Verse 1Cadd9
I don't hang around town
Em
I never keep my landing gear down
Cadd9GD
I love a good motel and the burning smell of wheels on ground
Cadd9
I dont go where I go
Em
Just cause there's money on the road
Cadd9GD
It's a ramblin way its the same today as it was long ago
ChorusG
I got holes in the soles of my redwing boots
EmA long way to go before the day is through
Cadd9GD
my back to the wind, scruff on my chin, my hat pulled down low
G
I got three hundred horses beneath my hood
Em
More stars at night than in Hollywood
Cadd9GD
The road lets me be a hawk on the breeze it just goes on and on
Cadd9GCadd9DCadd9
Like an outlaw on the run my guitar for a gun if only he were here today
What would Jesse James say
Verse 2Cadd9
I've seen little cafes
Em
Blowing through towns with no names
Cadd9GD
I put gas in my truck with the last couple bucks from the jar on the stage
Cadd9
There's a girl that I need
Em
But shes probably going to leave
Cadd9GD
Shes not to blame any girl would do the same with a drifter like me
Repeat ChorusBridgeEm
Running hard through the big black sky
Cadd9
There's no one else in the desert tonight
Em
I get the feeling running through my vains
Cadd9D
I wonder if he ever felt the same
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