Movin' On Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays428

Movin' On by Merle Haggard is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, Am, G7, B7 and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
Text
16
Speed
  			C           F        C            F     
Big wheel's rollin'; Big wheel's rollin',  
       C 
Movin' on. 
            F         C             Am 
Big wheel's rollin'; gotta keep 'em goin'. 
C           F        G7     C 
Big wheel's rollin', movin' on. 
 
 
 
                         B7         C  
The white line is a lifeline to the nation. 
    F                 G7            C 
And men like Will and Sonny make it move. 
F                    C 
Livin' like a gipsy, always on the go. 
D                                G7 
Doin' what they best know how to do. 
 
 
 
C                 B7          C 
Jammin' gears has got to be a fever. 
     F             G7            C 
'Cos men become addicted to the grind.  
   F                             C              Am 
It takes a special breed to be a truck drivin' man, 
        C                  G7          C 
And a steady hand to pull that load behind. 
 
 
 
 
C           F         C          F 
Big wheel's rollin'; Big wheel's rollin',  
       C 
Movin' on. 
            F        C               Am 
Big wheel's rollin'; gotta keep 'em goin'. 
C           F         G7    C 
Big wheel's rollin', movin' on. 
  
 
                  B7              C 
All night country music keeps 'em goin', 
    F                G7            C 
And Will and Sunny  keep on movin' on. 
     F                          C 
Hey, big hot cup of coffee, is waitin' up ahead, 
         D                          G7 
An' the rhythm of the highway hums along. 
 
 
  Repeat Chorus 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante