Am C
Diesel powers 18 wheels to rolling
D7 Am
As I pull it on to the Interstate
C
I've got 13 hours to make my destination
D7 E7
And I don't want to stop to check my weight
F G7 Am G7
There won't be no sleep for me tonight no
F E7
I've got to be hitting Tulsa by first morning light
Am G7
I'm a prisoner of the highway
D7 Am
Driven on by my restless soul
G7
Call me a prisoner of the highway
D7 Am
Prison by the freedom of the road
C
I've run freight out of Wheeling West Virginia
D7 Am
And US Steel from Memphis
C
I've rolled tobacco out of the Carolina's
D7 E7
California wines into Birmingham
F G7 Am
Some people work just to survive yeah
F E7
But up here in this cab that's when I'm most alive
Am G7
I'm a prisoner of the highway
D7 Am
Driven on by my restless soul
G7
Call me a prisoner of the highway
D7 Am
Prison by the freedom of the road
D7
Got a wife living back in Tennessee
Am
And she tries to understand the way I feel
D7
I could give my hands to another line of work
F E7
But my heart would always be behind the wheel
Am G7
Call me a prisoner of the highway
D7 Am
Driven on by my restless soul
G7
I'm a prisoner of the highway
D7 Am
Prison by the freedom of the road
G7
Don't you know I'm a prisoner of the highway
D7 Am
Driven on by my restless soul
G7
Call me a prisoner of the highway
D7 Am
Prison by the freedom of the road
