D
Symbol crash, last call - 3 a.m.
G
Jackson, Mississippi, I will see you again
C
Next stop, Terre Haute
G D
Won't be no motel to night
Well, ol' 55, it's been a long while
G
Since then we've both gone a few miles
C
Seems like every time we meet
G D
You take a nother piece off of my life
G
Well, if I'm ragged 'round the edges
And look a little hard
D
Life ain't easy on this honky-tonk star
A
Spent my soul in a thousand dives
D
I've been on this highway since '75
G
Mama begged me to put the guitar down
D Bm
I shoulda listened, but it's too late now
A
Left that barn in a beat up Cadillac
D
I hit the road and the road hit back
D
Well, I fell in with a woman down in Baton Rouge
G
Neat around the eyes, and farm-raised, too
C G D
There for a moment, I saw babies and dogs
But a dog this old, can't learn nothin' new
G
Lettin' you know it's all I can do
C
To face another smoky room
G D
Sing another heartbreak song
G
Well, if I'm ragged 'round the edges
And look a little hard
D
Life ain't easy on this honky-tonk star
A
Spent my soul in a thousand dives
D
I've been on this highway since '75
G
Mama begged me to put the guitar down
D Bm
I shoulda listened, but it's too late now
A
Left that barn in a beat up Cadillac
D
I hit the road and the road hit back
G
Well, if I'm ragged 'round the edges
And look a little hard
D
Life ain't easy on this honky-tonk star
A
Spent my soul in a thousand dives
D
I've been on this highway since '75
G
Mama begged me to put the guitar down
D Bm
I shoulda listened, but it's too late now
A
Left that barn in a beat up Cadillac
D
I hit the road and the road hit back
A
Thought I knew it all, but I didn't know Jack
D
I hit the road and the road hit back