Jerry Jeff Walker
Pickup Truck Song

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        C                       G
Yeah, I used to look forward to Saturdays,
     C                       G
When me and my grandpa would get away
     F                 G                    C
We’d hop in his pickup truck and we’d go to town
                                  F
We had a couple of chores that we had to do
   C                       G
It didn’t take long before we were through
F                        G                  C
Then we’d let the pickup truck just wander around
            F                 G
We’d make a run to the county dump
            C                    Am
We’d always wave when we saw someone
F                 Dm              G
Grandpa make up a song as we roll along,
       F                   G
To the post office without fail,
              C                           Am
We’d get some feed and we’d check out the mail,
       F                        G                     C  
And we never took the same road twice on the way back home.


          C                     G
I spent a few years out running free
  C                              G
I spent two or three in New York City
      F                   G                    C
And I moved back to Texas tired, hell I’d had enough
                        F
I’d go to Luckenbach on Saturdays
      C                  G
Cause Hondo had a way to brighten up my day
          F                       G                  C
He always made me laugh when we’d ride in his pickup truck
            F                 G
We’d make a run to the county dump

            C                    Am
We’d always wave when we saw someone
F                     Dm              G
Hondo would make up a song as we roll along,
       F                   G
To the post office without fail,
              C                           Am
He’d get some chew and we’d check out the mail,
       F                        G                     C  
And we never took the same road twice on the way back home.


        C                      G
Well, I miss grandpa and Hondo too
         C                          G
I really miss the things we used to do
   F                        G                    C
So last week I went out and bought an old pickup truck
                          F
Now me and the kids spend Saturday
   C                  G
We do fun things in a simple way
           F                    G                  C
We love to start the day with a ride in the pickup truck
            F                 G
We’d make a run to the county dump
            C                    Am
We’d always wave when we saw someone
F                          Dm              G
The kids love to make up a song as we roll along,
       F                   G
To the post office without fail,
              C                             Am
We’d get some stamps and we’d check out the mail,
       F                        G                     C  
And we never took the same road twice on the way back home.
         F                         G                    C
Half the fun’s getting lost on the ride on the way back home.