[Intro]
Bb
[Verse]
Eb Bb Eb
Set out from Carlisle with the sun beside him
Bb Eb
Sinking low across an empty field
Bb Eb
Old moon a-rising, the first lone star a-shining
Bb Eb
Shadows rolling down the lonely hills
[Verse]
Bb Eb
Run down by Lichfield and the rain it started pouring
Bb Eb
Water flowing up along the road
Bb Eb
Listen to the rumble of the ten big wheels a-turning
Bb Dm
Listen for the shifting of the load
[Chorus]
Cm Bb Dm
Knights of the road, riders of the highways
Cm Bb B
Hauling the load, making it the hard way
[Verse]
E B E
Miles cracked on by and he sang with his engines
B E
The old tunes like "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine"
B E
Dreaming of the girl who he'd be lying with at sunrise
B D#m
Another lonely milestone passed him by
[Chorus]
C#m B D#m
Knights of the road, riders of the highways
C#m B
Hauling the load, making it the hard way
[Instrumental]
E B E B E B E B E
[Verse]
B E
Lightning it crashed and he never saw it coming
B E
They found him with his hands still at the wheel
B E
Just another poor boy trying to keep 'em running
B D#m
He died lugging thirty tons of steel
[Chorus]
C#m B D#m C#m
Knights of the road, riders of the highways
B
Making it the hard way