Chords for Dick Curless / Tombstone Every Mile
Tempo:
113.55 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C]
All you big and burly men who roll the trucks along,
Better listen, you'll be thankful when [G] you hear my song.
You [C] have really got it made [F] in your hauling goods,
[C] Any place on earth [G] but those [C] Haynesville woods.
It's a stretch of road [F] up north in Maine,
[C] That's never ever ever [G] seen a smile.
[C] If they buried all the [F] truckers lost in them woods,
[C] There'd be a [G] tombstone every [C] mile.
Count [F] them off, there'd [C] be a [G] tombstone every [C] mile.
[F] [G]
[C] [F] [C]
[G] [C] When you're loaded with potatoes and you're headed down,
You've got to drive the woods to get [G] to Boston town.
When [C] it's winter up in Maine, [F] better check it over twice,
[C] That Haynesville road is [G] just a ribbon of [C] ice.
It's a stretch of road [F] up north in Maine,
[C] That's never ever ever seen [G] a smile.
If [C] they buried all the truckers [F] lost in them woods,
There'd be [C] a [G] tombstone [C] every mile.
[F] Count them off, there'd [C] be a [G] tombstone [C] every mile.
[F] [G]
[C] [F] [C]
[G] When [C] you're talking to a trucker that's been hauling goods,
Down that stretch of road in Maine they [G] call the Haynesville woods,
[C] He'll tell you that dying and [F] going down below,
[C] Won't be half as bad as driving [G] on that road of ice and [C] snow.
It's a stretch of [F] road up north in Maine,
[C] That's never ever ever seen a [G] smile.
If [C] they buried all the truckers [F] lost in them woods,
There'd be [C] a [G] tombstone every [C] mile.
Count [F] them off, there'd be [C] a [G] tombstone every [C] mile.
All you big and burly men who roll the trucks along,
Better listen, you'll be thankful when [G] you hear my song.
You [C] have really got it made [F] in your hauling goods,
[C] Any place on earth [G] but those [C] Haynesville woods.
It's a stretch of road [F] up north in Maine,
[C] That's never ever ever [G] seen a smile.
[C] If they buried all the [F] truckers lost in them woods,
[C] There'd be a [G] tombstone every [C] mile.
Count [F] them off, there'd [C] be a [G] tombstone every [C] mile.
[F] [G]
[C] [F] [C]
[G] [C] When you're loaded with potatoes and you're headed down,
You've got to drive the woods to get [G] to Boston town.
When [C] it's winter up in Maine, [F] better check it over twice,
[C] That Haynesville road is [G] just a ribbon of [C] ice.
It's a stretch of road [F] up north in Maine,
[C] That's never ever ever seen [G] a smile.
If [C] they buried all the truckers [F] lost in them woods,
There'd be [C] a [G] tombstone [C] every mile.
[F] Count them off, there'd [C] be a [G] tombstone [C] every mile.
[F] [G]
[C] [F] [C]
[G] When [C] you're talking to a trucker that's been hauling goods,
Down that stretch of road in Maine they [G] call the Haynesville woods,
[C] He'll tell you that dying and [F] going down below,
[C] Won't be half as bad as driving [G] on that road of ice and [C] snow.
It's a stretch of [F] road up north in Maine,
[C] That's never ever ever seen a [G] smile.
If [C] they buried all the truckers [F] lost in them woods,
There'd be [C] a [G] tombstone every [C] mile.
Count [F] them off, there'd be [C] a [G] tombstone every [C] mile.
Key:
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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All you big and burly men who roll the trucks along,
Better listen, you'll be thankful when [G] you hear my song.
You [C] have really got it made [F] in your hauling goods,
[C] Any place on earth [G] but those [C] Haynesville woods.
It's a stretch of road [F] up north in Maine,
[C] That's never ever ever [G] seen a smile.
_ [C] If they buried all the [F] truckers lost in them woods,
[C] There'd be a [G] tombstone every [C] _ mile.
Count [F] them off, there'd [C] be a _ _ [G] tombstone _ every [C] _ _ mile. _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
[G] _ [C] When you're loaded with potatoes and you're headed down,
You've got to drive the woods to get [G] to Boston town.
When [C] it's winter up in Maine, [F] better check it over twice,
[C] That Haynesville road is [G] just a ribbon of [C] ice.
It's a stretch of road [F] up north in Maine,
[C] That's never ever ever seen [G] a smile.
If [C] they buried all the truckers [F] lost in them woods,
There'd be [C] a [G] tombstone [C] every mile.
[F] Count them off, there'd [C] be a _ _ [G] tombstone _ _ [C] every mile. _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] When [C] you're talking to a trucker that's been hauling goods,
Down that stretch of road in Maine they [G] call the Haynesville woods,
[C] He'll tell you that dying and [F] going down below,
[C] Won't be half as bad as driving [G] on that road of ice and [C] snow.
_ It's a stretch of [F] road up north in Maine,
[C] That's never ever ever seen a [G] smile.
If [C] they buried all the truckers [F] lost in them woods,
There'd be [C] a [G] tombstone every [C] _ mile.
Count [F] them off, there'd be [C] a _ _ [G] tombstone _ every [C] _ mile. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
All you big and burly men who roll the trucks along,
Better listen, you'll be thankful when [G] you hear my song.
You [C] have really got it made [F] in your hauling goods,
[C] Any place on earth [G] but those [C] Haynesville woods.
It's a stretch of road [F] up north in Maine,
[C] That's never ever ever [G] seen a smile.
_ [C] If they buried all the [F] truckers lost in them woods,
[C] There'd be a [G] tombstone every [C] _ mile.
Count [F] them off, there'd [C] be a _ _ [G] tombstone _ every [C] _ _ mile. _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
[G] _ [C] When you're loaded with potatoes and you're headed down,
You've got to drive the woods to get [G] to Boston town.
When [C] it's winter up in Maine, [F] better check it over twice,
[C] That Haynesville road is [G] just a ribbon of [C] ice.
It's a stretch of road [F] up north in Maine,
[C] That's never ever ever seen [G] a smile.
If [C] they buried all the truckers [F] lost in them woods,
There'd be [C] a [G] tombstone [C] every mile.
[F] Count them off, there'd [C] be a _ _ [G] tombstone _ _ [C] every mile. _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] When [C] you're talking to a trucker that's been hauling goods,
Down that stretch of road in Maine they [G] call the Haynesville woods,
[C] He'll tell you that dying and [F] going down below,
[C] Won't be half as bad as driving [G] on that road of ice and [C] snow.
_ It's a stretch of [F] road up north in Maine,
[C] That's never ever ever seen a [G] smile.
If [C] they buried all the truckers [F] lost in them woods,
There'd be [C] a [G] tombstone every [C] _ mile.
Count [F] them off, there'd be [C] a _ _ [G] tombstone _ every [C] _ mile. _ _ _
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