Chords for The Fred Eaglesmith Traveling Steam Show - Truckers Speed
Tempo:
75.975 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Am
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Gm] [G#] [G]
[D] [C] [F#]
[G] [D] [C]
[G] I've been driving [D] around the last week or [C] so with an empty [G] truck I don't have a load
and I don't [D] care to tell you the [C] truth I think I might be dying
[G] That it's truckers [D] speed, Benz and [C] drain, [G] Percocets, Epitamines
Black [D] beauties in West Coast [C] turn around
When [G] the coast [D] is clear I drive with my [C] knees
Mix it [G] all up in a recipe
Coca [D]-Cola and coffee [C] to wash it down
[G] Sometimes I [D] feel like my wheels [C] ain't touching the ground
[Am] [C]
[G] By the side of the road [D] he said you're [C] a mess
When I told her [G] she didn't even leave an address
Then he called another call he [D] said wait right here
[C] I'll be back in a little while
[G] I put my [D] head across my [C] arms
I stepped over the wheel for [G] an hour or more
Then he started it [D] up and I took off [C] into the night
[G] That it's [D] truckers speed, [C] Benz and drain, [Em] Percocets, [G] Epitamines
[D] Black beauties in West [C] Coast turn around
[G] [C] [G]
When the coast [D] is clear I drive [C] with my knees
Mix it all [G] up in a recipe
[D] Coca-Cola and coffee to [C] wash it down
[G] Sometimes I [D] feel like my wheels ain't [C] touching the ground
[Am]
[C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] I've
[D]
[C] [G]
been [D] high-centered, low [C]-throttle
When I couldn't stop I [G] peed in a bottle
I've been so [D] lonesome made Hank [C] Williams look like a party of five
[G] I've been [D] beat up, [C] broke down, [G] loaded on a truck and [G] driven into town
[D] But I always thought she'd be there at [C] the end of the line
[G] Always thought she'd be there at [C] the end of the line
[G] That it's truckers speed, [D] Benz and [C] drain, Percocets, [G] Epitamines
Black [D] beauties in West Coast [C] turn around
[G] When the coast is [D] clear I drive with my [C] knees
[D] Mix it all up in a [G] recipe
Coca [D]-Cola and coffee to [C] wash it down
[G] Sometimes [D] I feel like my wheels ain't [C] touching the ground
[G] Sometimes I feel [D] like my wheels ain't touching [C] the ground
[G]
[D] Sometimes I feel like my wheels [C] ain't touching the ground
[G] [D]
[C] [G] [D]
[Am] [C] [Am] [G] [D]
[C] [G] [Bm]
[D] [Am] [C] [G]
[Gm] [N] Thanks so much.
[D] [C] [F#]
[G] [D] [C]
[G] I've been driving [D] around the last week or [C] so with an empty [G] truck I don't have a load
and I don't [D] care to tell you the [C] truth I think I might be dying
[G] That it's truckers [D] speed, Benz and [C] drain, [G] Percocets, Epitamines
Black [D] beauties in West Coast [C] turn around
When [G] the coast [D] is clear I drive with my [C] knees
Mix it [G] all up in a recipe
Coca [D]-Cola and coffee [C] to wash it down
[G] Sometimes I [D] feel like my wheels [C] ain't touching the ground
[Am] [C]
[G] By the side of the road [D] he said you're [C] a mess
When I told her [G] she didn't even leave an address
Then he called another call he [D] said wait right here
[C] I'll be back in a little while
[G] I put my [D] head across my [C] arms
I stepped over the wheel for [G] an hour or more
Then he started it [D] up and I took off [C] into the night
[G] That it's [D] truckers speed, [C] Benz and drain, [Em] Percocets, [G] Epitamines
[D] Black beauties in West [C] Coast turn around
[G] [C] [G]
When the coast [D] is clear I drive [C] with my knees
Mix it all [G] up in a recipe
[D] Coca-Cola and coffee to [C] wash it down
[G] Sometimes I [D] feel like my wheels ain't [C] touching the ground
[Am]
[C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] I've
[D]
[C] [G]
been [D] high-centered, low [C]-throttle
When I couldn't stop I [G] peed in a bottle
I've been so [D] lonesome made Hank [C] Williams look like a party of five
[G] I've been [D] beat up, [C] broke down, [G] loaded on a truck and [G] driven into town
[D] But I always thought she'd be there at [C] the end of the line
[G] Always thought she'd be there at [C] the end of the line
[G] That it's truckers speed, [D] Benz and [C] drain, Percocets, [G] Epitamines
Black [D] beauties in West Coast [C] turn around
[G] When the coast is [D] clear I drive with my [C] knees
[D] Mix it all up in a [G] recipe
Coca [D]-Cola and coffee to [C] wash it down
[G] Sometimes [D] I feel like my wheels ain't [C] touching the ground
[G] Sometimes I feel [D] like my wheels ain't touching [C] the ground
[G]
[D] Sometimes I feel like my wheels [C] ain't touching the ground
[G] [D]
[C] [G] [D]
[Am] [C] [Am] [G] [D]
[C] [G] [Bm]
[D] [Am] [C] [G]
[Gm] [N] Thanks so much.
Key:
G
C
D
Am
Gm
G
C
D
_ [Gm] _ _ [G#] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ [F#] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ I've been driving [D] around the last week or [C] so with an empty [G] truck I don't have a load
and I don't [D] care to tell you the [C] truth I think I might be dying _
_ [G] _ That it's truckers [D] speed, Benz and [C] drain, [G] Percocets, Epitamines
Black [D] beauties in West Coast [C] turn around
When _ [G] the coast [D] is clear I drive with my [C] knees
Mix it [G] all up in a recipe
Coca [D]-Cola and coffee [C] to wash it down
[G] Sometimes I [D] feel like my wheels [C] ain't touching the ground
_ [Am] _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] By the side of the road [D] he said you're [C] a mess
When I told her [G] she didn't even leave an address
Then he called another call he [D] said wait right here
[C] I'll be back in a little while
_ _ [G] I put my [D] head across my [C] arms
I stepped over the wheel for [G] an hour or more
Then he started it [D] up and I took off [C] into the night
_ _ _ _ [G] That it's [D] truckers speed, [C] Benz and drain, [Em] Percocets, [G] Epitamines
[D] Black beauties in West [C] Coast turn around
[G] _ [C] _ [G]
When the coast [D] is clear I drive [C] with my knees
Mix it all [G] up in a recipe
[D] Coca-Cola and coffee to [C] wash it down
[G] Sometimes I [D] feel like my wheels ain't [C] touching the ground
[Am] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ I've _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
been [D] high-centered, low [C]-throttle
When I couldn't stop I [G] peed in a bottle
I've been so [D] lonesome made Hank [C] Williams look like a party of five
_ _ _ [G] I've been [D] beat up, [C] broke down, [G] loaded on a truck and [G] driven into town
[D] But I always thought she'd be there at [C] the end of the line
_ [G] _ Always thought she'd be there at [C] the end of the line _ _ _ _ _
[G] That it's truckers speed, [D] Benz and [C] drain, Percocets, [G] Epitamines
Black [D] beauties in West Coast [C] turn around _ _
[G] When the coast is [D] clear I drive with my [C] knees
[D] Mix it all up in a [G] recipe
Coca [D]-Cola and coffee to [C] wash it down
[G] Sometimes _ [D] I feel like my wheels ain't [C] touching the ground _ _
[G] Sometimes I feel [D] like my wheels ain't touching [C] the ground
[G] _ _
[D] Sometimes I feel like my wheels [C] ain't touching the ground _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
[Am] _ [C] _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[D] _ [Am] _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [N] _ Thanks so much. _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ [F#] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ I've been driving [D] around the last week or [C] so with an empty [G] truck I don't have a load
and I don't [D] care to tell you the [C] truth I think I might be dying _
_ [G] _ That it's truckers [D] speed, Benz and [C] drain, [G] Percocets, Epitamines
Black [D] beauties in West Coast [C] turn around
When _ [G] the coast [D] is clear I drive with my [C] knees
Mix it [G] all up in a recipe
Coca [D]-Cola and coffee [C] to wash it down
[G] Sometimes I [D] feel like my wheels [C] ain't touching the ground
_ [Am] _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] By the side of the road [D] he said you're [C] a mess
When I told her [G] she didn't even leave an address
Then he called another call he [D] said wait right here
[C] I'll be back in a little while
_ _ [G] I put my [D] head across my [C] arms
I stepped over the wheel for [G] an hour or more
Then he started it [D] up and I took off [C] into the night
_ _ _ _ [G] That it's [D] truckers speed, [C] Benz and drain, [Em] Percocets, [G] Epitamines
[D] Black beauties in West [C] Coast turn around
[G] _ [C] _ [G]
When the coast [D] is clear I drive [C] with my knees
Mix it all [G] up in a recipe
[D] Coca-Cola and coffee to [C] wash it down
[G] Sometimes I [D] feel like my wheels ain't [C] touching the ground
[Am] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ I've _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
been [D] high-centered, low [C]-throttle
When I couldn't stop I [G] peed in a bottle
I've been so [D] lonesome made Hank [C] Williams look like a party of five
_ _ _ [G] I've been [D] beat up, [C] broke down, [G] loaded on a truck and [G] driven into town
[D] But I always thought she'd be there at [C] the end of the line
_ [G] _ Always thought she'd be there at [C] the end of the line _ _ _ _ _
[G] That it's truckers speed, [D] Benz and [C] drain, Percocets, [G] Epitamines
Black [D] beauties in West Coast [C] turn around _ _
[G] When the coast is [D] clear I drive with my [C] knees
[D] Mix it all up in a [G] recipe
Coca [D]-Cola and coffee to [C] wash it down
[G] Sometimes _ [D] I feel like my wheels ain't [C] touching the ground _ _
[G] Sometimes I feel [D] like my wheels ain't touching [C] the ground
[G] _ _
[D] Sometimes I feel like my wheels [C] ain't touching the ground _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
[Am] _ [C] _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[D] _ [Am] _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [N] _ Thanks so much. _