John Denver – Sweet Melinda (Guitar)

E
Pulled out of Linden, Texas

F#m
Two days and nights ago

          B                   C#m
I've been livin' on pills and burgies

A                                E
Till the whites of my eyes don't show

E
Southbound headlights are makin' me blind

F#m
I'm too damn tired to blink

B                       C#m
My toes are numb and my brains gone dumb

A
And I can just barely think

E     A
Sweet Melinda, my wife

E
The lonesome moan of this eighteen wheeler

E                      B
Cuts through me like a knife

E                    A
'Cept for you, sweet Melinda, my wife

E                B
I been ridin' on empty

               E
Most all of my life

E
Two more hours of daylight

F#m
It's startin' to rain again

  B                    C#m
A sign up ahead says, "Welcome to Paradise"

A
Population Ten

E
Well me and this truck and that old white line

F#m
Stumblin' on and on

     B                  C#m
Like three old drinkin' buddies

A
Comin' home at dawn