C Am C Am
Another day is dawning out on the lonely plains,
C Am G G
Here am I a'drovin' on the big beef train.
C Am C Am
Drivers there before me, some behind me, too,
C Am G G7 C C
Just like me I know they've got the road train blues.
[Chorus]
C C C C
You drive all night and listen to the engine groan,
F F F F
With lots of time to think about the folks back home,
C Am C Am
I've always been a wanderer, had these ramblin' shoes,
C Am G G7 C C
Guess that I was born to know the road train blues.
[Verse 2]
C Am C Am
I’d better stop and get out, a careful check to make,
C Am G G
I hope there's nothing going or about to break.
C Am C Am
No time to boil a billie, got no time to lose,
C Am G G7 C C
Gotta keep a rollin' with my road train blues.
[Chorus]
C C C C
You drive all night and listen to the engine groan,
F F F F
With lots of time to think about the folks back home,
C Am C Am
I've always been a wanderer, had these ramblin' shoes,
C Am G G7 C C
Guess that I was born to know the road train blues.
[Verse 3]
C Am C Am
I'll bet in every wagon, there's a beast that's down,
C Am G G
You've got to get him on his feet and turned around.
C Am C Am
You sweat and curse and struggle, get knocked about and bruised,
C Am G G7 C C
Your temper's getting shorter with the road train blues.
[Chorus]
C C C C
You drive all night and listen to the engine groan,
F F F F
With lots of time to think about the folks back home,
C Am C Am
I've always been a wanderer, had these ramblin' shoes,
C Am G G7 C C
Guess that I was born to know the road train blues.
[Verse 4]
C Am C Am
Your eyes are nearly blinded by the red bulldust,
C Am G G
I hope there's nothing going or about to bust.
C Am C Am
Tourist buses passing, on a pleasure cruise,
C Am G G7 C C
They wave and seem to mock your rollin' road train blues.
[Chorus]
C C C C
You drive all night and listen to the engine groan,
F F F F
With lots of time to think about the folks back home,
C Am C Am
I've always been a wanderer, had these ramblin' shoes,
C Am G G7 C C
Guess that I was born to know the road train blues.
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I guess that I was born to know the road....... train.....
