Ballad Of Thunder Road chords by
Jim & Jesse
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Key: F minor•
Verse 1
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Fsus4
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Now let me tell a story,
I can tell it all
C
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About the mountain boy
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who ran illegal alcohol
His daddy made the whiskey,
the son, he drove the load
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And when his engine roared,
Fm
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they called the highway thunder road
Verse 2
F
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Sometimes into Ashville,
sometimes Memphis Town
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The revenuers, they chased him,
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but they couldn't run him down
Each time they thought they had him,
his engine would explode
C
C

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He'd go by like they were standing
F
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still on thunder road
Verse 3
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There was thunder,
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thunder over thunder road
C
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Thunder was his engine and white
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lightning was his load
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There was moonshine,
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moonshine to quench the devil's thirst
C
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The law they swore they'd get him,
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but the devil got him first
Verse 4
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On the first of April, 1954
C
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The federal man sent word,
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he better make his run no more
He said 200 agents were
covering the state
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Whichever road he'd try to take,
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they'd get him sure as fate
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“Son”, his daddy told
Verse 5
him,
“Now make this run your last
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Your tank is filled with 100 proof,
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you're all tuned up and gassed
Now don't take any chances,
if you can't get through
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I'd rather have you back again
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than all that mountain dew”
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There was thunder,
Verse 6
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thunder over thunder road
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Thunder was his engine and white
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lightning was his load
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Bbm
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There was moonshine,
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moonshine to quench the devil's thirst
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The law they swore they'd get him,
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but the devil got him first
Verse 7
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Roaring out of Harlan,
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revving up his mill
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He shot the gap at Cumberland
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and screamed through Maynardville
With G- men on his tail light,
roadblocks up ahead
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The mountain boy took roads that
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even angels feared to tread
Verse 8
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Blazing right through Knoxville,
out on Kingston Pike
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Then right outside of Bearden, there
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they made the fatal strike
He left the road at ninety,
that's all there is to say
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The devil got the moonshine and
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the mountain boy that day
Verse 9
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There was thunder,
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thunder over thunder road
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Thunder was his engine and white
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lightning was his load
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There was moonshine,
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Fm
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C
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moonshine to quench the devil's thirst
The law they swore they'd get him,
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but the devil got him first
Outro 1
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