Phantom 309 chords by The Nashville Riders

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Verse 1
C 
I  was out on the west coast
trying to make a buck,
Em 
and things didn't work out.
I was down on my luck.
F 
C 
F 
I got tired of roaming and bombing around,
G 
so I started thumbing back east
C 
toward my hometown.
Made a lot of miles the first two days,
Em 
and I figured I'd be home in a week
F 
if my luck held out this way.
But third night I got stranded
G 
way out of town,
at a cold lowly crossroads
C 
rain was pouring down.
G 
C 
I was hungry and freezing
and done caught a chill
Em 
when the lights of the big semi
topped the hill.
F 
Lord I sure glad to hear them
air brakes come on
G 
and I climbed in that cab
where I knew it'd be warm.
C 
At the wheel said a big man,
Em 
he weighed about 210.
He stuck out his hand
and said with a grin
F 
big Joe's the name,
and I told him mine,
G 
and he said the name of
my rig is Phantom 309.
C 
Well, I asked him why he called
Am 
C 
his rig such a name.
He said, son, this old Mack
Em 
can put them all to shame.
There ain't a driver or a rig running any line
F 
that's seen nothing but taillights
G 
from Phantom 309.
Well, we rode and talked
C 
the better part of the night
Em 
when the lights of  a truck
stop came inside.
He said, I'm sorry son,
F 
C 
this is far as you go,
F 
cause I gotta make a turn
G 
just on up the road.
C 
Well, he tossed me a dime
and he pulled her in low
and said, have yourself a hot cup,
my old Big Joe.
Em 
When Joe and his rig
roared out into the night
F 
in nothing flat he is clean out of sight.
G 
Dm 
G 
Em 
Well, I went inside and ordered me a cup,
G 
C 
told the waiter Big Joe was setting me up.
Em 
Oh, you could have heard a pin drop.
It got deathly quiet
F 
and the waiter's face
turned kind of white.
G 
Well, did I say something wrong?
Gm 
G 
C 
I said with a  halfway grin.
He said, no,
G 
C 
this happens every now and then.
Every driver in here knows Big Joe.
Em 
Well, son, let me tell you
F 
what happened about 10 years ago.
At the crossroads tonight where
G 
you flagged him down
there was a busload of kids
coming from town
C 
and they were right in the middle
Em 
when Big Joe topped the hill.
It could have been slaughter
F 
but he turned his wheels.
G 
Well Joe lost control
and went into a skid
C 
and gave his life to save
that bunch of kids.
G 
C 
And there at that crossroads
was the end of the line
Em 
for Big Joe and Phantom 309.
F 
C 
But every now and then
F 
some hiker will come by
G 
and Like you,
Big Joe'll give them a ride.
C 
Here, have another cup.
Em 
And forget about the dime,
keep it as a souvenir
F 
from Big Joe and Phantom 309.