Standard (EADGBE)
Take it away, won't you hear you play
till the lights go down.
Take it away, don't you wan't to stay
till there's no else around.
Take it away,...
Lonely driver out on the road
with a hundred miles to go.
Sole survivor carrying the load
switches on the radio.
Take it away,...
Take it away,...
I the audience watching the show
with a paper in his hand (in his hand, in his hand)
some important impresario
has a message for the band.
Take it away,...
You never know who may be listening to you
You never know who may be listening to you.
Take it away, take it away.
After hours late in the bar
by a darker corner seat
faded flowers wait in the jar
till the evening is complete.
End: with chords of the second part fading out.