[Intro]
D#m
[Verse]
D#m
On a long and lonesome highway, east of Omaha
C#
You can listen to the engine
moanin' out his one note song
G#
You can think about the woman
D#m
or the girl you knew the night before
D#m
But your thoughts will soon be wandering
the way they always do
C#
When you're ridin' sixteen hours
and there's nothin' there to do
G#
And you don't feel much like ridin',
D#m
you just wish the trip was through
[Chorus]
(
D#m)
C# D#m
Say here I am, on the road again
C# D#m
there I am, up on the stage
C# G#
here I go, playing the star again
B C# D#m
there I go, turn the page
[Verse]
D#m
Well you walk into a restaurant,
strung out from the road
C#
And you feel the eyes upon you
as you're shakin' off the cold
G#
You pretend it doesn't bother you
D#m
but you just want to explode
D#m
Most times you can't hear 'em talk,
other times you can
C#
All the same old cliches,
Is that a woman or a man?
G#
And you always seem outnumbered,
D#m
you don't dare make a stand
[Chorus]
(
D#m)
C# D#m
Here I am, on the road again
C# D#m
there I am, up on the stage
C# G#
here I go, playing the star again
B C# D#m
there I go, turn the page
[Interlude]
D#m
[Verse]
D#m
Out there in the spotlight
you're a million miles away
C#
Every ounce of energy
you try to give away
G#
As the sweat pours out your body
D#m
like the music that you play
D#m
Later in the evening
as you lie awake in bed
C#
With the echoes from the amplifiers
ringin' in your head
G#
You smoke the day's last cigarette,
D#m
rememberin' what she said
[Chorus]
(
D#m)
C# D#m
Here I am, on the road again
C# D#m
there I am, up on the stage
C# G#
here I go, playing the star again
B C# D#m
there I go, turn the page
[Chorus]
(
D#m)
C# D#m
Here I am, on the road again
C# D#m
there I am, up on the stage
C# G#
here I go, playing the star again
B C# D#m
there I go, there I go
[Intro]
D#m
[Verse]
D#m
On a long and lonesome
highway, east of Omaha
C#
You can listen to the engine
moanin' out his one note song
G#
You can think about the woman
or the girl you knew
D#m
the night before
D#m
But your thoughts
will soon be wandering
the way they always do
C#
When you're ridin' sixteen hours
and there's nothin' there to do
G#
And you don't feel
much like ridin',
D#m
you just wish the trip was through
[Chorus]
(
D#m)
C# D#m
Say here I am, on the road again
C# D#m
there I am, up on the stage
C# G#
here I go, playing the star again
B C# D#m
there I go, turn the page
[Verse]
D#m
Well you walk into a restaurant,
strung out from the road
C#
And you feel the eyes upon you
as you're shakin' off the cold
G#
You pretend it doesn't bother you
D#m
but you just want to explode
D#m
Most times you can't
hear 'em talk,
other times you can
C#
All the same old cliches,
Is that a woman or a man?
G#
And you always seem outnumbered,
D#m
you don't dare make a stand
[Chorus]
(
D#m)
C# D#m
Here I am, on the road again
C# D#m
there I am, up on the stage
C# G#
here I go, playing the star again
B C# D#m
there I go, turn the page
[Interlude]
D#m
[Verse]
D#m
Out there in the spotlight
you're a million miles away
C#
Every ounce of energy
you try to give away
G#
As the sweat pours out your body
D#m
like the music that you play
D#m
Later in the evening
as you lie awake in bed
C#
With the echoes
from the amplifiers
ringin' in your head
G#
You smoke the day's
last cigarette,
D#m
rememberin' what she said
[Chorus]
(
D#m)
C# D#m
Here I am, on the road again
C# D#m
there I am, up on the stage
C# G#
here I go, playing the star again
B C# D#m
there I go, turn the page
[Chorus]
(
D#m)
C# D#m
Here I am, on the road again
C# D#m
there I am, up on the stage
C# G#
here I go, playing the star again
B C# D#m
there I go, there I go