Diesel On My Tail

Written by Jim Fagan

Key of D · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

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

Verse 2

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

Verse 3

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

Verse 4

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

Verse 5

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