G 
 Well my truck’s wound up and it’s ready to roll 
         C 
 I got a good buddy working for the Highway Patrol 
       D                                            G 
 So if I get a ticket or two, it’s gonna be alright 
           G 
 But the sheriff and his boys they’re in Estilline 
                 C 
 Unless they’re out to lunch at the Dairy Queen 
            D                                              G 
 They’ll be itching to turn on those red, white, and blue lights 
  
  
 G 
 Well just like my daddy I was born a drifter 
 C 
 I got a rebel heart and eight-ball shifter 
 D                                   G 
 Horns on the hood and forty channel A 
  
 Well some things you never leave home without 
 C 
 Like your bible, log book, and your driving route 
 D                             G 
 And your Best Of Dale Watson on CD 
  
  
CHORUS: 
               D                       C 
 'Cause I’m a diesel drivin’ daddy 
               G 
 Don’t you get in my lane 
              D                     C 
 Putting the pedal to the metal 
             G 
 Bringing eighteen wheels of pain 
                C                  D 
 I’ve been in love, broke some hearts 
                       G                         C 
 Settled down long enough to replace the parts 
            C     D                     G 
 Kicked a little asphalt along the way 

  
  
 There’s a lonely life living on the road 
 When the only friend you’ve got is the radio 
 And even he fades in and out every now and then 
 But maybe someday you’ll find the right one 
 That'll shift the gears and let ya ride shotgun 
 Knows how to get that big ole rig to spin 
  
  
CHORUS: 
               D                       C 
 'Cause I’m a diesel drivin’ daddy 
               G 
 Don’t you get in my lane 
              D                     C 
 Putting the pedal to the metal 
             G 
 Bringing eighteen wheels of pain 
                C                  D 
 I’ve been in love, broke some hearts 
                       G                         C 
 Settled down long enough to replace the parts 
            C     D                     G 
 Kicked a little asphalt along the way 
  
  
BRIDGE:
 G 
 I’m a panhandling, manhandling
                                               C 
 Post holing, high rolling, dust bowling daddy 
 D 
 I ain’t got no blood in my veins 
  
 I just got them four lanes 
                   G 
 Of hard Amarillo highway 
  
  
 Chorus 
  
        D                C       G 
 Up and down that honky tonking highway