Diesel On My Tail - Jim & Jesse
Tuning: D, E A D G B E
From video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji3HlERm414
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
I just pulled
onto the highw
ay in my littl
e foreign car.
Well, it's rai
nin' an' the r
oad is really
bad.
I never saw th
at big ol' die
sel but I hear
d him hit the
air.
I've got a fee
lin' that I mi
ght have made
him mad.
[Verse 2]
He closed the
gap between us
, pushed the p
edal on the fl
oor.
He's makin' ni
nety in that b
ig ol' diesel
truck.
I can hear the
names he's ca
llin' me above
the engine's
roar,
An' the words
won't be found
in Webster's
book.
[Chorus]
There's a dies
el on my tail
a-makin' ninet
y miles an hou
r.
My reflection
in my mirror i
s mighty pale.
I can hear St.
Peter callin'
; I can almost
smell the flo
wers.
Can this compa
ct take the im
pact? There's
a diesel on my
tail.
[Verse 3]
Well, I'm huff
in' an' a-puff
in' as I try t
o make the gra
de
An' I wish I h
ad some pedals
on this car,
An' I'm slippin' an' a-slidin' an' afraid to touch the brake
For this doodl
ebug could nev
er stand the j
ar.
[Chorus]
There's a dies
el on my tail
a-makin' ninet
y miles an hou
r.
My reflection
in my mirror i
s mighty pale.
I can hear St.
Peter callin'
; I can almost
smell the flo
wers.
Can this compa
ct take the im
pact? There's
a diesel on my
tail.
.
[Verse 4]
Well, I'm slip
pin' an' a-sli
din' tryin' to
hold it on th
e road,
An' I tell you
I just got to
win this race
.
While I'm trem
blin' an' a-sh
akin' he's a-p
ourin' on the
coal,
So close that
I could steal
his license pl
ate.
[Chorus]
There's a dies
el on my tail
a-makin' ninet
y miles an hou
r.
My reflection
in my mirror i
s mighty pale.
I can hear St.
Peter callin'
; I can almost
smell the flo
wers.
Can this compa
ct take the im
pact? There's
a diesel on my
tail.
Can this compa
ct take the im
pact? There's
a diesel on my
tail.