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Truckdriver
G            C
G            C
When I was a yGoung girl, I wanted to Cbe a truckdriver
I wantGed to drive Cmy whole life away
I would stGop at all of Bmthe truckstops on the roadside and I’d 
OrCder the speAmcial with fries
Then I would gGet back in Dmy tCruck and drive for miles and miles
I grew up on Ga farm out in Csouthern Ontario, I guess I was a lucky girl
But our wGhite picket fence waCs a bit of a joke, it was broke and it fenced me in
SometGimes to get away BmI would lay myself down
In the sCweet Amsummer hay fields at night
I'd watch the heaGdlights on the highway and I Dwould
Dream oCf a better life
Chorus:
I would drGiveC  
I would dGrivCe
I got my license when I was seventeen years old, it was my freedom ticket
I’d listen to rock 'n' roll on FM radio as I drove those country roads
Then I’d pick up a six-pack and a couple of friends and we’d just
Waste time, driving around
I'd feel the wind on my face, then I'd go get drunk in a field someplace
Chorus:
I would drive
I would drive
When I was twenty-two, I finished some school, packed up and
Moved out west
Sitting on my roof above the city smoking hand-rolled cigarettes
But there were buildings between me and who I wanted to be
And they started closing in on me
I got that “gotta get me outta this place” feeling again
So I got me a job stocking shelves for eight bucks an hour in
A small mountain town grocery store
And the women cashiers had been working there for many years or more
And their husbands worked the butcher line
While I tried to keep my stock in a straight line
But I was biding time and besides I never was the marrying kind
Bridge:
DI’m hard bCecause I’ve had to be
And I’m sDcarred from Cmy life’s accident scenes
But singing tDaught me to feel something
In the midst Cof nothing
It got my heart DpumpCing and put my hands on the wheel (hands on the wheel)
Chorus:
I will drive
I will drive
When I wGas a younCg girl, I wanted to be a truckdriver

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Truckdriver

by Kate Reid

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

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Truckdriver

G C

When I was a young girl, I wanted to be a truckdriver

G C

I wanted to drive my whole life away

G Bm

I would stop at all of the truckstops on the roadside and I’d

C Am

Order the special with fries

G D C

Then I would get back in my truck and drive for miles and miles

G C

I grew up on a farm out in southern Ontario, I guess I was a lucky girl

G C

But our white picket fence was a bit of a joke, it was broke and it fenced me in

G Bm

Sometimes to get away I would lay myself down

C Am

In the sweet summer hay fields at night

G D

I'd watch the headlights on the highway and I would

Dream of a better life

Chorus:

G C

I would drive

G C

I would drive

I got my license when I was seventeen years old, it was my freedom ticket

I’d listen to rock 'n' roll on FM radio as I drove those country roads

Then I’d pick up a six-pack and a couple of friends and we’d just

Waste time, driving around

I'd feel the wind on my face, then I'd go get drunk in a field someplace

Chorus:

I would drive

When I was twenty-two, I finished some school, packed up and

Moved out west

Sitting on my roof above the city smoking hand-rolled cigarettes

But there were buildings between me and who I wanted to be

And they started closing in on me

I got that “gotta get me outta this place” feeling again

So I got me a job stocking shelves for eight bucks an hour in

A small mountain town grocery store

And the women cashiers had been working there for many years or more

And their husbands worked the butcher line

While I tried to keep my stock in a straight line

But I was biding time and besides I never was the marrying kind

Bridge:

D C

I’m hard because I’ve had to be

D C

And I’m scarred from my life’s accident scenes

But singing taught me to feel something

In the midst of nothing

D C

It got my heart pumping and put my hands on the wheel (hands on the wheel)

Chorus:

I will drive

G C

When I was a young girl, I wanted to be a truckdriver

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