(D) Symbol crash, last call - 3 a.m. (G) Jackson, Mississippi, I will see you again (C) Next stop, Terre Haute (G) Won't be no motel to(D)night Well, ol' 55, it's been a long while (G) Since then we've both gone a few miles Seems like (C) every time we meet You take a(G)nother piece off of my (D) life Well, if I'm (G) ragged 'round the edges
And look a little hard (D) Life ain't easy on this honky-tonk star (A) Spent my soul in a thousand dives (D) I've been on this highway since '75 (G) Mama begged me to put the guitar down (D) I shoulda listened, but it's (Bm) too late now (A) Left that barn in a beat up Cadillac (D) I hit the road and the road hit back Well, I (D) fell in with a woman down in Baton Rouge (G) Neat around the eyes, and farm-raised, too (C) There for a moment, (G) I saw babies and (D) dogs But a dog this old, can't learn nothin' new (G) Lettin' you know it's all I can do To (C) face another smoky room (G) Sing another heartbreak (D) song Well, if I'm (G) ragged 'round the edges And look a little hard (D) Life ain't easy on this honky-tonk star (A) Spent my soul in a thousand dives (D) I've been on this highway since '75 (G) Mama begged me to put the guitar down (D) I shoulda listened, but it's (Bm) too late now (A) Left that barn in a beat up Cadillac (D) I hit the road and the road hit back Piano Solo Well, if I'm (G) ragged 'round the edges And look a little hard (D) Life ain't easy on this honky-tonk star (A) Spent my soul in a thousand dives (D) I've been on this highway since '75 (G) Mama begged me to put the guitar down (D) I shoulda listened, but it's (Bm) too late now (A) Left that barn in a beat up Cadillac (D) I hit the road and the road hit back (A) Thought I knew it all, but I didn't know Jack (D) I hit the road and the road hit back