Drivin' My Life Away: Eddie Rabbit.
#5 Hot 100 in 1980.
 
#1.
E
Well, the midnight headlight blind you on a rainy night,
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steep grade up ahead, slow me down, makin' no time.
             E
I gotta keep rollin'.
E
Those windshield wipers slappin' out a tempo, keepin' 
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perfect rhythm with the song on the radi..o.
           E
Gotta keep rollin'.
 
CHORUS:
E                       D                        A
Ooooooo, I'm driving my life away..lookin' for a better way, 
    E
for me.
E                       D                        A         C#m A E7
Ooooooo, I'm driving my life away..lookin' for a sunny day.
 
#2.
E
Well, the truck stop cutie, comin' on to me, tried to talk 
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me into a ride..said I wouldnt be sorry.
                   E
But she was just a ba..by.
E
Hey, waitress pour me another cup of coffee, pop it down, jack me up,
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shoot me out, flyin' down the highway..lookin' for the morn..ing.
 
CHORUS:
E                       D                        A
Ooooooo, I'm driving my life away..lookin' for a better way, 
    E
for me.
E                       D                        A         C#m A E7
Ooooooo, I'm driving my life away..lookin' for a sunny day.
 
#3.
E
Well, the midnight headlight find you on a rainy night,
                                              A
steep grade up ahead, slow me down, makin' no time.
             E
I gotta keep rollin'.
E
Those windshield wipers slappin' out a tempo, keepin' 
                                          A
perfect rhythm with the song on the radi..o.
           E
Gotta keep rollin'.
 
CHORUS:
E                       D                        A
Ooooooo, I'm driving my life away..lookin' for a better way, 
    E  E7
for me.
E                       D                        A           E7
Ooooooo, I'm driving my life away..lookin' for a sunny day.
 
CHORUS:
E                       D                        A
Ooooooo, I'm driving my life away..lookin' for a better way, 
    E
for me.
E                        D                        A           E7
Oooooooh, I'm driving my life away..lookin' for a sunny day.
 
CHORUS:
E                       D                        A
Ooooooo, I'm driving my life away..lookin' for a better way, 
    E
for me.
E                        D                        A           E7
Oooooooh, I'm driving my life away..lookin' for a sunny day.