G
Early this mornin' without any warnin'
  C                   G
I took me a look at myself, good God
  C                        G
I seen how this married up life I been livin'
    A7                    D
Was tryin' to choke me to death

  G
I laid on the bed with my gun to my head
      C                     G
And I nearly 'bout ended it all
      C                      G
But I come to myself just before I got killed
      A7             D            G
And I blowed me some holes in the wall

[Chorus]
G
I'm thinkin' 'bout crankin' my ragged old truck up
    C                   G
And haulin' myself into town
    C                              G
I'm thinkin' 'bout raisin' so much doggone much hell
          A7                      D
That I'll die 'fore I live it all down

  G
I lay 'round this place 'til I'm blue in the face
      C                   G
And I may as well be underground
    C                          G
I'm thinkin' 'bout crankin' my ragged old truck up
    A7        D         G
And haulin' myself into town

[Instrumental]
G C G C G A7 D
G C G C G A7 D 

[Verse 2]
G
A honky tonk man in a honky tonk band
       C                     G
With a honky tonk girl on my arm
  C                    G
I may be as ugly as an old mud-rail fence
        A7                    D
But I'm loaded with hillbilly charm, that's right

G
It's my life and no wife of mine's gonna tell me
  C                         G
I can't go and have me some fun
   C                             G
So before that old heffer drives back in from Waco
        A7            D           G
You can bet your rear end I'll be gone, long gone

[Chorus]
G
I'm thinkin' 'bout crankin' my ragged old truck up
    C                   G
And haulin' myself into town
    C                              G
I'm thinkin' 'bout raisin' so much doggone much hell
          A7                      D
That I'll die 'fore I live it all down

  G
I lay 'round this place 'til I'm blue in the face
      C                   G
And I may as well be underground
    C                          G
I'm thinkin' 'bout crankin' my ragged old truck up
    A7        D         G
And haulin' myself into town

[Outro]
          C                           G
Yeah, I'm thinkin' 'bout crankin' my ragged old truck up
    A7       D           G
And haulin' myself into town