Tuning:Standard
Verse 1
Am Dm
Mack he drove a Peterbilt in nineteenseventy three
E Am
he was a truckdriver with a wife and kid to feed.
Am Dm
With stars and bars across the grill, the cab was black as night
E Am
the road was home and that truck was his life.
Am Dm
He was an honest man he meant no harm, but there was diesel in his weins
E Am
he was heading north on a southbound lane.
Am Dm
He got mixed up in the drugs and guns some bad shit going around
E Am
I got a feeling our friend Mack is going down.
Chorus
F G
He's a.. Truck drivin' Gun totin'
C Am
Meth snortin' Blue collar
F G Am
True american hero.
Interlude
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Am Dm E Am
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Verse 2
Am Dm
Ringo was the old senor who hooked Mack up with the score
E Am
to fill his eighteen wheeler full of black.
Am Dm
From Tennesse to Mexico then dump it in San Diego
E Am
to some guy there from Seattle named Jack Coke.
Am Dm
Well it took three days to make the run, Mack showed up with his old shotgun
E Am
he'd been up a while things where getting weird.
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Am Dm
You see Jack Coke supposed to have the cash, instead he had some song and dance
E Am
Mack shot him in the chest right there and then.
( Chorus and interlude )
Verse 3
Am Dm
When the Fed's finally caught up with him, he was all strung out on heroin
E Am
living at some truckstop off I-5.
Am Dm
Well they cuffed him and they brought him in, then some suit and tie came in and said,
E Am
Mack I just want to shake your hand.
Am Dm
You see Jack Coke was on the wanted list, that sum b***h killed a bunch of kids
E Am
I just wish I coulda been there to see him die.
Am Dm
He said now I'm gonna let you go, you and your trailer full of dope
E Am
Mack grabbed his keys and drove off in the night.
( Chorus and interlude)
F C Am
Yeah Mack, he's one of the last true American heroes.
Outro Am
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Play loud and have fun :)
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