Intro: Em - D - C - B (2x)

                 Em

I've been standing here

D                                          C

Waiting for the bus on a Saturday

B

Laundry on my back

         Em

Ultra-violet rays

               D                                      C

Like I'm posing for a shot in a magazine

                 B

What the hell does it mean?

         Em

I'm a traveling man

D

Straight from the can

         C                                                      B

I'm a thousand miles away from my number one fan

                      Em

My folks are getting tight

                        D

Won't let me out at night

                   C

You can't avoid the complications

           B                                    Am - D

When there's no reason at all

                  G                                  Em

When the lightning strikes we fry

     C pause                   Am pause

I'll drink my beer I'll wipe my tears

B

Southbound in the sky

               Em                       D                            C       B

Another crime, another reason gets you everyday

                Em                           D                             C                B

The only time that you can talk, you ain't got nothing to say

                Em                       D                            C          B

Well, I'm caught up in a stupid game that I can't play

                 Am                           D            B

It's just a waste of time but I'm in it anyway

Em - D - C - B (2x)

                 Em                 D

I've been sitting here watching the signs

                   C                     B                             

Too many cars at night belching in the moonlight

Em                                          D

We're doing ninety as the sky turns to gray

                     C

The people look like bees

B                                   Em - D - C - B (3x)

Buzzin' by the highway

Am - D

        G                               Em                   C

The wheels are rolling like a rolling stone

  A7/C#   C                                   B

Alone, I chose the road less traveled on

               Em               D

Now I'm lying here waiting for the day

             C

On the second deck

B                                            Em

Dreaming of a girl from a fairy tale

D

Chain around my neck

               C                        B

A ride is all it takes but pains get in the way

         Em

I'm a traveling man

D

Straight from the can

         C                                                      B

I'm a thousand miles away from my number one fan

                      Em

My folks are getting tight

                        D

Won't let me out at night

                   C

You can't avoid the complications

            B                                    Am - D

When there's no reason at all

                  G                                  Em

When the lightning strikes we fry

     C pause                   Am pause

I'll drink my beer I'll wipe my tears

B

Southbound in the sky

               Em                      D                            C        B

Another crime, another reason gets you everyday

                Em                           D                             C                 B

The only time that you can talk, you ain't got nothing to say

                Em                       D                            C          B

Well, I'm caught up in a stupid game that I can't play

                 Am                         D              B

It's just a waste of time, a waste of time

               Em                       D                            C       B

Another crime, another reason gets you everyday

                Em                           D                             C                B

The only time that you can talk, you ain't got nothing to say

                Em                       D                            C          B

Well, I'm caught up in a stupid game that I can't play

                 Am                             D            B    Em - D - C

It's just a waste of time,  but I'm in it anywa...heey...

B                  Em - D - C

I'm in it anywa..heey...

B            D    Em

I'm in it anyway