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