I’ve Got A Truck

My sweetest love
Forever I’ve known
Cause I am a truck driving man
I’ve driven these roads
From coast to coast
Seen every corner of the land

Down in the south
I had a gal
Whose daddy was as rich as a king
She begged me to stay
Offerin’ me the world
If I would only buy her a ring

I said, “I’ve got a truck
And a trailer to haul
And a heart that can only be true”
I scorned the love of a rich man’s daughter
All for the love of you

I could have been
A company man
Watched the work get done
I could have even been the president
After her daddy passed on

But I’ve got a truck with a trailer to haul
And a heart that can only be true
I scorned the heart of a rich man’s daughter
All for the love of you

Come away with me
I’ve got all that we need
If the highway is my kingdom you can be my queen
But we really gotta hurry
I owe that rich girl some money
And I hear her daddy’s looking for me -
but it’s not my child!

But I’ve got a truck and a trailer to haul
And a heart that can only be true
I scorned the heart of a rich man’s daughter
All for the love of you

I’ve got a truck and a trailer to haul
And a heart that can only be true
I scorned the love of a rich man’s daughter
All for the love of you

All for the love of you
All for the love of you

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Listener notes: 5 Comments on “I’ve Got A Truck”

  1. seamonkey Says:

    its in e minor, jam with an e blues.
    the chords for the verse are

    em7 em7 A7 A7
    em7 em7 B7 B7
    em7 em7 A7 A7
    B7 A7 em7

    chorus is something like:

    G G G G
    C C C C
    G G then i’m not sure

  2. sexmonkey Says:

    so here’s my version…

    Em Em A A
    Em Em A A
    Em A B

    Em Em A A
    Em Em A A
    Em A B Em

    G G C C
    G B Em G C
    G B Em G C
    G C G C G

  3. happymonkey Says:

    Thank you for putting this on the web….I love this song and I’ve been looking all over for it. I played around with both seamonkey’s and sexm onkey’s versions. I think sexmonkey has it, except that the a7 and b7 really make it ring!! It still sounds good without them, but sounds much better with them.

    So here’s my suggestion:

    Em Em A7 A7
    Em Em A7 A7
    Em A7 B7

    Em Em A7 A7
    Em Em A7 A7
    Em A7 B7 Em

    G G C C
    G B7 Em G C
    G B7 Em G C
    G C G C G

  4. BK Says:

    (INTRO)
    Em / Am / Em / C / Em / B / Em

    (VERSE 1)

    Em Am
    My sweetest love

    Em
    Forever I’ve known

    Em Am B D
    Cause I am a truck driving man

    Em Am
    I’ve driven these roads

    Em C
    From coast to coast

    Em B Em
    Seen every corner of the land

    (VERSE 2)
    Down in the south
    I had a gal
    Whose daddy was as rich as a king
    She begged me to stay
    Offerin’ me the world
    If I would only buy her a ring

    (CHORUS)
    G
    I said, “I’ve got a truck

    C
    And a trailer to haul

    G B E D C
    And a heart that can only be true”

    G B E D C
    I scorned the love of a rich man’s daughter

    G C B A G
    All for the love of you

    (VERSE 3)
    I could have been
    A company man
    Watched the work get done
    I could have even been the president
    After her daddy passed on

    (CHORUS)
    But I’ve got a truck with a trailer to haul
    And a heart that can only be true
    I scorned the heart of a rich man’s daughter
    All for the love of you

    (SOLO… Same as Verse)

    (VERSE 4)
    So come away with me
    I’ve got all that we need
    If the highway is my kingdom you can be my queen
    But we really gotta hurry
    I owe that rich girl some money
    And I hear her daddy’s looking for me -
    [but it’s not my child!]

    (CHORUS)
    But I’ve got a truck and a trailer to haul
    And a heart that can only be true
    I scorned the heart of a rich man’s daughter
    All for the love of you
    (REPEAT CHORUS)
    I’ve got a truck and a trailer to haul
    And a heart that can only be true
    I scorned the love of a rich man’s daughter
    All for the love of you

    All for the love of you
    All for the love of you

  5. CONNOR14 Says:

    2-14-09 crystal bay club

    anyone heard this any other Ive got a truck? I love this bit!

    went down to st. james in ______
    see my baby there,
    shes lying on a long white table, so cool so calm so fair

    yeah 16 cold* black horses hitched to a double in hand*
    seven girls went to the graveyard only 6 of them ever come back

    let her go let her go god bless her
    let her go where she may be
    cause you can search the whole world over now
    but you’ll never find a man like me

    but if i die wont you please bury me with with my hitop steps* in hand* with a gold piece on my watch chain so they know i died a standin man*
    get six gamblers to carry my coffin
    get 6 chors girls to sing me a song
    get a jazz band to play at my tailgate baby
    to raise hell as i go along*

    oh
    let her go let her go god bless her
    let her go where she may be
    cause you can search the whole world over now
    but you’ll never find a man like me

    * means unsure of lyric.

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