Trucker Speed Tab by Fred Eaglesmith

I got her letter in an old mail box

I forgot I had at a little truck stop

And I read it once and then I read it again

I could hardly keep from cryin'

I've been drivin' around the last week or so

With an empty truck, I don't have a load

And I don't care cause to tell you the truth

I think I might be dying

And it's trucker speed, Benzedrine

Percocets, amphetamines

Black beauties and west coast

turnarounds

When the coast is clear I drive with my knees

I mix it all up like a recipe

Coca-Cola and coffee

to wash it down

Sometimes I feel like my wheels

ain't touchin' the ground

At the side of the road he said you're a mess

When I told him she didn't leave an address

Then he got another call said wait right here

I'll be back in a little while

I put my head across my arms

Slept on the wheel for an hour or more

And I started it up and took off

into the night

And it's trucker speed, Benzedrine

Percocets, amphetamines

Black beauties and west coast

turnarounds

When the coast is clear I drive with my knees

I mix it all up like a recipe

Coca-Cola and coffee

to wash it down

Sometimes I feel like my wheels

ain't touchin' the ground

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|-8---------------7----------------|-8-------8-------8-------8--------| G|-7---------------7----------------|-----11------11------11------11---| D|-9---------------7----------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

I've been

E|----------------------------------| B|-8-------8-------8----------------| G|-----11------11------11-----------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4

high-centered, low throttle

When I couldn't stop I peed in a bottle

I've been so lonesome I made Hank Williams

Look like a party of five

I've been beat up, broke down

Loaded on a truck and driven into town

I always thought she'd be there

at the end of the line

I always thought she'd be there

at the end of the line

And it's trucker speed, Benzedrine

Percocets, amphetamines

Black beauties and west coast

turnarounds

When the coast is clear I drive with my knees

I mix it all up like a recipe

Coca-Cola and coffee

to wash it down

Sometimes I feel like my wheels

ain't touchin' the ground

Sometimes I feel like my wheels

ain't touchin' the ground

Sometimes I feel like my wheels

ain't touchin' the ground

E|----------------------------------|-8--------------------------------| B|-----8-----------8h------10-------|-8--------------------------------| G|-----7-----------7----------------|-9--------------------------------| D|-------------(7)------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

E|-----7----------------------------|-8--------------------------------| B|--------8--------8-------10-------|-8--------------------------------| G|-----------7----------------------|-9--------------------------------| D|--------------5-------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

E|-10--------------8----------------|-7--------------------------------| B|---------12--------------10-------|-8--------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

E|-10-------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|---------12------10---------------|-8--------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|-9--------------------------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

E|----------------------------------|-8--------------------------------| B|-----------------8-------10-------|-8--------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|-9--------------------------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

E|-10--------------10---------------|-8--------------------------------| B|-------------------------10-------|-8--------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|-9--------------------------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

[Fade out]