Intro: C ~ AmFC ~
You're a working man with a welder's tan
AmFA sky blue ford you bought second hand
C ~
You drive on down to the factory
AmF
You drive on down because it's your job you see
C ~
Carry your thermos underneath your arm
AmF
Little coffee and bourbon will help you through the morn
C ~
You crack wise with the boys, so it don't bring you down
AmF
Time ain't nothing but the world spinning round
Chorus:
G
You call it sleep
F
There's a car out on the four lane
G
You call it sleep
F
Rain on the window pane
G
Call it sleep
F
It's all the same
C ~
You stop off down at the Palomino Club
AmF
The neon sign says, "We've Got Your Bud"
C ~
It's a cinderblock building on a gravel parking lot
AmF
It's Friday night, you're out to spend every cent you got
C ~
So you dance the floor with a Mexican girl
AmF
She's got whiskey on her breath, smoke in her curls
C ~
Hands holding cigarettes and faces you don't know
AmF
You sit at the bar until it's time to go
Chorus:
G
You call it sleep
F
There's a car out on the four lane
G
You call it sleep
F
Rain on the window pane
G
Call it sleep
F
It's all the same
Instrumental: C ~ AmFC ~ AmFC ~
The morning air feels like mud over your eyes
AmF
The sun coming up is just a sixty watt light
C ~
Maybe leave this town and leave this life
AmF
Get in your car and you start to drive
C ~
There's boarded up buildings and places you've never been
AmF
Cars on the interstate that never seem to end
C ~
It all flies away with the wave of your hand
AmF
Like birds over water trying to find land
Chorus:
G
You call it sleep
F
There's a car out on the four lane
G
You call it sleep
F
Rain on the window pane
G
Call it sleep
FC ~ AmF
It's all the same
C ~
You're a working man with a welder's tan
AmFA sky blue ford you bought second hand
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.