Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler) chords by Alabama
Intro 1
[Truck SFX]
(Hey, how 'bout ya, Alabama? Roll on!)
Chorus 1
E
A
Roll on highway, roll on along
E
A
Roll on daddy till you get back home
E
A
Roll on family, roll on crew
E
Roll on momma like I asked you to do
F#m
B
E
And roll on, eighteen- wheeler, roll on
E
A
(Roll on!)
E
A
Verse 1
E
Well, it's Monday morning
he's kissin' Momma goodbye
C#m
He's up and gone with the sun
A
Daddy drives an eighteen-wheeler
E
And he's off on a Midwest run
As three sad faces gather 'round Momma
C#m
They ask her when Daddy's comin' home
A
Daddy drives an eighteen-wheeler
E
And they sure miss him when he's gone
(yeah they do)
Pre-chorus 1
A
G#m
Ah, but he calls them every night
F#m
B
and tells them that he loves them
Chorus 2
He taught 'em this song to sing:
E
A
Roll on highway, roll on along
E
A
Roll on Daddy till you get back home
E
A
Roll on family, roll on crew
E
Roll on Momma like I asked you to do
F#m
B
And roll on, eighteen- wheeler,
E
A
roll on (Roll on!)
F
Bb
Verse 2
F
Well, it's Wednesday evening,
Momma's waitin' by the phone
Dm
It rings but it's not his voice
Bb
Seems the highway patrol
has found a jack-knifed rig
F
In a snow bank in Illinois
F
But the driver was missin'
and the search had been abandoned
Dm
'Cause the weather had everything stalled
Bb
And they had checked all the houses
and the local motels
F
When they had some more news they'd call
Pre-chorus 2
Bb
Am
And she told them when they found him
Gm
C
to tell him that she loved him
Chorus 3
And she hung up the phone singin'
F
Bb
Roll on highway, roll on along
F
Bb
Roll on Daddy till you get back home
F
Bb
Roll on family, roll on crew
F
Roll on Momma like I asked you to do
Gm
C
Dm
And roll on, eighteen- wheeler, roll on
Bridge 1
Dm
Am
Momma and the children will be waiting up
all night long
Bb
Thinkin' nothing but the worst is comin'
F
With the ringin' of the telephone
Dm
Oh, but the man upstairs was listening
Bb
When Momma asked him
to bring Daddy home
Gm
And when the call came in
it was Daddy on the other end
C
Askin' her if she had been
Chorus 4
a- singin' the song, singin'
F
Bb
Roll on highway, roll on along
F
Bb
Roll on Daddy till you get back home
F
Bb
Roll on family, roll on crew
F
Roll on Momma like I asked you to do
Gm
C
And roll on, eighteen- wheeler
Chorus 5
F
Bb
Roll on highway, roll on along
F
Bb
Roll on Daddy till you get back home
F
Bb
Roll on family, roll on crew
F
Roll on Momma like I asked you to do
Gm
C
F
And roll on, eighteen- wheeler, roll on
Bb
(Roll on!)
Outro 1
F
Bb
Eighteen- wheeler
F
Bb
Eighteen- wheeler
F
Bb
Eighteen- wheeler
F
Bb
Eighteen- wheeler
F
Roll on!
Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)
Alabama
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