Diesel On My Tail chords by New Riders Of The Purple Sage

Chords with lyrics

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

Key: D MajorD

Difficulty: Novice

Original by Jim & Jesse

Verse 1:
D MajorD
I just pulled on to the highway in my little foreign car
D MajorD                 A augmentedA   D MajorD
Well it’s raining and the road is really bad
D MajorD
I never saw that big old diesel but I heard him hit the air
D MajorD                  A augmentedA    D MajorD
I’ve got a feeling that I might have made him mad

Verse 2:
D MajorD
He closed the gap between us pushed the pedal on the floor
D MajorD                 A augmentedA   D MajorD
He’s makin’ ninety in that big old diesel truck
D MajorD
I can hear the names he’s calling me above the engine’s roar
D MajorD                A augmentedA     D MajorD
And the words won’t be found in Webster’s books


Verse 3:
D MajorD     G+G
There’s a diesel on my tail a-making ninety miles an hour
G+G D MajorD                 A augmentedA
My reflection in my mirror is mighty pale
A augmentedA   D MajorD              G+G        D MajorD
I can hear St.Peter calling I can almost smell the flowers
D MajorD                     A augmentedA      D MajorD
Can this compact take the impact there’s a diesel on my tail


Verse 4:
D MajorD
Well I’m huffin’ and puffin’ and I’m trying to make the grade
D MajorD           A augmentedA       D MajorD
And I wish I had some pedals on this cart
D MajorD
And I’m slippin’ and a-slidin’ and afraid to touch the brake
D MajorD            A augmentedA        D MajorD
For the two of us could never stand the jar


Verse 5:
D MajorD
Well I’m slippin’ and a-slidin’ trying to hold it on the road
D MajorD           A augmentedA        D MajorD
And I tell you I just got to win this race
D MajorD
While I’m tremblin’ and a-shakin’ he is pouring on the coal
D MajorD          A augmentedA         D MajorD
So close that I can steal his license plate