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EI got eighteen wheels and a polished rig, 
I'm in a big ol' hurry, and I do mean big
Gotta get tAhis load to bikini town
Before the Esun comes up and they shut me down
DO, AO, EOverdrive
EGot stopped by the man at a seagul scale
Sidetracked by the waitress at a steak & ale
Got wAaylaid, all day, traffic jam
Just Esouth of the border down in alabam
DO, AO, EOverdrive
(chorus)
DOvAerEdrive, i gotta Droll on jAust to surEvive
The only tDime i Afeel aliEve
Is when i kick it into
GO, AO, OverEdrive
My mama said when I was born I was born on the run
My daddy was a truck driving son of a gun
Got a highway song running through my brains
Got diesel oil pumping through my veins
O, O, Overdive
(to chorus)
SOLO
(to chorus)
I had a dream last night i was standing still
I woke up, broke out sweating to chill
When the white line stops they better lay me down
In a cab over coffin in a new hard ground
O, O, Overdrive
(finishing chorus)
Overdrive, i gotta roll on just to survive
The only time i feel alive
Is when i kick it into
O, O, Overdrive
I kick into 
GO, AO, CO, DO, EOverdrive
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-Heather D.

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Overdrive

by The Road Hammers

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I got eighteen wheels and a polished rig,

I'm in a big ol' hurry, and I do mean big

Gotta get this load to bikini town

Before the sun comes up and they shut me down

D A E

O, O, Overdrive

Got stopped by the man at a seagul scale

Sidetracked by the waitress at a steak & ale

Got waylaid, all day, traffic jam

Just south of the border down in alabam

D A E

O, O, Overdrive

(chorus)

D A E D A E

Overdrive, i gotta roll on just to survive

D A E

The only time i feel alive

Is when i kick it into

G A E

O, O, Overdrive

My mama said when I was born I was born on the run

My daddy was a truck driving son of a gun

Got a highway song running through my brains

Got diesel oil pumping through my veins

O, O, Overdive

(to chorus)

SOLO

(to chorus)

I had a dream last night i was standing still

I woke up, broke out sweating to chill

When the white line stops they better lay me down

In a cab over coffin in a new hard ground

O, O, Overdrive

(finishing chorus)

Overdrive, i gotta roll on just to survive

The only time i feel alive

Is when i kick it into

O, O, Overdrive

I kick into

G A C D E

O, O, O, O, Overdrive

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-Heather .

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