Bad Mother Trucker chords by Eric Church

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Outro:
G Cadd9 G Cadd9

Verse 1:
G
She drove an '81 Peterbilt 18-wheeler
  Cadd9
Jet black with pink mud flaps
     G
It was a mean piece of metal with lightning in the pedal
Cadd9
Thunder comin' out the back
     G
And them boys would chuckle when they saw her buckle
 Cadd9
Herself in the captain's seat
   G
But nobody was laughin' when she'd go to passin'
 Cadd9
Smilin' at them real sweet

Chorus:
    G            F
She is hell on wheels where the road meets the rubber
  C          G
A real gear jammer, a white line wonder
      G          F
Yeah, you only get one and I wouldn't want another
    C           G
'Cause mama was a bad mother trucker
 G      Cadd9
(Bad mother) Bad
 G      Cadd9
(Bad mother)

Verse 2:
    G
Yeah, she was a bread winner, ain't no stoppin' her
Cadd9
Stayed shot out of a gun
G
Had me at a truck stop, just north of 40
    Cadd9
In her cab on a flagstaff run
    G
I was raised on jerky from here to Albuquerque
     Cadd9
Went to school on her ol' CB
      G
She made a name for herself, taught me how to spell
Cadd9
R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Chorus:
    G            F
She is hell on wheels where the road meets the rubber
  C          G
A real gear jammer, a white line wonder
      G          F
Yeah, you only get one and I wouldn't want another
    C           G
'Cause mama was a bad mother trucker
 G      Cadd9
(Bad mother) Bad
 G     Cadd9
Bad
G       Cadd9
(Bad mother)
G       Cadd9
(Bad mother)

Solo:
G Cadd9 (x4)

Bridge:
     G          F
She's the reason I rock, the reason I roll
  G       F
I make my livin' on this road
  G         F
The reason that smoke stays in the stack
  C
My gone don't wanna go back

Chorus:
G            Cadd9
Bad mother, bad mother, bad mother, bad mother, bad mother
G            Cadd9
Bad mother, bad mother, bad mother, bad mother
G            Cadd9
Bad mother, bad mother, bad mother trucker, baby
G      Cadd9
(Bad mother) Bad mother trucker, baby
G            Cadd9
(Bad mother) Yeah, she's bad
G          Cadd9
(Bad mother) She's a bad mother trucker
G      Cadd9
(Bad mother) Bad mother trucker, baby
G          Cadd9
(Bad mother) She's a bad mother trucker
G          Cadd9
(Bad mother) She's a bad mother trucker