[Chorus 1]
A# D#
Roll On highway, Roll On along.
A# D#
Roll On daddy till you get back home.
A# D#
Roll On family, Roll On crew.
A#
Roll On mama like I asked you to do.
Cm F A#
And Roll On Eighteen Wheeler, Roll On.
A# | D# |A# | D#
[Verse 1]
D#
Well it's Monday mornin', he's kissin' mama goodbye.
Gm
He's up and gone with the sun.
D#
Daddy drives an eighteen wheeler,
A#
and he's off on a midwest run.
D#
And three sad faces gather 'round mama.
Gm
They ask her when daddy's comin' home.
D#
Daddy drives an eighteen wheeler,
A#
and they sure miss him when he's gone.
[Climb 1]
D# Dm C7
Ah, but he calls 'em ev'ry night and tells 'em
F
that he loves them.
He taught 'em this song to sing:
[Chorus 1]
A# D#
Roll On highway, Roll On along.
A# D#
Roll On daddy till you get back home.
A# D#
Roll On family, Roll On crew.
A#
Roll On mama like I asked you to do.
Cm F A#
And Roll On Eighteen Wheeler, Roll On.
B |B Fb
[Verse 2]
Fb B
Well it's Wednesday evening.
Mama's waitin' by the phone.
G#m
It rings but it's not his voice.
Fb
Seems the highway patrol has found a jack-knifed rig
B
in a snowbank in Illinois.
But the driver was missin',
and the search had been abandoned
G#m
'cause the weather had ev'rything stalled.
Fb
And they had checked all the houses and the local motels;
B
when they had some more news they'd call.
[Climb 2]
Fb D#m C#m7
And she told them when they found him to tell him
F#
that she loved him.
And she hung up the phone singin':
[Chorus 2]
B Fb
Roll On highway, Roll On along.
B Fb
Roll On daddy till you get back home.
B Fb
Roll On family, Roll On crew.
B
Roll On mama like I asked you to do.
C#m F# G#m
And Roll On Eighteen Wheeler, Roll On.
[Bridge]
G#m D#m7
Mama and the children will be waiting up all night long,
Fb
thinkin' nothin' but the worst is comin'
B
with the ringin' of the telephone.
G#m
Oh, but the Man upstairs was list'nin'
Fb
when Mama asked him to bring Daddy home.
C#m
And when the call came in, it was Daddy on the other end,
F#
askin' her if she had been a-singin' the song, singin':
REPEAT Chorus 2, but instead of G#m at the end of "Roll On Eighteen Wheeler,
Roll On", make it an F.
B | Fb |
B Fb
Eighteen wheeler
B Fb
Eighteen wheeler
B Fb
Eighteen wheeler
B Fb
Eighteen wheeler---- (hold until final "roll on!")
Fb |Bm/Fb
Roll On!
Bm/Fb
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