Ballad of Thunder Road chords by
Robert Mitchum

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Key: C minor

Verse 1
Am Am 
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Let me tell the story, I can tell it all
E E 
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A A 
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E E 
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About the mountain boy who ran
Am Am 
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illegal  alcohol
His daddy made the whiskey,
son he drove the load
E E 
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When his engine roared they called
A A 
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the highway "Thunder Road"
E E 
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Am Am 
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Sometimes in

Verse 2
E E 
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to Ashville,
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E E 
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sometimes Memphis town
The Revenuers chased him but
they couldn't run him down
C#m C#m 4
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E E 
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Each time they thought they had him
his engine would explode
He'd go by like they were standing
A A 
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E E 
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still on "Thunder Road"

Verse 3
D D 
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And there was thunder,
A A 
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C#m C#m 4
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thunder over "Thunder Road"
E E 
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Thunder was his engine and
white lightening was his load
Am Am 
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Dm Dm 
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And there was moonshine,
E E 
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Am Am 
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moonshine to quench the devil's thirst
E E 
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The law they swore they'd get him but
Am Am 
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the devil got him first

Verse 4
Am Am 
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On the first of April, 1954
E E 
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A federal man sent word he'd better
Am Am 
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make his run no more
He said, "Two- hundred agents
were covering the state
E E 
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Which ever road he tried to take
Am Am 
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A A 
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they'd get him sure as fate"
E E 
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A A 
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"Son," his daddy

Verse 5
told him,
"Make this run your last
E E 
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The tank is filled with 100 proof,
A A 
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you're all tuned up and gassed
Now don't take any chances,
if you can't get through
E E 
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I'd rather have you back again than
A A 
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all that Mountain Dew"

Verse 6
D D 
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And there was thunder,
A A 
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thunder over "Thunder Road"
E E 
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Thunder was his engine and white
A A 
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lightening was his load
Dm Dm 
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And there was moonshine,
E E 
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moonshine to quench the devil's thirst
The law they swore they'd get him
C C 
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but the devil got him first
Am Am 
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Roaring out of Harlan,

Verse 7
revving up his mill
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He shot the Gap at Cumberland
Am Am 
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and streamed by  Maynardville
With G men on his tail light,
road block up ahead
E E 
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The mountain boy took roads
Am Am 
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that even angels fear to tread
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A A 
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Blazing right

Verse 8
through Knoxville,
out on Kingston Pike
E E 
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Then right outside of Bearden, there
Am Am 
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A A 
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they made the fatal strike
Am Am 
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A A 
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He left the road at 90, that's
all there is to say
E E 
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The devil got the moonshine
A A 
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and the mountain boy that day

Verse 9
D D 
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And there was thunder,
A A 
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thunder over "Thunder Road"
E E 
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Thunder was his engine and
white lightening was his load
A A 
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Dm Dm 
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And there was moonshine,
E E 
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Am Am 
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moonshine to quench the devil's thirst
E E 
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The law they never got him 'cause
Am Am 
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the devil got him first
E E 
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Law they never got him 'cause
G# G# 4
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B B 2
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Am Am 
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the devil  got him first
(Thunder, thunder, thunder, oh)

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