For The Long Haul                                   copyright 2010 Stan Lyness
male mid-tempo country                                                C for me
                                                            (4  5) 1  (4  5) 1
         
        I just stopped in for a cup of conversation              (1  5) 1
    and a mug of something strong enough to fuel my next 4 hours  4    (2m 5)
    concentrating on the white line I been chasing               (1  5) 6m
round the hills and down the valleys full of tailgating cars.     4   (57) 1
       My hands unclench after sittin' twenty minutes.           (1  5) 1
      Ten minutes more, I'll hear that highway call.              3     6m
        Although I'm getting worn down by this business,          4    (1 6m)
      I'm in it for   the long haul.                             (2m 5) 1    1

      In another time zone there's a tiny beauty
   who is only now beginning to look just like her mom.
She might noisily refuse her bedtime duty,
        until she hears her daddy talkin on the phone.
       So pour another warmup if you'll have me,
     Five minutes more til I can make that call
       to join and to remind that far-off family,
      I'm in it for the long haul.

Bridge:       
   I'll be movin' soon, see I don't get paid             (5  3)
  til this load's in Houston, checked and weighed,        6m
  with the log book   filled out right.                  (1  5)  1
      If I turn her 'round by tomorrow's sun,            (5  3)
     my dispatcher's found an eastbound run              (6m 6)
      that has me home    Wednesday night.               (2 2m)  5

       So another warmup should just give me                     (1  5) 1
       six hours more before I hit the wall.                      3   (6m 17)
      Even if I'm getting worn down by this living,               4   (1  6m)
       I'm in it for   the long haul.                            (2m 5) 6m
I hope I'm in it for   the long haul.                            (2m 5) 1