Bad Mother Trucker chords by Eric Church

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Outro:
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 G+G Cadd9Cadd9

Verse 1:
G+G
She drove an '81 Peterbilt 18-wheeler
  Cadd9Cadd9
Jet black with pink mud flaps
     G+G
It was a mean piece of metal with lightning in the pedal
Cadd9Cadd9
Thunder comin' out the back
     G+G
And them boys would chuckle when they saw her buckle
 Cadd9Cadd9
Herself in the captain's seat
   G+G
But nobody was laughin' when she'd go to passin'
 Cadd9Cadd9
Smilin' at them real sweet

Chorus:
    G+G            FF
She is hell on wheels where the road meets the rubber
  C majorC          G+G
A augmentedA real gear jammer, a white line wonder
      G+G          FF
Yeah, you only get one and I wouldn't want another
    C majorC           G+G
'Cause mama was a bad mother trucker
 G+G      Cadd9Cadd9
(Bad mother) Bad
 G+G      Cadd9Cadd9
(Bad mother)

Verse 2:
    G+G
Yeah, she was a bread winner, ain't no stoppin' her
Cadd9Cadd9
Stayed shot out of a gun
G+G
Had me at a truck stop, just north of 40
    Cadd9Cadd9
In her cab on a flagstaff run
    G+G
I was raised on jerky from here to Albuquerque
     Cadd9Cadd9
Went to school on her ol' CB
      G+G
She made a name for herself, taught me how to spell
Cadd9Cadd9
R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Chorus:
    G+G            FF
She is hell on wheels where the road meets the rubber
  C majorC          G+G
A augmentedA real gear jammer, a white line wonder
      G+G          FF
Yeah, you only get one and I wouldn't want another
    C majorC           G+G
'Cause mama was a bad mother trucker
 G+G      Cadd9Cadd9
(Bad mother) Bad
 G+G     Cadd9Cadd9
Bad
G+G       Cadd9Cadd9
(Bad mother)
G+G       Cadd9Cadd9
(Bad mother)

Solo:
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 (x4)

Bridge:
     G+G          FF
She's the reason I rock, the reason I roll
  G+G       FF
I make my livin' on this road
  G+G         FF
The reason that smoke stays in the stack
  C majorC
My gone don't wanna go back

Chorus:
G+G            Cadd9Cadd9
Bad mother, bad mother, bad mother, bad mother, bad mother
G+G            Cadd9Cadd9
Bad mother, bad mother, bad mother, bad mother
G+G            Cadd9Cadd9
Bad mother, bad mother, bad mother trucker, baby
G+G      Cadd9Cadd9
(Bad mother) Bad mother trucker, baby
G+G            Cadd9Cadd9
(Bad mother) Yeah, she's bad
G+G          Cadd9Cadd9
(Bad mother) She's a bad mother trucker
G+G      Cadd9Cadd9
(Bad mother) Bad mother trucker, baby
G+G          Cadd9Cadd9
(Bad mother) She's a bad mother trucker
G+G          Cadd9Cadd9
(Bad mother) She's a bad mother trucker