Intro 
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[Verso 1]


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I can see the lights of Fort Worth shinin' 
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Twenty-five miles to the city line 
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All night long this band's been drivin' 
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Thirty-five minutes 'til showtime 
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Met a little girl last night in Las Vegas 
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Said goodbye to my last dime 
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Now I'm livin' on next week's wages 
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Long as we're workin' I'm doin' fine 


[Pré-Refrão]


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Take me back to Tulsa 
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Put me on the last highway 
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We'll go honky tonkin' 
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But pretty woman I can't stay 


[Refrão]


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And the wheels keep turnin' 'round 
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Headin' for another town 
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Feelin' like a man alive 
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Oh let's kick it into overdrive 


[Verso 2]

 
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Baton Rouge, D.C., Nashville, Tennessee 
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Denver, Reno-Bound 
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Up to Cincinnati and down to Miami 
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Settin' up and breakin' down 
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North and South Dakota, both the Carolina's 
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Maine to New Mexico 
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Missouri, Alabama, Kentucky and Nevada 
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Georgia and Idaho 


[Pré-Refrão]


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I'd stay a little longer 
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But tonight I'm movin' on 
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Honey you know I'm a travelin' man 
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And babe the race is on 


[Refrão]


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And the wheels keep turnin' 'round 
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Headin' for another town 
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Feelin' like a man alive 
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Oh let's kick it into overdrive 


Solo 
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[Pré-Refrão]


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Take me back to Tulsa 
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Put me on the last highway 
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We'll go honky tonkin' 
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But pretty woman I can't stay 


[Refrão]


        A                    E 
And the wheels keep turnin' 'round 
A            A7     D 
Headin' for another town 
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Baby got the hammer down 
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Let's have one more round tonight 
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I ain't gonna start no fight 
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Feelin' like a man alive 
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Oh let's kick it into overdrive 


[Pós-Refrão]

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Outro 
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Baton Rouge, D.C., Nashville, Tennessee 
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Denver, Reno-Bound (Kick it into overdrive) 
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Up to Cincinnati and down to Miami 
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Settin' up and breakin' down 
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Tampa, Santa Cruz, playin' those country blues 
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Princeton, Illinois (...overdrive) 
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Oakland, South Bend, Detroit, Michigan 
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Salt Lake and back again 
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Baton Rouge, D.C., Nashville, Tennessee 
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Denver, Reno-Bound 
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Up to Cincinnati and down to Miami 
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Settin' up and breakin' down