Crosswind
Recorded by Chris Stapleton
Album: Single (2024)

(Non Capo)

(Intro.)
|(Am) / / / |(Am) / / / |(Am) / / / |(Am) / / / |

(Verse 1)
(Am) I can see what's comin' for me by the (G)way that it's bendin' the pines (Am)
(Am) Brother, me and these 18-wheels are gonna (G)hammer on down the line (Am)
(Am) Flyin' like a bat out of hell, tearin' (G)out of North Alabama (Am)
(Am) Signs are sayin' "Jesus Saves" but the (G)devil don't give a damn (Am)

(Chorus)
(G) Tryin' to keep all the (D)rubber on '65 (Am)
(G) Might not (D)make it out alive (Am)
(G) White knucklin' the (D)wheel just to sur-(Am)vive
Caught in the (C)crosswind
(D) Caught in the (Am)crosswind
Caught in the (C)crosswind
(D) Caught in the (Am)crosswind

(Verse 2)
(Am) Sometimes, what drives a man ain't (G)nothin' but a matter of will (Am)
(Am) When a man's got a heavy load, he just (G)tryin' to make it over th„u hill (Am)
(Am) Burnin' the hours taking truck-stop showers and (G)sleepin' in the ch„uap mo-(Am)tels
(Am)Pickin' up speed on a mission to feed five (G)kids with a CD-(Am)L

(Chorus)
(G) Tryin' to keep all the (D)rubber on '65 (Am)
(G) Might not (D)make it out alive (Am)
(G) White knucklin' the (D)wheel just to sur-(Am)vive
Caught in the (C)crosswind
(D) Caught in the (Am)crosswind
Caught in the (C)crosswind
(D) Caught in the (Am)crosswind

(Pedal Steel Solo)
|(G) / (D) / |(Am) / / / |(G) / (D) / |(Am) / / / |
|(G) / (D) / |(Am) / / / |(C) / (D) / |(Am) / / / |
|(C) / (D) / |(Am) - - - |(Am) - - -

(Verse 3)
(Am) It's a fight in the dark of night with an-(G)other hundred miles to run (Am)
(Am) When your mind starts tryin' to find ways to (G)get you out from under the gun (Am)
(Am) This livin' ain't much of a life but it's the (G)only thing I know how to do (Am)
(Am) I miss you, honey, but I gotta make some money
So, I'm (G)hopin' I can make it through (Am)

(Chorus)
(G) Tryin' to keep all the (D)rubber on sixty-(Am)five
(G) Might not (D)make it out alive (Am)
(G) White knucklin' the (D)wheel just to sur-(Am)vive
Caught in the (C)crosswind
(D) Caught in the (Am)crosswind
Caught in the (C)crosswind
(D) Caught in the (Am)crosswind

(Outro.)
Caught in the (C)crosswind
(D) Caught in the (Am)crosswind - - - - -