Ragged Old Truck chords by Billy Joe Shaver

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:

G+G
Early this mornin' without any warnin'

 C majorC          G+G
I took me a look at myself, good God

 C majorC            G+G
I seen how this married up life I been livin'

  A7A7          D MajorD
Was tryin' to choke me to death


 G+G
I laid on the bed with my gun to my head

   C majorC           G+G
And I nearly 'bout ended it all

   C majorC           G+G
But I come to myself just before I got killed

   A7A7       D MajorD      G+G
And I blowed me some holes in the wall

Chorus:

G+G
I'm thinkin' 'bout crankin' my ragged old truck up

  C majorC          G+G
And haulin' myself into town

  C majorC               G+G
I'm thinkin' 'bout raisin' so much doggone much hell

     A7A7           D MajorD
That I'll die 'fore I live it all down


 G+G
I lay 'round this place 'til I'm blue in the face

   C majorC          G+G
And I may as well be underground

  C majorC             G+G
I'm thinkin' 'bout crankin' my ragged old truck up

  A7A7    D MajorD     G+G
And haulin' myself into town

Instrumental:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G A7A7 D MajorD
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G A7A7 D MajorD

Verse 2:

G+G
A augmentedA honky tonk man in a honky tonk band

    C majorC           G+G
With a honky tonk girl on my arm

 C majorC          G+G
I may be as ugly as an old mud-rail fence

    A7A7          D MajorD
But I'm loaded with hillbilly charm, that's right

G+G
It's my life and no wife of mine's gonna tell me

 C majorC             G+G
I can't go and have me some fun

  C majorC               G+G
So before that old heffer drives back in from Waco

    A7A7      D MajorD      G+G
You can bet your rear end I'll be gone, long gone

Chorus:

G+G
I'm thinkin' 'bout crankin' my ragged old truck up

  C majorC          G+G
And haulin' myself into town

  C majorC               G+G
I'm thinkin' 'bout raisin' so much doggone much hell

     A7A7           D MajorD
That I'll die 'fore I live it all down


 G+G
I lay 'round this place 'til I'm blue in the face

   C majorC          G+G
And I may as well be underground

  C majorC             G+G
I'm thinkin' 'bout crankin' my ragged old truck up

  A7A7    D MajorD     G+G
And haulin' myself into town

Outro:

     C majorC              G+G
Yeah, I'm thinkin' 'bout crankin' my ragged old truck up

  A7A7    D MajorD      G+G
And haulin' myself into town