Chords for Kathy Mattea, 18 Wheels and A Dozen Roses @ Joes Pub

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Charlie's got a gold watch, _ [Fm] don't seem like a whole lot
_ After [Eb] 30 years of driving [Db] up and down the [Ab] interstate _
_ _ _ _ Yeah, but Charlie's had a good life, _ [Fm] and Charlie's got a good wife
_ And [Bbm] after tonight, [Db] she'll no longer be counting [Eb] the days _ _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ Eighteen [Ab] wheels and a dozen roses _ _
_ Ten [Fm] more miles _ [Bb] on his four-day [Eb] run _ _
A few more [Db] songs _ _ from the all [Fm]-night radio _ _
[Db] _ Then [Ab] he'll spend [Cm] the rest of [Db] his life [Eb] with the one that [Ab] he loves _ _
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_ _ They'll buy a Winnebago, _ _ set [Db] out to find America _
_ They'll [Eb] do a lot of catching [Db] up, a [Ab] little at a time _ _ _
_ With pieces of the old dreams, _ [Db] they're gonna light the old flame _
_ [Bbm] Doing what they [Db] please, leaving every other reason [Eb] _ behind _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ Eighteen wheels and a [Ab] dozen roses _ _ _
Ten [Fm] more _ miles _ on his four [Eb]-day run
_ _ A few [Db] more _ _ _ songs from the all [Fm]-night radio
_ [Db] Then _ [Ab] he'll spend the rest of [Db] his life with the one that [Ab] he loves _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Bbm] _ Alright, you ready?
[Db] Ready to sing?
[Eb] Here we go. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ Eighteen wheels and a dozen roses _ _ _ _
Ten [Fm] more _ _ _ [Bb] miles on his [Eb] four-day run
A _ few [Db] more _ _ _ songs from [Fm] the all-night radio
_ [Db] _ Then [Ab] he'll spend the rest of [Db] his life with the [Eb] one [Ab] that he loves _ _ _ _
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This is your chance, _ because I'm thinking, you know,
as sophisticated as you guys are, as hoity-toity of a crowd as you are here at Joe's Pub,
I mean, you know, we don't have people in suits come out and see us very often, and there's a few in the room tonight.
_ _ I'm thinking, you know, if you gave me that much without any prodding,
_ you might have just a bit more in you, you New Yorker-inies, you. _
_ You sophisticated Manhattanite-er-inies.
_ And [Ab] besides that, I know that Senator Krueger and Travis in her office
have personally drug many, many people to karaoke nights _ _
_ and gone as long as five hours at a time singing nothing but Kathy Matea songs, so I know. _ _
_ And yet they stay on, those loyal, loyal workers, they stay on
after five hours of, I think I'd quit after five hours of Kathy Matea music.
_ But, however, I digress. _
So I know y'all are back there and you've had lots of practice,
so I'm going to encourage you to lead your fellow New Yorkers now on a big old country music hootenanny sing-along,
and by the way, you know, let's just get real, when the heck else am I going to ever have a song that everybody knows the words to?
_ So, _ _
_ [Db] _ _ Eighteen [Bbm] wheels and a [Ab] dozen roses, _ _ _
Ten [Fm] more _ _ [Bb] miles on his four [Bbm]-day run,
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A few [Db] more _ _ _ [Bbm] songs on [Eb] the [Fm] all-night radio,
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[Ab] Then he'll spend the rest [Db] of his life [Eb] with the one that [Ab] he loves,
Okay, one without the _ _
_ [Fm] Eighteen _ _ wheels and [Ab] a dozen roses, _ _ _
Ten [Fm] more miles [Bb] _ on his four [Eb]-day run, _ _ _
A few [Ab] more _ _ songs from the [Fm] all-night radio,
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Then [Ab] he'll spend the rest [Db] of his life with [Eb] the one [Ab] that he _ loves,
Awesome, awesome, awesome!
_ [Fm] Thank you! _ _ _ _
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