Key: F major
Intro 1
G
D
Verse 1
D
Bm
It's midnight at the depot
G
Em
C
G
And I drag my bags in line.
C
D
But the bus won't be on time.
Bm
F#m
Everybody's looking
C
Am
half alive.
G
C
D
Later on the bus arrives.
Verse 2
D
They punch my ticket
G
C
And we move out past the lights.
G
F
Come on Driver, where's the heat?
C
D
It's cold out in the night.
Bm
F#m
I keep telling to myself that
C
Am
I don't care.
G
C
Come to morrow, I'll be there.
D
Verse 3
G
A
F#m
It's a dog of a way to get around.
G
Bm
Take the Greyhound.
Em
C
It's a dog gone easy way
Verse 4
D
G
C
So I look across the aisle.
G
F
The window's frosted, I can't sleep
C
D
But the girl returns my smile.
F#m
C
Am
I knew back home.
G
C
So I doze. So it goes.
Interlude 1
D
Bm
G
A
F#m
G
Bm
Em
C
D
Verse 5
Bm
G
C
at the rest stop.
G
F
The waitress being cozy with
C
D
the highway cop.
Bm
F#m
My coffee's tasting tired.
Bm
F#m
D
F#m
Bm
My eyes roll over dead.
C
Am
A
gas out of my head.
G
Em
D
Dm
D
Dm
Oh, to be in bed.
G
Dm
G
Dm
G
Dm
G
Dm
G
Dm
G
You got me driving.
I'm on your Greyhound bus and
Dm
D
you're driving.
Dm
Verse 6
But there's nothing new about Greyhounds.
D
Dm
D
Nothing new about
Dm
D
feeling down.
Dm
D
Nothing new about putting off
Dm
F
C
Or putting myself on.
Interlude 2
C
Dm
Verse 7
the loser hides
that all my life's a ride.
and make myself some friends
Interlude 3
A
D
Verse 8
C
G
F
It's got to be the going not the get
C
D
Bm
ting there that's good
That's a thought for keep
F#m
C
Am
ing if I could.
G
Em
It's got to be the going not
A
D
the getting there that's good.
Outro 1
D
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