Am            C
Diesel powers 18 wheels to rolling

   D7                       Am
As I pull it on to the Interstate

                     C
I've got 13 hours to make my destination

    D7                               E7
And I don't want to stop to check my weight

F                 G7             Am    G7
There won't be no sleep for me tonight no

     F                          E7
I've got to be hitting Tulsa by first morning light


      Am              G7
I'm a prisoner of the highway

D7                       Am
Driven on by my restless soul

                          G7
Call me a prisoner of the highway

D7                           Am
Prison by the freedom of the road


                        C
I've run freight out of Wheeling West Virginia

D7                Am
And US Steel from Memphis

                    C
I've rolled tobacco out of the Carolina's

D7                           E7
California wines into Birmingham

F                     G7    Am
Some people work just to survive yeah

F                              E7
But up here in this cab that's when I'm most alive


      Am              G7
I'm a prisoner of the highway

D7                       Am
Driven on by my restless soul

                          G7
Call me a prisoner of the highway

D7                           Am
Prison by the freedom of the road

 
D7
Got a wife living back in Tennessee

                                      Am
And she tries to understand the way I feel

D7
I could give my hands to another line of work

       F                                E7
But my heart would always be behind the wheel

          Am              G7
Call me a prisoner of the highway

D7                       Am
Driven on by my restless soul


                      G7
I'm a prisoner of the highway

D7                           Am
Prison by the freedom of the road

                                      G7
Don't you know I'm a  prisoner of the highway

D7                       Am
Driven on by my restless soul


                          G7
Call me a prisoner of the highway

D7                           Am
Prison by the freedom of the road