D 
I know it’s late, I’m somewhere near the border between  
Bm                                                       
Quebec and Maine and the phone was out of order 
       G                                           A 
At the rest stop so I pulled your picture from the glove box and I taped it to the  
              D  
Middle of the steering wheel just to show you I was thinking of you 
Bm                                               G                                   A 
I couldn’t feel my fingers by the time I found a pay phone that would send me back a dial tone.  
 
CHORUS:  
  G         A                Bm  
A cold good night by the headlights 
  G         A        D 
A cold good night my love 
 
I know it’s hard working overtime down at the diner  
Doing your part to keep our heads above the water 
Sometime I wish you didn’t have to be mine and you could have a man  
who didn’t drive a truck farther than someone should have to drive it 
Barely provides for a family and I realize you’re sleeping and I’ve got to get to Cleveland  
 
Chorus 
 
Em                           A                   
I’ll be home in a couple days  
   Bm                            A 
So you won’t have to miss me and I won’t have to say