Brother Trucker Chords

Words and Music by James Taylor from his 1979 album, "Flag."
 
[Verse 1]
 
F/G            C/G                       Fmaj7sus2     G7
Breaker number nine, big buddy, put your ears on me now
F/G                  C/G          Fmaj7sus2   G7
This trucker got to have a big line tonight
F/G      C/G         Fmaj7sus2     G7
Come on sucker, come back Brother Trucker yeah
F/G            C/G            Fmaj7sus2     G7
I keep seeing double unless I close one eye
 
[Chorus]
 
                G
And I've got to roll, roll, roll Brother Trucker
                                   C  F
Sure nuff ashamed about the shape I'm in
G
Roll, roll, roll Brother Trucker,
    Em         D           C  F  C
I'm back on my wheels again
G
Roll, roll, roll Brother Trucker,
                               C   F
someone to love the truck driving man now
G                                     Em         D       G
Roll, roll, roll Brother Trucker, I'm back on my wheels again
 
[Bridge]
 
F/C  C                   C(add11) G
      I'm a driving fool,          I make my own rules
F/C                  C             A7                  C/D  D7
   One part man and one part mule, one part fossil fuel
F/C  C                         C(add11) G
      I got the heart of steel,          I pull eighteen wheels
       F/C                 C
Mister Nine to Five in his Coupe de Ville
     A7
No, never know how it feels
 
[Chorus]
 
C/D           G
To really roll, roll, roll Brother Trucker
                                C  F
Holding my own just the best as I can
G
Roll, roll, roll Brother Trucker,
    Em          D          C  F  C
I'm back on my wheels again
G
Roll, roll, roll Brother Trucker,
                          C  F  C
outward bound from South Bend
G                                      Em            D       G
Roll, roll, roll Brother Trucker, I'm back on my wheels again
 
[Verse 2]
Am7    G/B       C                 G        Am7
Moon over New Jersey, big state police here
      G/B        C7             D
Well, I'm in a hurry, could you let me go in peace?
G       Am7 G/B C            G
I'm an independent, I don't make no Teamster dough
           A7           G/A  G6/A A9                  Em11
Cause the A.F.L. and the C.I.O. still don't own the road
A7        C                      F/C
And the only man telling me where to go
       C         F         D
Is the man who owns my load
 
[Chorus]
 
        G
He says roll, roll, roll Brother Trucker
                       C  F
I say where and you say when
G
Roll, roll, roll, Brother Trucker,
     Em              D       C F C
get back on your wheels again
G                                                                               C F
Roll, roll, roll, Brother Trucker, turn the goddamn thing around and do it again
G                                   Em            D      C7
Roll, roll, roll, Brother Trucker, back on my wheels again
 
[Verse 3]
                N.C.
Fat bucket, I'm back on my wheels again
G                         C Dm7
I am running out of whites
G                              C Bb
Goddam, dim them headlights now
G                                     C Dm7
Two hours sleep in the last two nights
G                                 C Bb
But that won't be alright tonight
G                                  C Dm7
I am hot as a pistol, dry as a bone
G                                           C Bb
I'm coming on home and I hope my bed's alone
 
[Chorus]
 G                         C Dm7
Roll, roll, roll, roll, roll
 G                          C Bb
Roll, roll, roll, roll, roll
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