Em  C  Em  C  G

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Pulled out of Denton, Texas
  A7
Two days and nights ago
        D                   Em
I been livin' on pills and burgies
           C                       G
Till the whites of my eyes don't show

The south-bound headlights are makin' me blind
         A7
And I'm too damn tired to blink
    D                     Em
My toes are numb and my brain's gone dumb
       C                G
And I can just barely think

                      C         G
Doo doo doo, sweet Melinda, my wife

The lonesome moan of this eighteen wheeler
                         D
Cuts through me like a knife
            G            C         G
Except for you, sweet Melinda, my wife
                 D                     G
I been ridin' on empty most all of my life
Em      C     G
Whooo

G
Two more hours till daylight
           A7
And it's startin' to rain again
    D                 Em
A sign up ahead says welcome to Paradise
 C          G
Population Ten

Well, me and this truck and that old white line
  A7
Stumblin' on and on
        D                Em
Like three old drinkin' buddies
 C              G
Comin' home at dawn

                      C         G
Singin' Ooh, sweet Melinda, my wife

The lonesome moan of this eighteen wheeler
                         D
Cuts through me like a knife
            G            C         G
Except for you, sweet Melinda, my wife
                 D                     G
I been ridin' on empty most all of my life
 Em      C   G
Whoo, whooo

                        C         G
'Cept for you, Sweet Melinda, my wife

The lonesome moan of this eighteen wheeler
                         D
Cuts through me like a knife
            G            C         G
Except for you, Sweet Melinda, my wife
                 D                     G
I been ridin' on empty most all of my life
Em  C G                D                     G
Whoo, I been ridin' on empty most all of my life