Diesel On My Tail

verse 1 
D 
I just pulled on to the highway in my little foreign car 
D                                 A      D 
Well it’s raining and the road is really bad 
D 
I never saw that big old diesel but I heard him hit the air 
D                                    A        D 
I’ve got a feeling that I might have made him mad 


verse 2 
D 
He closed the gap between us pushed the pedal on the floor 
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He’s makin’ ninety in that big old diesel truck 
D 
I can hear the names he’s calling me above the engine’s roar 
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And the words won’t be found in Webster’s books 


verse 3 
D         G 
There’s a diesel on my tail a-making ninety miles an hour 
G  D                                 A 
My reflection in my mirror is mighty pale 
A     D                           G                D 
I can hear St.Peter calling I can almost smell the flowers 
D                                          A            D 
Can this compact take the impact there’s a diesel on my tail 


verse 4 
D 
Well I’m huffin’ and puffin’ and I’m trying to make the grade 
D                     A              D 
And I wish I had some pedals on this cart 
D 
And I’m slippin’ and a-slidin’ and afraid to touch the brake 
D                       A               D 
For the two of us could never stand the jar 


Verse 5 
D 
Well I’m slippin’ and a-slidin’ trying to hold it on the road 
D                     A               D 
And I tell you I just got to win this race 
D 
While I’m tremblin’ and a-shakin’ he is pouring on the coal 
D                   A                 D 
So close that I can steal his license plate