abandoned
because the weather had everything [Dm] stalled.
[Bb] They checked all the houses and the local motels
and they had some more news they'd [F] called.
And she [Bb] told them when they [Am] found him to [G] tell them that she [C] loved him.
She hung up the phone [F] singing.
Roll on highway, roll [Bb] on along, [F] roll on daddy till you get [Bb] back home.
[F] Roll on family, [Bb] roll on crew, [F] roll on mama like I asked you to do.
[Gm] And roll on [C] 18-wheeler, [F] roll [Dm] on.
Mama and the [Am] children will be waiting up all night long
[Bb] thinking nothing but the worst is coming [F] with the ringing of the telephone.
[Dm] The man upstairs was listening when [Bb] mama asked her to bring daddy home.
[Gm] So when the call came in it was daddy on the [C] other end
asking her if she'd been singing the songs.
[F] And she was singing.
Roll on highway, roll [Bb] on along, [F] roll on daddy till you get [Bb] back home.
[F] Roll on family, roll [Bb] on crew, [F] roll on mama like I asked you to do.
[Gm] And roll on [C] 18 -wheeler, [F] roll on.
Roll [Bb] [F] on 18 [Bb]-wheeler, [F] 18 [Bb] [F]-wheeler, 18
[Bb] [F]-wheeler, 18
[Bb] -wheeler.
[F]
Roll on.
[N]
[E] Roll on family, [A] roll on crew, [E] roll on mama like I asked you to do.
[Gbm] Roll on [E] 18-wheeler, roll on.
[A] [E]
[A] [E] Well it's Monday morning, he's kissing mama goodbye.
He's up and gone [Dbm] with the sun.
[A] Daddy drives an 18-wheeler and he's off on the [E] Midwest run.
Three sad faces gather around mama, they ask her when daddy's [Dbm] coming home.
[A]
Daddy drives an 18-wheeler and they sure miss him [E] when he's gone.
[A] Aw, but he calls him [Abm] every night and [Gb] he tells them that [B] he loves them.
He taught them this song to [E] sing.
Roll on highway, [A] roll on along, [E] roll on daddy till you get [A] back home.
[E] Roll on family, [A] roll on crew, [E] roll on mama like I asked you to do.
[Gbm] Roll on [B] 18-wheeler, [E] roll on.
[A] [F]
[Bb] Well [F] it's Wednesday evening, mama's waiting by the phone.
It rings but it's not [Dm] his voice.
[Bb] Seems the highway patrol has found a jackknife rig in a snowbank in [F] Illinois.
The driver was missing and the search had been abandoned
because the weather had everything [Dm] stalled.
[Bb] They checked all the houses and the local motels
and they had some more news they'd [F] called.
And she [Bb] told them when they [Am] found him to [G] tell them that she [C] loved him.
She hung up the phone [F] singing.
Roll on highway, roll [Bb] on along, [F] roll on daddy till you get [Bb] back home.
[F] Roll on family, [Bb] roll on crew, [F] roll on mama like I asked you to do.
[Gm] And roll on [C] 18-wheeler, [F] roll [Dm] on.
Mama and the [Am] children will be waiting up all night long
[Bb] thinking nothing but the worst is coming [F] with the ringing of the telephone.
[Dm] The man upstairs was listening when [Bb] mama asked her to bring daddy home.
[Gm] So when the call came in it was daddy on the [C] other end
asking her if she'd been singing the songs.
[F] And she was singing.
Roll on highway, roll [Bb] on along, [F] roll on daddy till you get [Bb] back home.
[F] Roll on family, roll [Bb] on crew, [F] roll on mama like I asked you to do.
[Gm] And roll on [C] 18 -wheeler, [F] roll on.
Roll [Bb] [F] on 18 [Bb]-wheeler, [F] 18 [Bb] [F]-wheeler, 18
[Bb] [F]-wheeler, 18
[Bb] -wheeler.
[F]
Roll on.
[N]
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[E] _ _ _ Roll on highway, [A] roll on along, [E] roll on daddy till you [A] get back home.
[E] Roll on family, [A] roll on crew, [E] _ roll on mama like I asked you to do.
[Gbm] Roll on [E] 18-wheeler, roll on. _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ [E] Well it's Monday morning, he's kissing mama goodbye.
He's up and gone [Dbm] with the sun.
_ _ [A] Daddy drives an 18-wheeler _ and he's off on the [E] Midwest run. _ _ _ _ _ _
Three sad faces gather around mama, they ask her when daddy's [Dbm] coming home.
_ [A]
Daddy drives an 18-wheeler _ and they sure miss him [E] when he's gone. _ _ _
_ _ [A] Aw, but he calls him [Abm] every night and [Gb] he tells them that [B] he loves them.
He taught them this song to [E] sing.
Roll on highway, [A] roll on along, [E] roll on daddy till you get [A] back home.
[E] Roll on family, [A] roll on crew, _ [E] roll on mama like I asked you to do.
[Gbm] Roll on [B] 18-wheeler, [E] roll on. _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ Well [F] it's Wednesday evening, mama's waiting by the phone.
It rings but it's not [Dm] his voice.
_ [Bb] Seems the highway patrol has found a jackknife rig in a snowbank in [F] Illinois.
_ _ _ _ _ _ The driver was missing and the search had been abandoned
because the weather had everything [Dm] stalled.
_ [Bb] They checked all the houses and the local motels
and they had some more news they'd [F] called. _ _ _
_ And she [Bb] told them when they [Am] found him to [G] tell them that she [C] loved him.
She hung up the phone [F] singing.
Roll on highway, roll [Bb] on along, [F] roll on daddy till you get [Bb] back home.
[F] Roll on family, [Bb] roll on crew, [F] roll on mama like I asked you to do.
[Gm] And roll on _ [C] 18-wheeler, [F] roll [Dm] on. _ _
Mama and the [Am] children will be waiting up all night _ long
[Bb] thinking nothing but the worst is coming _ _ [F] with the ringing of the telephone.
_ _ [Dm] The man upstairs was listening when [Bb] mama asked her to bring daddy home.
[Gm] So when the call came in it was daddy on the [C] other end
asking her if she'd been singing the songs.
[F] And she was singing.
Roll on highway, roll [Bb] on along, [F] roll on daddy till you get [Bb] back home.
[F] Roll on family, roll [Bb] on crew, [F] roll on mama like I asked you to do.
[Gm] And roll on [C] 18 _ -wheeler, [F] roll on.
_ Roll _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ on 18 _ [Bb]-wheeler, [F] _ _ _ 18 _ [Bb] _ [F]-wheeler, _ 18 _
_ [Bb] _ [F]-wheeler, _ 18 _
_ [Bb] _ -wheeler.
_ _ [F] _ _
Roll on.
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] Roll on family, [A] roll on crew, [E] _ roll on mama like I asked you to do.
[Gbm] Roll on [E] 18-wheeler, roll on. _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ [E] Well it's Monday morning, he's kissing mama goodbye.
He's up and gone [Dbm] with the sun.
_ _ [A] Daddy drives an 18-wheeler _ and he's off on the [E] Midwest run. _ _ _ _ _ _
Three sad faces gather around mama, they ask her when daddy's [Dbm] coming home.
_ [A]
Daddy drives an 18-wheeler _ and they sure miss him [E] when he's gone. _ _ _
_ _ [A] Aw, but he calls him [Abm] every night and [Gb] he tells them that [B] he loves them.
He taught them this song to [E] sing.
Roll on highway, [A] roll on along, [E] roll on daddy till you get [A] back home.
[E] Roll on family, [A] roll on crew, _ [E] roll on mama like I asked you to do.
[Gbm] Roll on [B] 18-wheeler, [E] roll on. _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ Well [F] it's Wednesday evening, mama's waiting by the phone.
It rings but it's not [Dm] his voice.
_ [Bb] Seems the highway patrol has found a jackknife rig in a snowbank in [F] Illinois.
_ _ _ _ _ _ The driver was missing and the search had been abandoned
because the weather had everything [Dm] stalled.
_ [Bb] They checked all the houses and the local motels
and they had some more news they'd [F] called. _ _ _
_ And she [Bb] told them when they [Am] found him to [G] tell them that she [C] loved him.
She hung up the phone [F] singing.
Roll on highway, roll [Bb] on along, [F] roll on daddy till you get [Bb] back home.
[F] Roll on family, [Bb] roll on crew, [F] roll on mama like I asked you to do.
[Gm] And roll on _ [C] 18-wheeler, [F] roll [Dm] on. _ _
Mama and the [Am] children will be waiting up all night _ long
[Bb] thinking nothing but the worst is coming _ _ [F] with the ringing of the telephone.
_ _ [Dm] The man upstairs was listening when [Bb] mama asked her to bring daddy home.
[Gm] So when the call came in it was daddy on the [C] other end
asking her if she'd been singing the songs.
[F] And she was singing.
Roll on highway, roll [Bb] on along, [F] roll on daddy till you get [Bb] back home.
[F] Roll on family, roll [Bb] on crew, [F] roll on mama like I asked you to do.
[Gm] And roll on [C] 18 _ -wheeler, [F] roll on.
_ Roll _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ on 18 _ [Bb]-wheeler, [F] _ _ _ 18 _ [Bb] _ [F]-wheeler, _ 18 _
_ [Bb] _ [F]-wheeler, _ 18 _
_ [Bb] _ -wheeler.
_ _ [F] _ _
Roll on.
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _