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