Chords with lyrics
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Mack - Bob Wayne
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Tabbed by:Espen77
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Tuning:Standard
Verse 1
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Mack he drove a Peterbilt in nineteenseventy three
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he was a truckdriver with a wife and kid to feed.
A minorAm DmDm
With stars and bars across the grill, the cab was black as night
E MajorE A minorAm
the road was home and that truck was his life.
A minorAm DmDm
He was an honest man he meant no harm, but there was diesel in his weins
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he was heading north on a southbound lane.
A minorAm DmDm
He got mixed up in the drugs and guns some bad shit going around
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I got a feeling our friend Mack is going down.
Chorus
FF G+G
He's a.. Truck drivin' Gun totin'
C majorC A minorAm
Meth snortin' Blue collar
FF G+G A minorAm
True american hero.
Interlude
A minorAm
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G+G|---2-2-------2-2-------2-2-------2-0---------------------------------------
D MajorD|---2----2-2--2----2-2--2----2-2--2-----------------------------------------
A augmentedA|--0-----2---0-----2---0-----2---0------------------------------------------
E MajorE|-------0---------0---------0-----------------------------------------------
A minorAm DmDm E MajorE A minorAm
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BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD|--------------------2-0-00-2-0--------------------------------------------- x2
A augmentedA|----3-2-0-000-2-3--------------2-----------3-2-0---------------------------
E MajorE|--0-------------------------------0--000-0---------------------------------
Verse 2
A minorAm DmDm
Ringo was the old senor who hooked Mack up with the score
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to fill his eighteen wheeler full of black.
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From Tennesse to Mexico then dump it in San Diego
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to some guy there from Seattle named Jack Coke.
A minorAm DmDm
Well it took three days to make the run, Mack showed up with his old shotgun
E MajorE A minorAm
he'd been up a while things where getting weird.
A minorAm DmDm
You see Jack Coke supposed to have the cash, instead he had some song and dance
E MajorE A minorAm
Mack shot him in the chest right there and then.
(Chorus and interlude)
Verse 3
A minorAm DmDm
When the Fed's finally caught up with him, he was all strung out on heroin
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living at some truckstop off I-5.
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Well they cuffed him and they brought him in, then some suit and tie came in and said,
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Mack I just want to shake your hand.
A minorAm DmDm
You see Jack Coke was on the wanted list, that sum b***h killed a bunch of kids
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I just wish I coulda been there to see him die.
A minorAm DmDm
He said now I'm gonna let you go, you and your trailer full of dope
E MajorE A minorAm
Mack grabbed his keys and drove off in the night.
(Chorus and interlude)
FF C majorC A minorAm
Yeah Mack, he's one of the last true American heroes.
Outro A minorAm
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Play loud and have fun :)
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