Turn the Page
by Bob Seger

Transcribed by John Gaughan (john@johngaughan.net)

Key:  A minor
Time: 4/4


Verse 1:
     Em
On a long and lonesome highway, east of Omaha,
        Dm
You can listen to the engine moanin' out its one-note song,
        Am                                                        Em
You can think about the woman, or the girl you knew the night before.

         Em
But your thoughts will soon be wanderin', the way they always do,
            Dm
When you're ridin' sixteen hours and there's nothing much to do,
        Am                                                             Em
And you don't feel much like ridin', you just wish the trip was through.


Chorus:
           Dm         Em
Say Here I am, on the road again,
        Dm            Em
There I am, up on the stage,
       Dm          Am
Here I go, playin' star again,
        Cm Dm          Em
There I go,   turn the page.


Verse 2:
         Em
Well you walk in-to a restaurant, strung out from the road,
        Dm
And you feel the eyes up-on you, as you shakin' off cold,
       Am                                                      Em
You pretend it doesn't bother you, but you just want to explode.

     Em
Most times you can't hear 'em talk, other times you can,
        Dm
All the same old cliches, is that a woman or a man,
        Am                                                 Em
And you always seem outnumbered, you don't dare make a stand.


Chorus:
       Dm         Em
Here I am, on the road again,
        Dm       Em
There I am, up on the stage,
       Dm          Am
Here I go, playin' star again,
        Cm Dm          Em
There I go,   turn the page.


Verse 3:

Em
Out there in the spotlight you're a million miles away,
Dm
Every ounce of energy, you try to give away,
       Am                                                     Em
As the sweat pours out your body, like the music that you play.

Em
Later in the evenin', as you lie awake in bed,
         Dm
With the echos from the amplifiers ringin' in your head,
    Am                                                       Em
You smoke the day's last cigarette, rememberin' what she said.


Chorus:
           Dm         Em
Ah, Here I am, on the road again,
        Dm       Em
There I am, up on the stage,
       Dm          Am
Here I go, playin' star again,
        Cm Dm          Em
There I go,   turn the page.


Chorus:
       Dm         Em
Here I am, on the road again,
        Dm       Em
There I am, up on the stage,
       Dm          Am
Here I go, playin' star again,
        Cm Dm         Em
There I go,   there I go!