Pickup Truck Song chords by Jerry Jeff Walker

Jerry Jeff Walker
Pickup Truck Song

 C                             F
Yea, I used to look forward to Saturdays
C                        G
When me and my grandpa'd get way
F                      G                    C
We'd hop in his pickup truck and we'd go to town

C                              F
We had a couple chores that we had to do
C                          G
It didn't take long before we were through
F                        G                 C
Then we'd let the pickup truck just wander around

CHORUS:
F                             G
We'd make a run to the county dump
            C           Am
We'd always wave we saw someone
  F                G
Grandpa make up a song as we rolled along
F                       G
the post office without fail
            C                           Am
We get some feed and we'd check out the mail
   F                             G                     C
And we never took the same road twice on the way back home.

C                       F
I spent a few years out runnin' free
C                       G
I spent two or three in New York City
F                    G                  C
moved back to Texas tired, hell I'd had enough

C                       F
I'd go to Luckenbach on Saturdays
C                                 G
Cause Hondo had a way to brighten up my day
F                 G                                C
He always made me laugh when we rode in his pickup truck

CHORUS 2:
F                             G
We'd make a run to the county dump
            C                Am
We'd always wave when we saw someone

  F                G
Hondo'd make up a tale as we rolled along
F                       G
the post office without fail
              C                           Am
He'd get some chew and we'd check out the mail
  F                              G                     C
And we never took the same road twice on the way back home

C                       F
Well I miss grandpa and Hondo too
C                               G
I really miss the things that we used to do
   F                        G                       C
So last week I went out and bought me an old pickup truck

C                         F
Now me and the kids spend Saturdays
C                     G
We do fun things in a simple way
    F                           G                  C
We love to start the day with a ride in the pickup truck

CHORUS 3:
F                           G
We make a run to the county dump
          C              Am
We always wave if we see someone
 F                          G               C
The kids love to make up a song as we roll along
F                          G
To the post office without fail
            C                           Am
We get some stamps and we check out the mail
  F                              G                     C
Wnd we never take the same road twice on the way back home
F                      G                    C
Half the fun's gettin' lost on the way back home