E A
We’re rumbling down the road and we got eight more hours to go
B7 E
Pulled from Yellowknife and we’re just hitting Behchoko
E A
Tearing up the tar we got a driver driving hard
B7 E
Racing through the Deh Cho on our way to Fort Liard
There’s a rattle in the engine and a squeaking in the floor
I must have broke the muffler when I tried to close the door
Bumper’s falling off you know that everything’s gone wrong
It’s just another rambling roadtrip driving country song
We pulled her into Providence the wheels were coming loose
From dodging all the buffalo and running down a moose
I don’t know why we got to get to Fort Liard today
We got no reason for this random roadtrip anyway
. A B7 E
¾ And I don’t know if we’re ever gonna get there
. A B7 E
And I’m not sure if I really even care
. A B7 E A .. Am .. Am7
Didn’t get very far, got a flat tire….
. E B7 E
And there’s not much air in the spare
We crossed that mighty river there and then we hung a right
Hit a rock that busted what was left of our headlights
Thumped along on rotten tires past the Jean Marie
If we make it to Fort Liard it’ll be a shock to me
We turned her south at Checkpoint heading down the Liard Trail
Past the Lindberg Landing and the Blackstone Park as well
Raced along the riverbank between the growing hills
We’re barely going to make it cause we hardly got the will
We pulled into Fort Liard, we’re all breathing more or less
The van’s a little choked but it’ll make it home I guess
We ground her through the gears in trying to make it to this town
But there’s nothing here to do so we’ll just have to turn around
(Chorus)
– September 2009
Ryan McCord 