Chords for At the Truck Stop
Tempo:
88.7 bpm
Chords used:
F
G
Am
E
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] [Am] A wild [F]-eyed prophet [G] from the desert wanders in, [C] Bible verses [G] painted on his van.
There's a girl in [F] cutoffs [G] out in the [A] ride, got [C] a tattoo of a flower on her [D] hand.
[G] And there's [F] coffee strong enough to take [C] the pain off your Chevy.
Magazines on the rack by the [G] door, a [A] bright smear [F] of neon in [G] a warm desert night,
[F] where coyotes don't howl [E] anymore.
At [Em] the truck stop, he'd ride exit [G] 39.
At [Am] the truck stop, hear that [E] traffic whine, [F] it's the travelers code.
You can't [Am] drive forever, [F] you gotta pull off [E] the road.
[Am] At the truck stop,
[Am] [E] [A] there's a fresh [F] coat of asphalt [G] on the parking lot outside,
[C] trucks coming in from [G] everywhere.
The [Am] pumps [F] are self [G]-serve, please insert your card, [C] diesel smoke [G] hangs in the [G] air.
[F] The lady at the counter [C] selling cigarettes, [F] she's smiling, trying [G] to look cheery.
[C] And the dreams [F] of the travelers [G] get stacked up by the door, [F] as they stumble in gritty, [E] odd and weary.
[Am] At the truck stop, everybody [C] winds up here.
[Am] At the truck stop, [F] we sell [E] bandages and beer, [F] it's the travelers code.
You can't [Em] drive forever, [F] you gotta pull [E] off the road.
At the [Am] truck stop,
[E] [A] well the girl [E] in [G] cutoffs finally scores a ride [C] with a long-haul trucker [G] from Reno.
[Am] Twenty [F] minutes later, [G] her daddy rolls in, [C] he's chased her all the way [G] from Encino.
[F] Sometimes I think [C] the highway is alive, [F] it's a beast that never [G] stops growling.
And we're here [F] for the poor [G] soul to ride upon its back, [F] and we're open.
Twenty [E]-four hours [A] at the truck [Am] stop, you ride exit [G] 39 [Am] at the truck stop.
[F] Ah, hear that [E] traffic whine, [F] it's the travelers code.
[C] You can't [Am] drive forever, [F] you gotta pull [E] off the road.
[Am] At the truck stop, [F] everybody [G] winds up here.
[Am] At the truck stop, [F] we sell [E] bandages and beer, [F] it's the travelers code.
[C] You can't [Am] run forever, [F] you gotta pull off [E] the road.
[Am] At the truck stop, [E] [Am] at the truck stop, at the truck stop, [Em] at [Am] the truck stop.
[E] [Am]
There's a girl in [F] cutoffs [G] out in the [A] ride, got [C] a tattoo of a flower on her [D] hand.
[G] And there's [F] coffee strong enough to take [C] the pain off your Chevy.
Magazines on the rack by the [G] door, a [A] bright smear [F] of neon in [G] a warm desert night,
[F] where coyotes don't howl [E] anymore.
At [Em] the truck stop, he'd ride exit [G] 39.
At [Am] the truck stop, hear that [E] traffic whine, [F] it's the travelers code.
You can't [Am] drive forever, [F] you gotta pull off [E] the road.
[Am] At the truck stop,
[Am] [E] [A] there's a fresh [F] coat of asphalt [G] on the parking lot outside,
[C] trucks coming in from [G] everywhere.
The [Am] pumps [F] are self [G]-serve, please insert your card, [C] diesel smoke [G] hangs in the [G] air.
[F] The lady at the counter [C] selling cigarettes, [F] she's smiling, trying [G] to look cheery.
[C] And the dreams [F] of the travelers [G] get stacked up by the door, [F] as they stumble in gritty, [E] odd and weary.
[Am] At the truck stop, everybody [C] winds up here.
[Am] At the truck stop, [F] we sell [E] bandages and beer, [F] it's the travelers code.
You can't [Em] drive forever, [F] you gotta pull [E] off the road.
At the [Am] truck stop,
[E] [A] well the girl [E] in [G] cutoffs finally scores a ride [C] with a long-haul trucker [G] from Reno.
[Am] Twenty [F] minutes later, [G] her daddy rolls in, [C] he's chased her all the way [G] from Encino.
[F] Sometimes I think [C] the highway is alive, [F] it's a beast that never [G] stops growling.
And we're here [F] for the poor [G] soul to ride upon its back, [F] and we're open.
Twenty [E]-four hours [A] at the truck [Am] stop, you ride exit [G] 39 [Am] at the truck stop.
[F] Ah, hear that [E] traffic whine, [F] it's the travelers code.
[C] You can't [Am] drive forever, [F] you gotta pull [E] off the road.
[Am] At the truck stop, [F] everybody [G] winds up here.
[Am] At the truck stop, [F] we sell [E] bandages and beer, [F] it's the travelers code.
[C] You can't [Am] run forever, [F] you gotta pull off [E] the road.
[Am] At the truck stop, [E] [Am] at the truck stop, at the truck stop, [Em] at [Am] the truck stop.
[E] [Am]
Key:
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Am] _ _ A wild [F]-eyed prophet [G] from the desert wanders in, [C] Bible verses [G] painted on his van.
_ There's a girl in [F] cutoffs [G] out in the [A] ride, got [C] a tattoo of a flower on her [D] hand.
_ [G] And there's [F] coffee strong enough to take [C] the pain off your Chevy.
_ Magazines on the rack by the [G] door, _ a [A] bright smear [F] of neon in [G] a warm desert night,
[F] where coyotes don't howl [E] anymore.
At [Em] the truck stop, he'd ride exit [G] 39.
At [Am] the truck stop, _ _ hear that [E] traffic whine, [F] it's the travelers code.
You can't [Am] drive forever, [F] you gotta pull off [E] the road.
[Am] At the truck stop, _
[Am] _ _ [E] _ [A] there's a fresh [F] coat of asphalt [G] on the parking lot outside,
[C] trucks coming in from [G] everywhere.
The [Am] pumps [F] are self [G]-serve, please insert your card, [C] diesel smoke [G] hangs in the [G] air.
_ [F] The lady at the counter [C] selling cigarettes, [F] she's smiling, trying [G] to look cheery.
_ [C] And the dreams [F] of the travelers [G] get stacked up by the door, [F] as they stumble in gritty, [E] odd and weary.
[Am] At the truck stop, everybody [C] winds up here.
[Am] At the truck stop, [F] we sell [E] bandages and beer, [F] it's the travelers code.
You can't [Em] drive forever, [F] you gotta pull [E] off the road.
At the [Am] truck stop, _ _ _
[E] _ [A] well the girl [E] in [G] cutoffs finally scores a ride [C] with a long-haul trucker [G] from Reno.
_ _ [Am] Twenty [F] minutes later, [G] her daddy rolls in, [C] he's chased her all the way [G] from Encino.
_ [F] Sometimes I think [C] the highway is alive, [F] it's a beast that never [G] stops growling.
_ And we're here [F] for the poor [G] soul to ride upon its back, [F] and we're open.
Twenty [E]-four hours [A] at the truck [Am] stop, you ride exit [G] 39 [Am] at the truck stop.
[F] Ah, hear that [E] traffic whine, [F] it's the travelers code.
[C] You can't [Am] drive forever, [F] you gotta pull [E] off the road.
[Am] At the truck stop, [F] everybody [G] winds up here.
[Am] At the truck stop, [F] we sell [E] bandages and beer, _ [F] it's the travelers code.
[C] You can't [Am] run forever, [F] you gotta pull off [E] the road.
[Am] At the truck stop, _ _ _ [E] _ [Am] at the truck stop, _ _ _ at the truck stop, _ _ _ _ [Em] at [Am] the truck stop.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _
[A] _ _ [Am] _ _ A wild [F]-eyed prophet [G] from the desert wanders in, [C] Bible verses [G] painted on his van.
_ There's a girl in [F] cutoffs [G] out in the [A] ride, got [C] a tattoo of a flower on her [D] hand.
_ [G] And there's [F] coffee strong enough to take [C] the pain off your Chevy.
_ Magazines on the rack by the [G] door, _ a [A] bright smear [F] of neon in [G] a warm desert night,
[F] where coyotes don't howl [E] anymore.
At [Em] the truck stop, he'd ride exit [G] 39.
At [Am] the truck stop, _ _ hear that [E] traffic whine, [F] it's the travelers code.
You can't [Am] drive forever, [F] you gotta pull off [E] the road.
[Am] At the truck stop, _
[Am] _ _ [E] _ [A] there's a fresh [F] coat of asphalt [G] on the parking lot outside,
[C] trucks coming in from [G] everywhere.
The [Am] pumps [F] are self [G]-serve, please insert your card, [C] diesel smoke [G] hangs in the [G] air.
_ [F] The lady at the counter [C] selling cigarettes, [F] she's smiling, trying [G] to look cheery.
_ [C] And the dreams [F] of the travelers [G] get stacked up by the door, [F] as they stumble in gritty, [E] odd and weary.
[Am] At the truck stop, everybody [C] winds up here.
[Am] At the truck stop, [F] we sell [E] bandages and beer, [F] it's the travelers code.
You can't [Em] drive forever, [F] you gotta pull [E] off the road.
At the [Am] truck stop, _ _ _
[E] _ [A] well the girl [E] in [G] cutoffs finally scores a ride [C] with a long-haul trucker [G] from Reno.
_ _ [Am] Twenty [F] minutes later, [G] her daddy rolls in, [C] he's chased her all the way [G] from Encino.
_ [F] Sometimes I think [C] the highway is alive, [F] it's a beast that never [G] stops growling.
_ And we're here [F] for the poor [G] soul to ride upon its back, [F] and we're open.
Twenty [E]-four hours [A] at the truck [Am] stop, you ride exit [G] 39 [Am] at the truck stop.
[F] Ah, hear that [E] traffic whine, [F] it's the travelers code.
[C] You can't [Am] drive forever, [F] you gotta pull [E] off the road.
[Am] At the truck stop, [F] everybody [G] winds up here.
[Am] At the truck stop, [F] we sell [E] bandages and beer, _ [F] it's the travelers code.
[C] You can't [Am] run forever, [F] you gotta pull off [E] the road.
[Am] At the truck stop, _ _ _ [E] _ [Am] at the truck stop, _ _ _ at the truck stop, _ _ _ _ [Em] at [Am] the truck stop.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _