Standard (EADGBE)

 There's a tavern up on the roadside I must be coming into town

 The moon must be in Aries Because the truck ain't slowing down

Pulled back on the throttle I've been doing that all day

 Looking ahead for a right-hand turn To carry me away

 There's times for understanding It don't seem like one of those

 The times are too demanding When you're hanging by your nose

 So why don't you just get out of here And leave me here to pray

 That one of these mornings the sun's going to rise And carry me away

Chorus

Carry me over the highway Carry me over the sky

 Carry me over the loneliness That I'm feeling here tonight

 You know I'm feeling just like a riptide And I'm feeling a little scared

 A twisted maze of old highways Nobody has repaired

 It ain't nothing that can't be handled Like an actor in a play

 Who becomes enraged, jumps from the stage And gets a little carried away

 Now all of your highways Don't mean much to me no more

 I've been on all of your highway roads Of that you can be sure

 But I still get lost on all of them roads I can't seem to find my way

 I know there's one out there somewhere To carry me away

(CHORUS)