(Pattern 1) 
      G                               C 
Seems every time I get somewhere, I'm leavin'. 
D                              G - D 
I get so tired of the smell of diesel 
G            G7                C 
Every time I get somewhere, it seems I've got to go 
D              D7         G - G7 
Living, living out on the road. 
 
(Pattern 2) 
    C                                  G 
The girl in the bar room, darlin', she says you need some sleep. 
   C                           G               D 
No matter how I try it seems I just can't get any. 
      G             G7                C 
It's another place another face, just like the ones before, 
D              D7         G 
Living, living out on the road. 
 
(Pattern 1) 
Cold nights and farmhouse lights and no place to call home 
Train station and Salvation Army's all that I know 
It's another mile gone by, it's another mile to go, 
Living, living out on the road. 
 
(Pattern 2) 
The cars on the highway, they just roll on by. 
Maybe a freight train or a big bird in the sky 
Maybe just another night out in the dark and cold 
Living, living out on the road. 
 
Instrumental Pattern 1 
 
(Pattern 2) 
The cars on the highway, they just roll on by. 
Maybe a freight train or a big bird in the sky 
Maybe just another night out in the dark and cold 
Living, living out on the road. 
Living, living out on the road.