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