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