E [Verse 1] E My Dad drove a rig on the north-coast run, And we'd go along for the ride, me and mum, A E B But most of the time we were home just a-waitin' for dad. E He'd pull in the yard, make the engine roar, Blast the horn as he slammed the door, F# B7 And we'd hear that old country music turned up loud. [Verse 2] E When he first heard the song about lights on the hill, He played it non stop and he loved it still, A E B He told me it happens on the highway all of the time. E He said if ever I run into the old S.D, I'm gonna tell him a few things that's happened to me, F# B7 E Cause there might be a song in this old life of mine! [Bridge] B So I thought id drop a line, to tell your dad, E About all the tapes and records he had, F# B Cause he won't be around anymore to meet the old S.D. [Chorus] E When they pulled him from the wreck by the riverside, Lights on the hill was playin' when he died, A E B That song was the one that he heard the last. E You would never believe it could happen to you, But that's the one time it really came true, F# And lights on the hill, B E Was one truckies epitaph, [Instrumental] E A E B E F# B E [Bridge] B So I thought id drop a line, to tell your dad, E About all the tapes and records he had, F# B Cause he won't be around anymore to meet the old S.D. [Chorus] E When they pulled him from the wreck by the riverside, Lights on the hill was playin' when he died, A E B That song was the one that he heard the last. E You would never believe it could happen to you, But that's the one time it really came true, F# And lights on the hill, B E Was one truckies epitaph, F# Yeah, lights on the hill, B E Was one truckies epitaph