[Chorus 1]
C F
Roll On highway, Roll On along.
C F
Roll On daddy till you get back home.
C F
Roll On family, Roll On crew.
C
Roll On mama like I asked you to do.
Dm G C
And Roll On Eighteen Wheeler, Roll On.
C | F |C | F
[Verse 1]
F
Well it's Monday mornin', he's kissin' mama goodbye.
Am
He's up and gone with the sun.
F
Daddy drives an eighteen wheeler,
C
and he's off on a midwest run.
F
And three sad faces gather 'round mama.
Am
They ask her when daddy's comin' home.
F
Daddy drives an eighteen wheeler,
C
and they sure miss him when he's gone.
[Climb 1]
F Em D7
Ah, but he calls 'em ev'ry night and tells 'em
G
that he loves them.
He taught 'em this song to sing:
[Chorus 1]
C F
Roll On highway, Roll On along.
C F
Roll On daddy till you get back home.
C F
Roll On family, Roll On crew.
C
Roll On mama like I asked you to do.
Dm G C
And Roll On Eighteen Wheeler, Roll On.
C# |C# Gb
[Verse 2]
Gb C#
Well it's Wednesday evening.
Mama's waitin' by the phone.
A#m
It rings but it's not his voice.
Gb
Seems the highway patrol has found a jack-knifed rig
C#
in a snowbank in Illinois.
But the driver was missin',
and the search had been abandoned
A#m
'cause the weather had ev'rything stalled.
Gb
And they had checked all the houses and the local motels;
C#
when they had some more news they'd call.
[Climb 2]
Gb Fm D#m7
And she told them when they found him to tell him
G#
that she loved him.
And she hung up the phone singin':
[Chorus 2]
C# Gb
Roll On highway, Roll On along.
C# Gb
Roll On daddy till you get back home.
C# Gb
Roll On family, Roll On crew.
C#
Roll On mama like I asked you to do.
D#m G# A#m
And Roll On Eighteen Wheeler, Roll On.
[Bridge]
A#m Fm7
Mama and the children will be waiting up all night long,
Gb
thinkin' nothin' but the worst is comin'
C#
with the ringin' of the telephone.
A#m
Oh, but the Man upstairs was list'nin'
Gb
when Mama asked him to bring Daddy home.
D#m
And when the call came in, it was Daddy on the other end,
G#
askin' her if she had been a-singin' the song, singin':
REPEAT Chorus 2, but instead of A#m at the end of "Roll On Eighteen Wheeler,
Roll On", make it an F.
C# | Gb |
C# Gb
Eighteen wheeler
C# Gb
Eighteen wheeler
C# Gb
Eighteen wheeler
C# Gb
Eighteen wheeler---- (hold until final "roll on!")
Gb |C#m/Gb
Roll On!
C#m/Gb
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