Em
On a long and lonesome highway, east of Omaha
D
You can listen to the engine moanin' out it's one lone song
AEm
You can think about the woman, or the girl you knew the night before
Em
But your thoughts will soon be wandering the way they always do
D
When you're riding sixteen hours and there's nothing much to do
AEm
And you don't feel much like riding, you just wish the trip was through
EmDEm
Say, here I am, on the road again
DEm
There I am, up on the stage
DA
Here I go, playing star again
CDEm
There I go, turn the page, ah
Em
Well, you walk into a restaurant, strung out from the road
D
And you feel the eyes upon you as you're shaking off the cold
AEm
You pretend it doesn't bother you but you just want to explode
Em
Most times you can't hear 'em talk, other times you can
D
All the same old clichés: "Is that a woman or a man?"
AEm
And you always seem outnumbered, you don't dare make a stand
EmDEm
Here I am, on the road again
DEm
There I am, up on the stage
DA
Here I go, playing star again
CDEm
There I go, turn the page, ah
Em
Out there in the spotlight you're a million miles away
D
Every ounce of energy you try to give away
AEm
As the sweat pours out your body like the music that you play
Em
Later in the evening as you lie awake in bed
D
With the echoes from the amplifiers ringin' in your head
AEm
You smoke the day's last cigarette, remembering what she said
EmDEm
Ah, here I am, on the road again
DEm
There I am, up on the stage
DA
Here I go, playing star again
CDEm
There I go, turn the page
EmDEm
Ah, here I am, on the road again
DEm
There I am, up on the stage
DA
Here I go, playing star again
CDEm
There I go, there I go