Biography:
Joseph "Red" Simpson (March 6, 1934 – January 8, 2016) was an American country singer-songwriter best known for his trucker-themed songs.
Red Simpson was raised in Bakersfield, California, the youngest of a dozen children. At age 14, he wrote his first song.
Simpson was working at the Wagon Wheel in Lamont when Fuzzy Owen saw him and arranged for Simpson to work at his Clover Club as a piano player. He then got a job replacing Buck Owens at the Blackboard Club on weekends.
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Black Smoke Blowin' Over Eighteen Wheels
Red Simpson
[Intro]
G C D
[Verse]
G C
Well woman don't you put no bets on me
G D
that I might settle down.
G C
Cause I'm just not the settlin' kind
D G
I gotta chase a round.
Well I'm a truck drivin' daddy
C
and I keep on a goin'
G D
and it's just about time that I'm gone.
G C
A Black smoke blowin' over eighteen wheels
D G
well honey that's my home.
[Chorus]
C G
Black smoke blowin' over eighteen wheels
D G
is the only home I've ever known.
C
Black smoke a'blowin' over eighteen wheels
D G
well honey that's my home.
C D
[Instrumental] x2
G C G D G C D G
[Verse]
G C
Well I'd like to love you but I can't so I won't
G D
so what's the use to try?
G C
It wouldn't be long till my love was gone
D G
and I don't want to make you cry.
G C
So let's just kiss and say goodbye
G D
and I'll be gone.
G C
A Black smoke blowin' over eighteen wheels
D G
well honey that's my home.
C G
Black smoke a'blowin' over eighteen wheels
D G
is the only home I've ever known.
C
Black smoke a'blowin' over eighteen wheels
D G
well honey that's my home.
C
Black smoke a'blowin' over eighteen wheels
D G
well that's home sweet home.
[Outro]
C D G
Red Simpson
[Intro]
G C D
[Verse]
G C
Well woman don't you put no bets on me
G D
that I might settle down.
G C
Cause I'm just not the settlin' kind
D G
I gotta chase a round.
Well I'm a truck drivin' daddy
C
and I keep on a goin'
G D
and it's just about time that I'm gone.
G C
A Black smoke blowin' over eighteen wheels
D G
well honey that's my home.
[Chorus]
C G
Black smoke blowin' over eighteen wheels
D G
is the only home I've ever known.
C
Black smoke a'blowin' over eighteen wheels
D G
well honey that's my home.
C D
[Instrumental] x2
G C G D G C D G
[Verse]
G C
Well I'd like to love you but I can't so I won't
G D
so what's the use to try?
G C
It wouldn't be long till my love was gone
D G
and I don't want to make you cry.
G C
So let's just kiss and say goodbye
G D
and I'll be gone.
G C
A Black smoke blowin' over eighteen wheels
D G
well honey that's my home.
C G
Black smoke a'blowin' over eighteen wheels
D G
is the only home I've ever known.
C
Black smoke a'blowin' over eighteen wheels
D G
well honey that's my home.
C
Black smoke a'blowin' over eighteen wheels
D G
well that's home sweet home.
[Outro]
C D G
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Red Vox
Red Wanting Blue
Red Warszawa
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