White Freightliner

Written by Townes Van Zandt

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Open in Bluegrass Book: transpose, play along

Verse

    C                                                   G
I’m goin’ out on that highway listen to them big trucks whine
    G                                                      G
I’m goin’ out on that highway listen to them big trucks whine
         D                      C             G
Oh white Freightliner won’t you steal away my mind

Verse

        C                                        G
There’s bad new from Huston half my friends have died
        C                                        G
There’s bad new from Huston half my friends have died
   D                            C             G
Oh white Freightliner won’t you steal away my mind

Verse

    C                                            G
New Mexico ain’t bad lord people there treat you kind
    C                                                 G
New Mexico ain’t bad lord people there they treat you kind
   D                            C             G
Oh white Freightliner won’t you steal away my mind

Verse

   C                                                    G
Oh lord I’m gonna ramble ’til I get back to where I came
   C                                                  G
Oh lord I’m gonna ramble ’til I get back to where I came
   D                            C             G
Oh white Freightliner won’t you steal away my brain