Ballad Of Thunder Road chords by Jim & Jesse
Verse 1
Em
Esus4
Em
E
Esus4
Em
Now let me tell a story,
I can tell it all
B
About the mountain boy
Em
who ran illegal alcohol
His daddy made the whiskey,
the son, he drove the load
B
And when his engine roared,
Em
they called the highway thunder road
Verse 2
E
Sometimes into Ashville,
sometimes Memphis Town
B
The revenuers, they chased him,
E
but they couldn't run him down
Each time they thought they had him,
his engine would explode
B
He'd go by like they were standing
E
still on thunder road
Verse 3
A
There was thunder,
E
thunder over thunder road
B
Thunder was his engine and white
Em
lightning was his load
Am
There was moonshine,
E
Em
moonshine to quench the devil's thirst
B
The law they swore they'd get him,
Em
but the devil got him first
Verse 4
Em
On the first of April, 1954
B
The federal man sent word,
Em
he better make his run no more
He said 200 agents were
covering the state
Bsus4
B
Whichever road he'd try to take,
Em
they'd get him sure as fate
E
“Son”, his daddy told
Verse 5
him,
“Now make this run your last
B
Your tank is filled with 100 proof,
E
you're all tuned up and gassed
Now don't take any chances,
if you can't get through
B
I'd rather have you back again
E
than all that mountain dew”
A
There was thunder,
Verse 6
A
E
thunder over thunder road
B
Thunder was his engine and white
E
lightning was his load
A
Am
There was moonshine,
E
Em
moonshine to quench the devil's thirst
B
The law they swore they'd get him,
Em
but the devil got him first
Verse 7
Em
Roaring out of Harlan,
E
Em
revving up his mill
B
He shot the gap at Cumberland
Em
and screamed through Maynardville
With G- men on his tail light,
roadblocks up ahead
B
The mountain boy took roads that
Em
even angels feared to tread
Verse 8
E
Blazing right through Knoxville,
out on Kingston Pike
B
Then right outside of Bearden, there
E
they made the fatal strike
He left the road at ninety,
that's all there is to say
B
The devil got the moonshine and
E
the mountain boy that day
Verse 9
A
There was thunder,
E
thunder over thunder road
B
Thunder was his engine and white
Em
lightning was his load
Am
There was moonshine,
E
Em
B
moonshine to quench the devil's thirst
The law they swore they'd get him,
Em
but the devil got him first
Outro 1
Em
B
Em
Ballad Of Thunder Road
Jim & Jesse
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