Chords for 18 Gears to Life
Tempo:
93.15 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
F
C
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] I'm firing things up, boy.
Been out here on this highway rolling on now twenty years.
Just like my dad before me, coughing blood, sweating tears.
[G] I'm addicted to the white line, a prisoner of the road.
[D] Ain't no cure for this disease that breeds us, outlaws and rogues.
[F] They locked me up, they handed me [A] the keys.
[G] pulling eighteen gears of life, no chance of a [D] rope.
My heart belongs to Jesus, but this highway haunts my soul.
Been out here on this highway rolling on now twenty years.
Just like my dad before me, coughing blood, sweating tears.
[G] I'm addicted to the white line, a prisoner of the road.
[D] Ain't no cure for this disease that breeds us, outlaws and rogues.
[F] They locked me up, they handed me [A] the keys.
[G] pulling eighteen gears of life, no chance of a [D] rope.
My heart belongs to Jesus, but this highway haunts my soul.
100% ➙ 93BPM
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[D] I'm firing things up, boy. _ _ _
Been out here on this highway rolling on now twenty years.
Just like my dad before me, coughing blood, sweating tears.
[G] I'm addicted to the white line, a prisoner of the road.
[D] Ain't no cure for this disease that breeds us, outlaws and rogues.
[F] They locked me up, they handed me [A] the keys.
I'm [G] pulling eighteen gears of life, no chance of a [D] rope.
My heart belongs to Jesus, but this highway haunts my soul.
[G] It's a crime I'm doing time, just to send it on down the line.
I'm pulling eighteen [F] gears, eighteen [C] gears, eighteen [D] gears of life.
Some _ _ _ say I'm semi-crazy, my God, it's hard to tell.
This diamond-plucking leather, this might be my [Dm] padded sail.
[G] Those pictures on my dashboard where I watch my kids grow up.
[D] Thank God they understand the cost of diesel in my blood.
[F] They know this rambling man and what [A] sets me free.
I'm [G] pulling eighteen gears of life, no chance of a rope.
[D] My heart belongs to Jesus, but this highway haunts my soul.
[G] It's a crime I'm doing time, just to send it on down the line.
_ I'm pulling eighteen [F] gears, eighteen [C] gears, eighteen [D] gears of life.
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
I'm _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] pulling eighteen gears of life, no chance of a rope.
My [D] heart belongs to Jesus, but this highway haunts my soul.
[G] It's a crime I'm doing time, just to send it on down the line.
_ I'm pulling eighteen [C] gears, eighteen gears, eighteen [D] gears of life.
There [G] ain't no escaping this addiction, so until the day I die.
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ I'm pulling eighteen [C] gears, eighteen gears, eighteen gears of [D] life. _
_ _ [G] _ [F] Eighteen gears [D] of life. _
_ _ _ [Dm] Eighteen gears of life. _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] I'm firing things up, boy. _ _ _
Been out here on this highway rolling on now twenty years.
Just like my dad before me, coughing blood, sweating tears.
[G] I'm addicted to the white line, a prisoner of the road.
[D] Ain't no cure for this disease that breeds us, outlaws and rogues.
[F] They locked me up, they handed me [A] the keys.
I'm [G] pulling eighteen gears of life, no chance of a [D] rope.
My heart belongs to Jesus, but this highway haunts my soul.
[G] It's a crime I'm doing time, just to send it on down the line.
I'm pulling eighteen [F] gears, eighteen [C] gears, eighteen [D] gears of life.
Some _ _ _ say I'm semi-crazy, my God, it's hard to tell.
This diamond-plucking leather, this might be my [Dm] padded sail.
[G] Those pictures on my dashboard where I watch my kids grow up.
[D] Thank God they understand the cost of diesel in my blood.
[F] They know this rambling man and what [A] sets me free.
I'm [G] pulling eighteen gears of life, no chance of a rope.
[D] My heart belongs to Jesus, but this highway haunts my soul.
[G] It's a crime I'm doing time, just to send it on down the line.
_ I'm pulling eighteen [F] gears, eighteen [C] gears, eighteen [D] gears of life.
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
I'm _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] pulling eighteen gears of life, no chance of a rope.
My [D] heart belongs to Jesus, but this highway haunts my soul.
[G] It's a crime I'm doing time, just to send it on down the line.
_ I'm pulling eighteen [C] gears, eighteen gears, eighteen [D] gears of life.
There [G] ain't no escaping this addiction, so until the day I die.
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ I'm pulling eighteen [C] gears, eighteen gears, eighteen gears of [D] life. _
_ _ [G] _ [F] Eighteen gears [D] of life. _
_ _ _ [Dm] Eighteen gears of life. _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _
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