Ragged Old Truck chords by Billy Joe Shaver

Verse 1:

G
Early this mornin' without any warnin'

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

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

    A7                    D
Was tryin' to choke me to death


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

      C                     G
And I nearly 'bout ended it all

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

      A7             D            G
And I blowed me some holes in the wall

Chorus:

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

    C                   G
And haulin' myself into town

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

          A7                      D
That I'll die 'fore I live it all down


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

      C                   G
And I may as well be underground

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

    A7        D         G
And haulin' myself into town

Instrumental:
G C G C G A7 D
G C G C G A7 D

Verse 2:

G
A honky tonk man in a honky tonk band

       C                     G
With a honky tonk girl on my arm

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

        A7                    D
But I'm loaded with hillbilly charm, that's right


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

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

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

        A7            D           G
You can bet your rear end I'll be gone, long gone

Chorus:

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

    C                   G
And haulin' myself into town

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

          A7                      D
That I'll die 'fore I live it all down


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

      C                   G
And I may as well be underground

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

    A7        D         G
And haulin' myself into town

Outro:

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

    A7       D           G
And haulin' myself into town