David Lynn Jones - Bonnie Jean (little Sister) guitar chord

Bonnie Jean (Little Sister)

By David Lynn Jones

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Peter built a truck for a man to drive

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It’s a pretty good livin’ but it ain’t no life

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For a farmer’s daughter or a drunk man’s wife

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Peter built a truck for a man to drive

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Peter built a truck for a man to drive

Well little sister was just 17

When she left the farm, virgin green

Moved up to Kansas City her school girl dream

But nothin’ ever came easy for Bonnie Jean

Nothin’ ever came easy for Bonnie Jean

Now she fell in love with a truck drivin man

They got married on a hard luck plan

Little babies are somethin’ every good woman needs

So he left her with three hungry mouths to feed

He left her with three hungry mouths to feed

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Now little sister rolls them eighteen wheels

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She knows how that lonesome highway feels

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She got a heart of gold and nerves of steel

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Little sister rolls them eighteen wheels

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Little sister rolls them eighteen wheels---here she comes now

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She’s a-runnin’ down the road from coast to coast

It’s the little things that she misses the most

She’s a mother all day and a trucker all night

Livin’ on coffee and mini-whites

Livin’ on coffee and mini-whites

Now the egg don’t fry and the bacon don’t burn

There’s another curve around every turn

She’s in love with Kenny and Billy and Mac

She’s lost on that highway and she ain’t comin’ back

Lost on that highway and she ain’t comin’ back

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