Key: C major•
Verse 1
C
I was out on the West Coast,
tryin' to make a buck
I was down on my luck
bummin' around
So I started thumbin' back
Verse 2
two days
if my luck held out this way
way out of town
Em
C
rain was pourin' down
Verse 3
C
G
C
done caught a chill
When the lights of a big
air brakes come on
And I climbed in that cab,
Verse 4
Ebdim
He stuck out his hand and said with a grin
Em
B
"Big Joe's the name",
Verse 5
his rig such a name
G
C
He said, "Son, this old Mack can
put 'em all to shame
or a rig a- runnin' any line
from Phantom 309"
Verse 6
F
G
Em
Well, we rode and talked the
When the lights of a truck
stop came in sight
this is as far as you go
Verse 7
Well, he tossed me a dime
Em
G
C
as he pulled her in low
And said, "Have yourself
a cup on old Big Joe"
Then Joe and his rig roared
B
Em
In nothin' flat,
Verse 8
he was clean out of sight
me a cup
was settin' me up
it got deathly quiet
Verse 9
turned kinda white
Em
F
"Well, did I say something wrong?",
C
F
I said with a halfway grin
He said, "Naw,
G
D
G
this happens every now and then
But son, let me tell you what
Verse 10
happened about ten years ago
There was a bus load of kids,
And they were right in the middle, when
It could have been slaughter,
Verse 11
went into a skid
bunch o' kids
And there at that crossroads
Verse 12
hiker'll come by
And like you,
Ebdim
Em
Big Joe'll give 'em a ride
about the dime
Outro 1
Em
F
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