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I was sittin' in the terminal waitin' for my load
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When a greenhorn driver came in off of the road
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I heard him tell that foreman get my little pink slip
     G                   A         D
This run's too tough and I'm gonna quit

[Verse 2]
(spoken)

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Now the foreman that day happened to be old Joe man he was older than time
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He said son how long you been drivin' this rig
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You know I drove all shapes forms fashions and kinds
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Here you are worried about this one little trip
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Why I drove a million miles and then some
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He looked that greenhorn right in the eye and he said
           D   N.C.
"Boy there ain't no easy run"

[Verse 3]

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I drove for Roadway, Interstate, Hopewell, Great Lakes
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Overnight and Time, Mayflower and Freight Line
G                        D
Specter, Yellow Transit, Western, and Gillete
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Redball, Rider Northwestern, Big CF
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Beaver & Bell, Hoover & McLeans
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Gateway Motor Freight, Transport, Vikings
G                      D
Dixie, Ohio, and Trans American Some
E                        A
East Texas, Mason Dixon, Watkin and Transcon
D
Wilson Associate got all that drivin' done
         G                  A             D
And I'll tell you boy there ain't no easy run

[Verse 4]

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Now if you got a gal in Texas they'll send you up to Maine
                                      E                  A
If you got a gal in New York they'll send you out to the plains
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I know what your problem is you got woman trouble son
     G                 A             D
Well like I said there ain't no easy run

[Verse 5]

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I drove for Navajo, Brady, Goose, DC
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North American, Allied, Chicago Motor Freight & Pie
G                 D
Bee Mac & Curtis, Eastern and NX
E               A
Garrett & Ace, Federal & ETM
    D
And Neptune Hereon, Brinks and Sea Lab
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Dudley, Dorsey Bekins and Cunningham
G                 D
Cooper, Mc Roary, Jones & American too
E                   A
Acme and Central & Standard and Boston Sue
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And Yunhan and Buckingham got all that drivin' done
         G                  A             D
And I'll tell you boy there ain't no easy run

[Verse 6]
(spoken)

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I went backward forwards uphill downhill chills spills thrills and pills...
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And how about Atlas & Cramer
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Alabama, Hiway Express, Murphy Line
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And Long, and Harris, General Stickland, Eden & Key
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How about that Nashville by-pass on a Friday afternoon
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That'll blow yer hat off
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That's sumpin else
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Then there's, Atlanta, Daily, McCrae, Wheeling, Rockwell, Gilbert