[Intro]
 
      
      
      

 [Verse 1]
   
I've been havi

n' some hard t

ravelin', I th

ought you know

ed
             
I've been havi

              
n' some hard t

         
ravelin', way 

down the road
             
I've been havi

              
n' some hard t

         
ravelin', hard

 ramblin', har

d gamblin'
             
I've been havi

              
n' some hard t

         
ravelin', lord

 [Verse 2]
 
I've been ridi

n' them fast r

attlers, I tho

ught you knowe

d
             
I've been ridi

              
n' them flat w

         
heelers, way d

own the road
             
I've been ridi

              
n' them dead-e

        
nders, blind p

assengers, kic

kin' up cinder

s
             
I've been havi

              
n' some hard t

         
ravelin', lord
             
 
[Verse 3]
 
I've been hitt

in' some hard-

rock minin', I

 thought you k

nowed
             
I've been lean

              
in' on a press

         
ure drill, way

 down the road
             
Hammer flyin',

              
 air-hole suck

        
in', six foot 

of mud and I s

hore been a mu

ckin'
             
And I've been 

              
hittin' some h

         
ard travelin',

 lord

 [Verse 4]
 
I've been hitt

in' some hard 

harvestin', I 

thought you kn

owed
             
North Dakota t

              
o Kansas City,

         
 way down the 

road
             
Cuttin' that w

              
heat, stackin'

        
 that hay, and

 tryin' make a

bout a dollar 

a day
             
And I've been 

              
havin' some ha

         
rd travelin', 

lord

 [Verse 5]
 
I've been work

ing that Pitts

burgh steel, I

 thought you k

nowed
             
I've been pour

              
in'  red-hot s

      
lag, way down 

the road
             
I've been blas

              
ting, I've bee

        
n firin', I've

 been pourin' 

red-hot iron
             
I've been havi

              
n' some hard t

         
ravelin', lord
                 

 [Verse 6]
 
I've been layi

n' in a hard-r

ock jail, I th

ought you know

ed
             
I've been a la

              
ying out 90 da

         
ys, way down t

he road
             
Mean old judge

              
, he said to m

        
e, it's 90 day

s for vagrancy
             
And I've been 

              
hittin' some h

         
ard travelin',

 lord
        

[Verse 7]
 
I've been walk

ing that Linco

ln highway, I 

thought you kn

owed,
             
I've been hitt

              
in' that 66, w

         
ay down the ro

ad
             
Heavy load and

              
 a worried min

        
d, lookin' for

 a woman that'

s hard to find

,
             
I've been hitt

              
in' some hard 

        
travelin', lor

d

[Outro]