Im Quittin While Im Still Alive
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
"I'm Quittin' While I'm Still Alive" - The Willis Brothers
Track 6 of 12 on the album "Hey, Mister Truck Driver!" (1968)
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[Intro]
C F
G7 C
[Verse 1]
C F
For 22 years of my 42 years
C G7 C
I've been driving big trucks
F
That's a lot of time spent without a scratch or a dent
C G7 C
And I think I've been pushing my luck
F
So as soon as I pull into Memphis today
C G7
I hope I can make it by five
C F
I'm signing my papers and walking away
G7 C
I'm quitting while I'm still alive
[Chorus]
C F
I'm quitting while I'm still alive
C G7
That diesel smoke's ruining my nose and my eyes
C F
After 22 years of that noise in my ears
G7 C
I'm quitting while I'm still alive
[Guitar Solo]
C F
C G7
C F
G7 C
[Verse 2]
C F
I've seen too many punks, wild driving drunks
C G7 C
These fellows [???] marked for life
F
Seen too many men and too many rigs
C G7 C
Burn up in a hot, hellish sight
F
Now my kidneys are shot and what sense I've still got
C G7
I'm using to try to survive
C F
Go tell all the jocks that my rig's on the block
G7 C
I'm quitting while I'm still alive
[Chorus]
C F
I'm quitting while I'm still alive
C G7
That diesel smoke's ruining my nose and my eyes
C F
After 22 years of that noise in my ears
G7 C
I'm quitting while I'm still alive
F
After 22 years of that noise in my ears
G7 C
I'm quitting while I'm still alive
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