opening riff G, C, 4-0, 4-2, 4-0, 5-3, 5-0, 6-3, repeat
| G | D | |
| Now and then, it keeps you runnin', never seems to die. |
| Bm | C | |
| Trail spent with fear and not enough livin' on th | e outside. |
| G | D | |
| Never seem to get far enough, stayin' in between t | he lines, |
| Bm | C | G | C | |
| Hold on to what | you can, waitin for the end, not knowin when, |
| chorus: |
| G | |
| May the wind take your troubles away |
| D | |
| may the wind take your troubles away |
| C | G | |
| Both feet | on the floor, two hands on the wh | eel |
| D | G | |
| May the wind take your troubles away. |
| (solo with chorus chord progression) |
| D | C | G | |
| Try and make it far enough, to the next time zone |
| D | |
| Few and far between past the midnight hour, |
| C | G | Em | |
| you never feel alone, y | ou're really not alone. |
| (solo over chorus chords) |
| G | D | |
| Switch it over AM, searchin' f | or a truer sound |
| Bm | C | |
| can't recall the call letters, steel guitar and settle dow | n |
| G | D | |
| catchin' an all night station, somewhere in L | ouisiana |
| Bm | C | G | C | |
| Sounds like 1963 but for now, soun | ds like | heaven. |
| chorus plus repeat of first line, solo over remaining chorus chords, |
| then G-D-C-G-D-G and out. |