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From: "CJ" <cjcocn@mts.net>
Subject: Movin On - Merle Haggard
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 20:58:16 -0600

                Movin' On
                 
                                        (Merle Haggard)
                                            (1974)

C           F        C            F    
Big wheel's rollin'; Big wheel's rollin', 
       C
Movin' on.
            F         C             Am
Big wheel's rollin'; gotta keep 'em goin'.
C           F        G7     C
Big wheel's rollin', movin' on.



                         B7         C 
The white line is a lifeline to the nation.
    F                 G7            C
And men like Will and Sonny make it move.
F                    C
Livin' like a gipsy, always on the go.
D                                G7
Doin' what they best know how to do.



C                 B7          C
Jammin' gears has got to be a fever.
     F             G7            C
'Cos men become addicted to the grind. 
   F                             C              Am
It takes a special breed to be a truck drivin' man,
        C                  G7          C
And a steady hand to pull that load behind.




C           F         C          F
Big wheel's rollin'; Big wheel's rollin', 
       C
Movin' on.
            F        C               Am
Big wheel's rollin'; gotta keep 'em goin'.
C           F         G7    C
Big wheel's rollin', movin' on.
 

                  B7              C
All night country music keeps 'em goin',
    F                G7            C
And Will and Sunny  keep on movin' on.
     F                          C
Hey, big hot cup of coffee, is waitin' up ahead,
         D                          G7
An' the rhythm of the highway hums along.


  Repeat Chorus