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