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Long Haul Driver by Luke Doucet
Long Haul Driver
Tuning: Standard (E,A,D,G,B,E)
Intro: N/A
Chords used: Em, Am, C, G
Ms #1(mini solo) Ms #2
e|-------------0----| e|-0--3--5--7--3--0--3--5--0--3--5--7--5--|
B|-------------0----| B|----------------------------------------|
G|-------------0----| G|----------------------------------------|
D|-------------2----| D|----------------------------------------|
A|-2--0--------2----| A|----------------------------------------|
E|-------3--2--0----| E|----------------------------------------|
Em Am
I am a long haul driver and I'm leaving at dawn.
C
I don't think that I will see you,
G B7
so I'll leave the porchlight on.
Em Am
I know you land at 8 o'clock but I'll be gone by 5.
C G
So I'll be waving out the window as I pass the airport by.
Em Am
I am a long haul driver and I'm leaving at dawn.
C
I don't think that I will see you,
G B7
so I'll leave the porchlight on. yea. [ms #1] [ms #2]
Em Am
Through Michigan to Illinois and Indiana, too.
C G
I'll turn the rig towards the north, but still away from you-
Em Am
are waltzing through my mind's blue eye and strumming your guitar.
C G
Two thousand miles between us yet I'm never, ever that far.
Em Am
Because, I am a long haul driver and I'm leaving at dawn.
C
I don't think that I will see you,
G B7
so I'll leave the porchlight on.[ms #2] [ms #1] [ms #2] [ms #1] [ms #2]
Em Am
My cargo's bound for Winnipeg, by way of St.Paul
C G
I'll be picking Brown-Eyed-Susan's by the road as twilight falls.
Em Am
When I cross back into Canada, well I may stop for a smoke.
C G
Yes, I know these things will kill me, but my dear, so might the road.
Em Am
I am a long haul driver and I'm leaving at dawn.
C
I don't think that I will see you,
G B7
so I'll leave the porch light on, oh yea. [ms #1] [ms#2] [ms #1] [ms#2]
Em G
The city lights are rising up the midnight black horizon.
B Em G A B
I'm wishing you are with me where no passenger is riding.
Em G
With my payload unloaded safely out in the St. Vital,
B Em G A B B7
I will try to catch the *Perps at **high and lo before last call.
Em Am
Well I am a long haul driver and I'm leaving at dawn.
C
I don't think that I will see you,
G B7
so I'll leave the porch light on,
Em Am
I am a long haul driver and I'm leaving at dawn.
C G B7
I'll be home before you wake so leave the porch light on
C G B7 Em
I'll be home before you wake so leave the porch light on
* - Refers to the Winnipeg band called The Perpetrators
** - Refers to the Winnipeg bar called "Times Changed" AKA "The High and Lonesome Club"
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