Prisoner of the Highway Song Lyrics and Chords by Ronnie Milsap
Prisoner of the Highway
Recorded by Ronnie Milsap
Written by Mike Reid
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Diesel powers
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18 wheels to rolling
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I pull it on to the Inter
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state
I've got 13 hours to
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make my destination
And
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I don't want to stop to check my
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weight
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There won't be no
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sleep for me to
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night
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no
I've
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got to be hitting Tulsa by
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first morning light
I'm a
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prisoner of the
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highway
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Driven on by my restless
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soul
Call me a prisoner of the
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highway
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Prison by the freedom of the
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road
I've run freight out of
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Wheeling West Virginia
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And US Steel from
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Memphis
I've rolled tobacco
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out of the Carolina's
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California wines into Birming
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ham
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Some people work just
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to
sur
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vive
yeah
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But up here in this cab that's
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when I'm most alive
Repeat #2
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Got a wife living back in Tennessee
And she tries to understand the way I
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feel
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I could give my hands to another line of work
But my
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heart would always be behind the
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wheel
Call me a
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prisoner of the
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highway
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G#7
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C#7
Driven on by my restless
Am
A#m
Bm
Cm
C#m
Dm
D#m
Em
Fm
F#m
Gm
G#m
soul
I'm a prisoner of the
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A#7
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C#7
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D#7
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F#7
highway
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F#7
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C#7
Prison by the freedom of the
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road
Don't you know I'm a prisoner of the
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highway
D7
D#7
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F7
F#7
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G#7
A7
A#7
B7
C7
C#7
Driven on by my restless
Am
A#m
Bm
Cm
C#m
Dm
D#m
Em
Fm
F#m
Gm
G#m
soul
Call me a prisoner of the
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G#7
A7
A#7
B7
C7
C#7
D7
D#7
E7
F7
F#7
highway
D7
D#7
E7
F7
F#7
G7
G#7
A7
A#7
B7
C7
C#7
Prison by the freedom of the
Am
A#m
Bm
Cm
C#m
Dm
D#m
Em
Fm
F#m
Gm
G#m
road
FAQ
Who sang the the song Prisoner of the Highway?
- The song Prisoner of the Highway was sang by Ronnie Milsap.
Who is Ronnie Milsap?
- Ronnie Lee Milsap (born January 16, 1943) is an American country music singer and pianist. He was one of country music's most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s. He became one of the most successful and versatile country "crossover" singers of his time, appealing to both country and pop music markets with hit songs that incorporated pop, R&B, and rock and roll elements. His biggest crossover hits include "It Was Almost Like a Song", "Smoky Mountain Rain", "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me", "I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World", "Any Day Now", and "Stranger in My House". He is credited with six Grammy Awards and 35 number-one country hits, third to George Strait and Conway Twitty. He was selected for induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2014.
