Sweet Melinda

Intro 

C#m  B  A 
E 


[Verso 1]


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 



[Refrão]

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 


Interlude 

C#m  B  A 
E 


[Verso 2]


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