Taj Mahal

Six Days On The Road(Chords)

Taj Mahal

Key: C

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verse 1 

    C                                F                              C   
I'm headin' out of Pitsburgh and I'm rollin' down the eastern seaboard. 
   C                                                             G7   
Got my diesel fired up and she's runnin' like she never did before. 
          F                        G 
There's a speed zone ahead, alright. 
   C                 F  
I don't see a cop in sight. 
     C                     G                  C 
Six days upon the road I'm gonna' see my baby tonight. 


verse 2 

C                                F                      C   
She's got 10 forward gears and a sweet Georgia overdrive. 
 C                                                     G7  
I'm takin' little white pills and my eyes are open wide. 
   F                          G 
I just passed a jimmy n' white. 
          C                     F 
I've been passin' everything in sight. 
    C                      G                  C 
Six days upon the road I'm gonna' see my baby tonight. 


verse 3 

   C                         F                    C 
It seems like a month since I kissed my baby bye bye. 
    C                                                  G7 
I've got a lot o' women but I'm not like some other guys. 
   F                 G 
My air horns runnin' clear. 
         C                                F   
Baby you oughta' watch the way I shift my gears. 
    C                      G                  C 
Six days upon the road I'm gonna' see my baby tonight. 


verse 4 

 C      F                      C 
ICC is checkin' on down the line. 
 C                                                          G7 
You know I'm a little over weight and my log books way behind. 
    F                          G 
But nothin' bothers a soul at night. 
      C                     F 
I can dodge them scales all night. 
    C                      G                     C 
Six days upon the road and I'm gonna see my baby tonight. 


Verse 5 

   C                     F                        C 
My rigs a little old but that don't mean she's slow. 
          C                                                              G7   
There's a good fire commin' from the smokestack and the smokes black as coal. 
   F                    G 
My hometowns comin' in sight. 
       C                                        F 
If you think I'm happy, Baby, Baby, Baby you're right. 
    C                      G                      C 
Six days upon the road and I'm gonna' see my baby tonight. 

The Step down between every verse goes like this: 

e|--------------| 
B|--------------| 
G|-5------------| 
D|---8-5--------| 
A|-------9-8-6--| 
E|-------------8|

Written by Dave Dudley/Earl Green/Carl Montgomery

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