Chords for James Taylor - Brother Trucker 1979
Tempo:
84.85 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
F
Gm
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[E] Why it's Waddy.
[Em] [G] Oh, right.
Oh.
[F] [C] Rippin' on the nine, big buddy
to have
sucker
double unless I close
roll
[Em] [G] Oh, right.
Oh.
[F] [C] Rippin' on the nine, big buddy
to have
sucker
double unless I close
roll
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C
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Gm
D
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C
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_ [E] Why it's Waddy.
Waddy Wachtell. _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ Oh, right.
[F#] _
Oh.
_ [G#] I'd like to sing a song for the independent trucker [G] called Brother Trucker.
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] Rippin' on the nine, big buddy
Put [D] your ears on me [G] now
_ [C] Trucker got to have
a big [G] light tonight
_ _ [C] Come on sucker
Come back, [G] brother trucker
I keep [C] seeing
double unless I close
one eye and I [G] got to
Roll, roll, roll
Brother Trucker, you're so not fussing
[C] you're about to shake [F] my man
[G] Roll, roll, roll
Back on your wheels again
_ Roll, roll, roll
Brother Trucker, who could
have known [C] this truck driver [F] man
[Gm] Roll, roll, [G]
roll
_ _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ Make [F] home rules
One [C] part man, one part
mule, [A] and one part fossil fuel
Oh, oh, oh
[C] _ Hardest deal
[G] Only 18 [F] weeks, but the line
to [C] filing is too [A] severe
You never know how it feels
Got to [Gm] get a roll _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ _ _
on this again
_ Roll, roll, _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ roll
Who [C] knows where New Jersey is
Big [G] state police say
[Am] _ [C] Well, I'm in a hurry
_ _ [G] But you let me go in peace
I'm an [C] independent
trucker
I [G] don't make no teams to go
[A] Cause the AFL
_ is still
going on the road
[C] And the only man [F] telling me where
to [C] go is [F] the man
who [D] bought my load and [G] he said
Roll, roll, roll
Brother Trucker, I said where
and you said when
Roll, roll, roll
[Em] Brother Trucker, [D] get back on your [F] wheels again
[Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Roll, roll, [Em] roll
Roll, [D] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
roll, roll
_ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ [G] _ Roll, roll, roll _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ [G] Roll, roll, _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [C] roll
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Waddy Wachtell. _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ Oh, right.
[F#] _
Oh.
_ [G#] I'd like to sing a song for the independent trucker [G] called Brother Trucker.
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] Rippin' on the nine, big buddy
Put [D] your ears on me [G] now
_ [C] Trucker got to have
a big [G] light tonight
_ _ [C] Come on sucker
Come back, [G] brother trucker
I keep [C] seeing
double unless I close
one eye and I [G] got to
Roll, roll, roll
Brother Trucker, you're so not fussing
[C] you're about to shake [F] my man
[G] Roll, roll, roll
Back on your wheels again
_ Roll, roll, roll
Brother Trucker, who could
have known [C] this truck driver [F] man
[Gm] Roll, roll, [G]
roll
_ _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ Make [F] home rules
One [C] part man, one part
mule, [A] and one part fossil fuel
Oh, oh, oh
[C] _ Hardest deal
[G] Only 18 [F] weeks, but the line
to [C] filing is too [A] severe
You never know how it feels
Got to [Gm] get a roll _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ _ _
on this again
_ Roll, roll, _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ roll
Who [C] knows where New Jersey is
Big [G] state police say
[Am] _ [C] Well, I'm in a hurry
_ _ [G] But you let me go in peace
I'm an [C] independent
trucker
I [G] don't make no teams to go
[A] Cause the AFL
_ is still
going on the road
[C] And the only man [F] telling me where
to [C] go is [F] the man
who [D] bought my load and [G] he said
Roll, roll, roll
Brother Trucker, I said where
and you said when
Roll, roll, roll
[Em] Brother Trucker, [D] get back on your [F] wheels again
[Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Roll, roll, [Em] roll
Roll, [D] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
roll, roll
_ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ [G] _ Roll, roll, roll _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ [G] Roll, roll, _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [G] _
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_ _ _ [C] _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _
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_ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [C] roll
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