Tonight Is The Night I Fell Asleep At The Wheel

this is a really great and easy song to play . definitely one of my favorites . it can be played on an acoustic guitar , or a banjitar ( how bnl play it ) . it’s off the 2000 album "maroon" . - standard tuning - - capo 2nd fret - the chords are played as follows" * all chords relative to the capo G : 320033 D : xx0232 Cadd9 : x32033 Am : x02210 Esus : 022200 E : 022100 Em7 : 022033 Gsus : 3x0013 D6 : xx0202 C6 : x32210 C : x32010 D7sus : xx0213 D7 : xx0212 [ Intro ] G , D , Cadd9 , D ( x2 ) [ Verse 1 ] G D Cadd9 D driving home to be with you G D Cadd9 D the highway’s dividing , the city’s in view Am Esus E as usual , i’m almost on time Am Esus E you’re the last thing that’s on my mind G D Cadd9 D i wish i could tell you the way that i feel Em7 G D G but tonight is the night i fell asleep at the wheel [ Verse 2 ] no commotion , no screaming brakes most of it’s over before i awake from the ceiling , my coffee cup drips while out my window , the horizon does flips the worst part was hitting the ground - not the feeling so much as the sound can’t help but wonder if all this is real cause tonight is the night i fell asleep at the wheel [ Verse 3 ] rubberneck traffic and passersby and slow motion walter the fire engine guy stand around with their mouths open wide i heard some idiot ask if someone’s inside Cadd9 G Cadd9 G with the jaws of life they tried and they tried nobody here can know how i feel cause tonight is the night i fell asleep at the wheel [ Bridge ] G D Cadd9 D i guess it’s over now G cause i’ve never seen so much D Cadd9 never seen so much , never seen so much D never seen so much G D Cadd9 D i guess it’s over now G cause i’ve never seen so much D Cadd9 never seen so much , never seen so much D ( strum rapidly , then let ring ) bloooooooood! [ Verse 4 ] in all the confusion , there’s something serene i’m just a posthumous part of the scene now i’m floating above looking in as the radio blares and wheels spin i can see my face slump with a grin D and you . . . [ coda ] G D Cadd9 D you’re the last thing on my mind G D Cadd9 D you’re the last thing on my mind G D Cadd9 D you’re the last thing on my mind G D Cadd9 D you’re the last thing on my mind Gsus , G , D6 , D , C6 , C , D7sus , D7 G ( strumming rapidly ) oooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh!