G       G7           C 
I've witnessed those one night stands 
D         D7          C        G 
Must have played in a thousand bands 
    D                              C    D  Em     G    
But I'm just here tonight tomorrow I'll be gone 
      G7              C 
Seen folks show their blacker sides 
D        D7           C       G 
Seen 'em die just for foolish pride 
	     D                               C    D   Em     
And those drivers always ask to hear that same old song 
 
 G G7   
			  C 
That's a big ten four 
		   D 
By your back door 
		    C      G 
Just put that hammer down 
G7             C                     A 
This young man feels, those eighteen wheels 
          D                               C  D   Em 
That keep turnin round to take me down to Shaky Town 
 
And I've heard all those hard luck tales 
From all of you US males 
I've heard you tell those lies about the loves you've known 
And I've followed your highway signs 
And I've run down your thin white lines 
Like those drivers this old road is all I call my own 
 
That's a big ten four 
By your back door 
Just put that hammer down 
This young man feels, those eighteen wheels 
That keep turnin round to take me down to Shaky Town 
 
solo and repeat chorus plus. . . 
 
G                   C   D Em 
All the way down to Shaky Town 
 
C           G 
Shaky Town