There's a Diesel on my Tail as performed by us... (A)I just pulled on to the highway in my little foreign car Well it’s raining and the (E7)road is really (A)bad I never saw that big old diesel but I heard him hit the air I’ve got a feeling that I (E7)might have made him (A)mad He closed the gap between us pushed the pedal on the floor He’s makin’ ninety in that (E7)big old diesel (A)truck I can hear the names he’s calling me above the engine’s roar And the words won’t be found in (E)Webster’s (A)books There’s a (D)diesel on my tail a-making ninety miles an hour My re(A)flection in my mirror is mighty (E7)pale I can (A)hear St.Peter calling I can (D)almost smell the (A)flowers Can this compact take the impact there’s a (E7)diesel on my (A)tail (A/ E7/A) Well I’m huffin’ and puffin’ and I’m trying to make the grade And I wish I had some (A7)pedals on this (A)cart And I’m slippin’ and a-slidin’ and afraid to touch the brake For the two of us could (E7)never stand the (A)jar Well I’m slippin’ and a-slidin’ trying to hold it on the road And I tell you I just (E7)got to win this (A)race While I’m tremblin’ and a-shakin’ he is pouring on the coal So close that I can (E7)steal his license (A)plate ![]() |