Bb

[Verse]
Eb                             Bb              Eb
Set out from Carlisle with the sun beside him
                            Bb      Eb
Sinking low across an empty field
                       Bb                         Eb
Old moon a-rising, the first lone star a-shining
                                Bb      Eb
Shadows rolling down the lonely hills

[Verse]
                              Bb                       Eb
Run down by Lichfield and the rain it started pouring
                           Bb     Eb
Water flowing up along the road
                            Bb                        Eb
Listen to the rumble of the ten big wheels a-turning
                               Bb     Dm
Listen for the shifting of the load

[Chorus]
               Cm    Bb                      Dm
Knights of the road, riders of the highways
            Cm    Bb                       B
Hauling the load, making it the hard way

[Verse]
E                          B                      E
Miles cracked on by and he sang with his engines
                                        B      E
The old tunes like "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine"
                                 B                      E
Dreaming of the girl who he'd be lying with at sunrise
                                    B    D#m
Another lonely milestone passed him by

[Chorus]
               C#m   B                       D#m
Knights of the road, riders of the highways
            C#m   B
Hauling the load, making it the hard way

[Instrumental]
E   B   E   B   E   B   E   B   E

[Verse]
                            B                    E
Lightning it crashed and he never saw it coming
                                           B       E
They found him with his hands still at the wheel
                      B                           E
Just another poor boy trying to keep 'em running
                               B       D#m
He died lugging thirty tons of steel

[Chorus]
               C#m   B                       D#m   C#m
Knights of the road, riders of the highways
B
Making it the hard way