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