Before I Wake chords by Roy Schneider
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Verse 1
(D major) Ha ha ha!
Take us all down the line, boys!
(C major) Well, (D major) here's a story of gears and nerves,
(D minor) An (F major) old school trucker
and a big Kenworth,
Two (G major) dinosaurs from way back when,
Fiber (D major) glass was out and steel was in.
Old (D minor) Burt (D major) Reynolds ruled
the silver screen,
Every (F major) body had a handle and a new CB,
If you was (G major) rich or poor,
it didn't mean nothing,
If you (D major) didn't have a shirt that said,
Keep on truckin'.
Last week I was eatin' at a
truck stop diner
When a (F major) boy pulled in in a new Freightliner
A (G major) sight to behold,
he's a trucker's dream
Fan (D major) ciest paint I ever did see
She had scoops and spoilers
so streamlined
She'd (F major) cut through the air
like a new buck knife
She was (G major) a force to be reckoned with
(D major) Intimidating to your average rig
Then this boy stepped out
and began to brag
Said there's (F major) never been a truck
that was built this fast
Anybody (G major) wanna race me coast to coast
We'll go (D major) title for title,
(D minor) plus (D major) a few C -notes
You know, I didn't hear anybody volunteer
So (F major) like a fool, I yelled out from the rear
Said, (G major) I'll take your bet,
leave you in the dust
He said, (D major) OK, man, let me see your truck (C major)
(G major) He's got (C major) 18 wheels,
a (G major) truckin' goin' (F major) cross the USA (D major)
Put the (C major) pedal to the (G major) metal
Cause there (F major) ain't no time to (A major) waste
You know the (B flat major) back of his truck
says R .O .Y. (F major) (D minor)
(G major) The name is (D major) Roy and I like to drive.
I (C major) said (D major) pay no mind to that oil drip (D minor) ping,
This (F major) old gal's made me a pretty
good living hauling (G major) anything
As long as it paid from frozen (D major)
chicken to toxic waste. (D minor)
Now she don't have air (D major) ,
just a fan on the dash,
Got (F major) tuck and roll leather
and a custom shag,
Pair (G major) of faucet, poster pinned over my head,
30 (D major) years of runnin's,
ain't broke down yet
(D minor) It (D major) was all he could do but to laugh
Said, you're (F major) never gonna make
it in a rig like that
Then he (G major) ex plained to me
the laws and mechanics
Of (D major) simple math and aerodynamics
Then he said, you got yourself a deal,
old (D minor) man
Then he (F major) shook my hand,
said, here's the plan
We'll (G major) line them up at the edge of town
When they (D major) drop that flag, just hammer down
I got a few supplies if a trucker needs
A (F major) box of crackers and a
can of sardines
Then the (G major) waitress said,
Need anything else?
Said a (D major) roll of them tums sure would help
Then I kissed the vendors,
just for luck
I climbed (F major) inside to start her up
I (G major) turned the key,
she sputtered and coughed
Till (D major) she caught fire and we took off (C major)
(G major) He's got (C major) eighteen wheels, a (G major) truckin'
Goin' (F major) cross the USA (D major)
Put the (C major) pedal to the (G major) metal
Cause there (F major) ain't no time to (A major) waste
Ha!
The (B flat major) back of his shirt says R .O .Y. (F major)
(D minor) My (G major) name is Roy, (D major) and I like to drive.
Take it (C major) around again, (D major) boys. Whoo!
(C major) It was 89 (D major) to 110 after (F major) 15 miles.
He was five ahead,
so I (G major) dodged them scales
just (C major) trying to catch (D major) up,
breaking all the laws.
Man, what a rush!
You know, I was running good,
but he was running bet (D minor) ter,
so now was the (C major) time for des
(F major) perate measures.
It was a (G major) moral dilemma I had to face
If I did (D minor) n't cheat,
(D major) I was gonna lose this race
But I still had a trick left up my sleeve
There's (F major) a little red button
hidden under my seat
Said, (G major) break the glass
if you're running behind
So I (D major) fi nally got to use my nitrous oxide
Well, it pinned me back
about broke my neck
Then I (F major) heard a growl I didn't expect
From (G major) deep in the engine
like a grizzly bear
Saying, (D major) there's a whole lot more
horsepower to spare (A major) (B minor)
What (D major) happened next, I can't explain
Both (F major) smokestacks were spittin' flames,
(G major) headlights glowin' like a rig from hell
It was (D major) almost like she
was (Esus4) drivin' herself
(E major) (D major) (E major) So I popped in an 8
(D major) -track from 1976 (E major)
It had every one of (D major) those
truckers' greatest hits (E major)
Six Days on the Road, (D major) Truck Drivin' (Esus4) Man White (E major) Line Fever, (D major)
you roll on, (E major) Big Mama
(D major) Then convoy came on and
(E major) I crunk (Esus4) her loud
I (E major) (D major) swear all 18 wheels come
(Esus4) up off (E major) the ground
Like a (D major) time machine flyin'
through the (Esus4) sky
That's (E major) when I saw (D major) the Phantom 309
in the finish line!
That (C major) boy finally (D major) pulled up,
looked like a whip (D minor) -pup,
(F major) Here's the keys and title to my truck
She's (G major) all yours,
you want her fair and square?
(D major) said I'll stick with my rig
if you don't care
he (D minor) (D major) (D minor) (D major) said gee thanks mister
but I gotta ask
(D minor) how in (F major) the world
did you ever make it that fast
and (G major) who are you with a tear in his eye
said (D major) my name is Roy
I like (D major) to drive (F major) (G major) that's ROI son (D minor)
Just (F major) Google it, ha ha, (G major)
there'll be a picture of my (D minor) truck
Let's (F major) take her on down the road, boys (D minor) (G major)
How about we go west (D minor) bound?
(F major) Nobody ever goes westbound
But (G major) that's the only way
you can go east (D major) bound,
isn't it? Ha (F major) ha ha ha
All (G major) right, get them fingers ready (D major)
Son! (D minor) (F major) (G major) This one's (D major) for you
(D minor) Just (F major) (G major) (D major) watch ol' Roy Ryan (D minor)
(D major) I like to drive
Before I Wake
Roy Schneider
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