Phantom 309 chords by
Ferlin Husky
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Key: C major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I was out on the West Coast,
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tryin' to make a buck
And things didn't work out,
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I was down on my luck
Got tired a- roamin' and bummin' around
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So I started thumbin' back East,
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toward my home town.
Verse 2
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Made a lot of miles,
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the first two days
And I figured I'd be home in week,
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if my luck held out this way
But, the third night I got stranded,
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way out of town
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At a cold, lonely crossroads,
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C
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rain was pourin' down.
Verse 3
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I was hungry and freezin',
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done caught a chill
When the lights of a big semi
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topped the hill
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Lord, I sure was glad to hear
them air brakes come on
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And I climbed in that cab,
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where I knew it'd be warm.
Verse 4
At the wheel sit a big man,
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he weighed about two- ten
He stuck out his hand and
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said with a grin
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"Big Joe's the name",
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I told him mine
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C
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And he said: "The name of my
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rig is Phantom 309."
Verse 5
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I asked him why he called his
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rig such a name
He said: "Son,
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this old Mack can put 'em all to shame
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C
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There ain't a driver, or a rig,
a- runnin' any line
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Ain't seen nothin' but taillights
from Phantom 309."
Verse 6
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Well, we rode and talked
the better part of the night
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When the lights of a truck stop came in sight
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He said: "I'm sorry son,
this is as far as you go
'Cause, I gotta make a turn,
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just on up the road."
Verse 7
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Well, he tossed me a dime
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as he pulled her in low
And said: "Have yourself
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a cup on old Big Joe."
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C
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When Joe and his rig roared
out in the night
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In nothin' flat,
Verse 8
he was clean out of sight.
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Well, I went inside and ordered me a cup
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Told the waiter Big Joe was
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C
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settin' me up
Aw!, you coulda heard a pin drop,
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it got deathly quiet
And the waiter's face
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turned kinda white.
Verse 9
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Well, did I say something wrong?
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I said with a halfway grin
He said: "Naw,
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this happens every now and then
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Ever' driver in here knows Big Joe
But son, let me tell you what
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happened about ten years ago.
Verse 10
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At the crossroads tonight,
where you flagged him down
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There was a bus load of kids,
comin' from town
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And they were right in the middle,
when Big Joe topped the hill
It could have been slaughter,
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but he turned his wheel.
Verse 11
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F
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Well, Joe lost control, went into a skid
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And gave his life to save that bunch- a kids
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An d there at that crossroads,
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was the end of the line
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For Big Joe and phantom 309
Verse 12
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But, every now and then,
some hiker'll come by
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And like you, Big Joe'll give 'em a ride
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C
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Here, have another cup
and forget about the dime
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Keep it as a souvenir,
Outro 1
from Big Joe and Phantom 309
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C
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