G C Em D G C Em D
 
 
[Verse 1]
G         C
I wait on tables here
G                 C
Ain’t quite how I planned it
G              C            D             G
Pay’s not that great, but I do alright in tips
 
G                 C
I took the job to get me by
        G               C
When my husband left me stranded
G             C         D                 G
I still don’t know just where the hell he is
 
G               C
After dark, six nights a week
  G               C
I pull this apron snug
G              C        D             G
Glance up at a dusty TV blaring local news
 
G             C
Then I’m everybody’s best friend
        G            C
Dealing coffee like a drug
G               C           D                G
The whole place smells like fries and diesel fuel
 
 
[Chorus]
C              G
Every shift is different
D                     G
And every shift’s the same
          C              G
Someone’s driving to the Promised Land
         Am                 D
Or they’re running from the pain
     C                G         Am      G    C
It’s mostly long-haul truckers, runaways and thieves
Em                           C
Everybody’s got somewhere to go
                            D            G C Em D
They all stop here on their way to Mexico
 
 
[Verse 2]
G              C
I still think about that gal
    G              C
Who came from Tucumcari
G               C               D                  G
Off to find her sister that she just found out she had
 
G                      C
And those young lovers on the run
           G             C
She wasn’t old enough to marry
G                    C           D                 G
Then the cops showed up with one really pissed off dad
 
 
[Chorus]
C              G
Every shift is different
D                     G
And every shift’s the same
          C              G
Someone’s driving to the Promised Land
         Am                 D
Or they’re running from the pain
     C                G         Am      G    C
It’s mostly long-haul truckers, runaways and thieves
Em                           C
Everybody’s got somewhere to go
                            D            G C Em D G C Em D
They all stop here on their way to Mexico
 
 
[Bridge]
F                      Gsus4 G
With each passing of a season
C               Em
I wonder if I’m stuck
F                          Gsus4 G
Or maybe I’m waitin’ for a reason
C                    D
Or a helping of good luck
 
 
[Chorus]
     C                G         Am      G   C
It’s mostly long-haul truckers, runaways and me
Em                               C
Maybe I’ll head south again, who knows
                        D            G C Em D G C Em D
We all stop here on our way to Mexico