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            [Intro]
C
I left my sweetheart a long time ago
F                                              C
She cried and she pleaded and begged me not to go
We had a quarrel and I started to roam
                      G7       C
Big wheels big wheels carry me home
[Chorus]
Oh big wheels a-rolling carry me back
F                                             C
I know my baby's waiting down by the railroad track
I can see old drivers I hear old whistles moan
                      G7       C
Big wheels big wheels carry me home
[Verse]
I dreamed of her in Texas Nevada was the same
F                                            C
Oh way up in New Hampshire I even called her name
She said she still loved me when I called her on the phone
                      G7       C
Big wheels big wheels carry me home
[Chorus]
Oh big wheels a-rolling carry me back
F                                             C
I know my baby's waiting down by the railroad track
I can see old drivers I hear old whistles moan
                      G7       C
Big wheels big wheels carry me home
[Verse]
If I could travel over to England or to Spain
F                                                C
Or way down in the South Seas I know it'd be the same
In Germany or Switzerland or in the town of Rhome
                                    G7       C
I'd think of her and tell the world carry me home
[Chorus]
Oh big wheels a-rolling carry me back
F                                             C
I know my baby's waiting down by the railroad track
I can see old drivers I hear old whistles moan
                      G7       C
Big wheels big wheels carry me home 
        
                