The ballad of thunder road

The ballad of thunder road easy guitar chords by R.b. Morris

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E A D G B E

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  • B

    2
  • A

  • Em

  • G

  • E

  • Am

  • C

  • B

    2
  • A

  • Em

  • G

  • E

  • Am

  • C

  • Verse 1
    B
    A
    B
    Em
    B
    A
    Em

    Let Me
    B

    Tell tell the story I can tell it all

    About the mountain boy
    Em

    who ran illegal alcohol
    B

    His daddy made the whiskey

    The sun he drove the load

    And when his engines roared
    Em

    They called the highway Thun
    G
    Em
    G

    der Road
    Em

    Sometimes into Asheville

    Sometimes Memphis town
    B

    The revenuers chased him
    Em

    But they couldn't run him down

    Each time they thought they had him

    His engine would explode
    B

    He'd go by like they were
    Em

    Standing still on Thunder Road
    E
    A

    And there was thunder, thunder
    E

    Over Thunder Road
    B

    Thunder was his engine
    E

    White lightning was his load
    Em
    Am

    And there was moonshine, moonshine
    Em

    To quench the devil's thirst
    B

    The law they swore they'd get him
    Em

    But the devil got him first

    On the 1st of April, 1954,
    Am
    B

    a federal man sent word
    Em

    he'd better make that run no more

    I got 200 agents coverin' the state,
    B

    whatever road he takes
    Em

    you know we'll get him short his fate

    My son, his daddy told him,

    make this run your last
    B

    You're all filled up with

    hundred proof,
    Em

    you're all tuned up and gassed
    B
    Em

    But don't take any chances,

    if you can't get through
    B

    I'd rather have you back again
    Em

    than all that mountain dew
    E
    A

    And there was thunder, thunder
    E
    Em

    over Thunder Row
    B

    Thunder was his engine,
    E

    white lightning was his load
    A
    Am

    There was moonshine, moonshine
    Em

    to quench the devil's thirst
    B

    All they swore they'd get him,
    Em

    but the devil got him first
    C
    Em
    Verse 2


    He come roaring out of Harlan,

    revving up his mill
    B

    He shot the gap at Cumberland
    Em

    and screamed by Maynard Hill

    With G -Men on his taillights,

    roadblocks up ahead
    B

    The mountain boy took roads
    Em

    that even angels fear to tread

    He come blazin' through Knoxville,

    out on Kingston Pike
    B

    Just outside of Bearden,
    Em

    they'd made the fatal strike

    He left the road at nine,

    yeah, that's all there is to say
    B

    The devil got the moonshine
    Em

    and the mountain boy that day
    E
    A

    And there was thunder, thunder,
    E
    A

    over Thunder Road
    B

    Thunder was his engine,
    Em

    white lightning was his load
    Am

    And there was moonshine,
    Em

    moonshine,

    quench the devil's thirst
    B

    The law they swore they'd get him,
    E
    Em

    but the devil got him first
    B

    The law they never got him,
    Em
    G

    cause the devil got him first
    Em
    G
    Em

    C

    Em
    B
    Em



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