Joe's Truck Stop – American Dreams chords

[Verse]
EI'm tryin' to get some sleep, I'm tryin' to get some rest,

You know it's been a while.
                                         BI've been running around this country so long.

I've been through Boston, Charleston, Dayton, Lousiana
                                     EWashington, Houston, shit man, wrong song.

Like I said, it's been a while
                                 AAnd I'm tryin' to get my head on straight.
     B                                                               EThat collection man's been calling for days and I still gotta pay my rent.


[Verse]
EI'm home for three days and two of them I'm working
                       Bbefore I'm on the road again.

That ain't enough time to keep my home-life going
                           Eand tie up all of my loose ends.

My baby keeps complaining, you know she keeps a saying
                          AThat I ain't calling home enough.
EI'm trying to get my life together, hell the best that I can
B                        ELiving by the wheel of a van.


[Chorus]
              A                       EWell it ain't easy, but you get what you put in.

My life will be full of living and loosing
                             BBut I'd never let that do me in.
               A                               EAll hell can't stop me, it's just the way I've always been.

I'm gonna live this way, I get to die this way
            B          A          ERunning the highways of American Dreams.

[Verse]
EYeah I don't mind, I've spent enough time
                             BDoing what others told me to do.

Got me burnt out and loosing it, trying to make the best of it
                             EI've done everything I could do.

Well it ain't like ramblin', might be down right gamblin'
                          AHoping that it'll all pay off.
             EI've laid on futons, floor boards, couches and dog beds
B                         EWishing that I could doze off.

[Bridge]
           A     G                EThis is my 9-5, best that I could find.
        A                                            BBut I'm gonna make it work, I ain't got much else in line.
      A                  GGonna hit the road, gone another night
      E                   B        EGonna hope ol' Desi don't put up a fight.

[Chorus]
         A                      EIt ain't easy, but you get what you put in.

My life will be full of living and loosing
                             BBut I'd never let that do me in.
               A                               EAll Hell can't stop me, it's just the way I've always been.

I'm gonna live this way, I get to die this way
            B          A         ERunning the highways of American Dreams.

[Outro]
EYeah, I get to live this way, I get to die this way
            B           A        ERunning the highways of American Dreams.