Intro: D
G D
That long thin dawn
G D
That long thin dawn
Dsus2 D
Is coming on again
verse 1:
G D
I've seen the hills of Frisco and the streets of Montreal
E7 A
In every town I've been to I've had someone to call
D G D
From Winnipeg to Edmonton, Vancouver to St. Paul
G A
I've had so many good friends, I couldn't miss them all
G D
That long thin dawn
G D
That long thin dawn
Dsus2 D
Is coming on again
verse 2:
G D
Last night I came to Denver, beneath the snow capped ridge
E7 A
I thought about my darling as I stood beneath the bridge
D G D
And there were times I made her cry, but I guess by now she's learned
G A
That any time I've wandered, I always have returned
G D
In that long thin dawn
G D
That long thin dawn
Dsus2 D
Is coming on again
verse 3:
G D
Right now I'm on a highway, just east of Omaha
E7 A
Riding shotgun on the biggest rig you ever saw
D G D
With forty tons of pig iron and a trucker known as Bill
G A
All the way to Windsor, we've got some miles to kill
G D
In that long thin dawn
G D
That long thin dawn
Dsus2 D
Is coming on again
verse 4:
G D
While climbing up a hillside, Bill drops her down a gear
E7 A
And the engine sings so sweetly, 'tis music to my ear
D G D
I tell him how I long to be just like him if I can
G A
Driving like the restless wind, across this precious land
G D
In that long thin dawn
G D
That long thin dawn
Dsus2 D
Is coming on again
VERSE 5:
G D
Says Bill, "The air is clean tonight," as he puffs a big cigar
E7 A
"And if this rig keeps rolling, my boy you'll travel far
D G D
But when you are a trucker you'll come to realize
G A
The only thing a man can do is watch the world go by"
G D
In that long thin dawn
G D
That long thin dawn
Dsus2 D
Is coming on again
G D
That long thin dawn
G D
That long thin dawn
Dsus2 D
Is coming on again