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[Verse 1]
C
Well, big John Henry Rucker
         F
He was a greasy motor trucker
       G                                 C
And he drove them big ol' diesels to L.A.
C
Every night he'd leave Mobile
    F
His darlin' wife, Camille
          G
She would kiss him in his driveway
          C
And she'd say
N.C.
She'd say:


[Chorus]
C                         G
Don't go to sleep on the road, baby (I won't)
G                         C
Don't go to sleep on the road (Lord, protect me)
C                               F
Take what it takes (uh huh) to keep you awake
     G                        C
But don't go to sleep on the road.


[Verse 2]
C                                    F
Then Camille started singin' country music for a fling
          G                                C
Well you know a girl can't stay too long alone.
C
First for friends
C
And then in bars
         F
Then she soon became a star
     G
And sometimes he'd hear her record
       C
As he drove
N.C.
Singin':


[Chorus]
C                         G
Don't go to sleep on the road, baby
G                         C
Don't go to sleep on the road (Tears in his eyes)
C                               F
Take what it takes (I will) to keep you awake
     G                        C
But don't go to sleep on the road.


[Verse 3]
C                               F
Yes... and her records started movin' up the charts
     G
And became number one
             C
And she got.. she got entertainer of the year
C
And she got her hair done
                  F
And got a boob job
F                                G
And got her an affair with the bass player.
           C
And he got hemorrhoids.


[Verse 4]
C
He was drivin' hell for leather
             F
Through the California weather
          G                        C
When that California sky began to rain
C
And that hill was wet and steep
        F
Oh, he sure could use some sleep
        G                                       C
But his darlin's words kept ringin' through his brain.


[Verse 5]
C
That eastbound rig was hummin'
         F
Lord, he never seen it comin'
       G                      C
And he woke up starin' at the sky
C
In the wreck and in the rain
         F
With the radio still playin'
         G                       N.C.      C
And the last words that he heard before he died
N.C.
Was Camille Still singin':


[Chorus]
C                         G
Don't go to sleep on the road, baby (What a way to die)
G                         C
Don't go to sleep on the road
C                               F
Take what it takes to keep you awake
     G                        C
But don't go to sleep on the road.


[Outro]
G                            C
Yes he went to sleep on the rooooooad.