The Legend chords by
Bill Justis
Jerry Reed
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Key: G major

Intro 1

Verse 1
C C 
 
You heard about the legend
G G 
 
of Jesse James
John Henry just to mention some names
C C 
 
But there's a truck driving
legend in the south today
G G 
 
C C 
 
A man called Bandit from Atlanta G.A.

Verse 2
C C 
 
Every gear jammer knows
his name
G G 
 
They swear he got
icewater runnin in his veins
C C 
 
Foot like lead, and nerves like steel
Em Em 
 
He's gonna go to glory
D D 
 
G G 
 
ridin 18 wheels
C C 
 

Verse 3
G G 
 
He left Atlanta back in '63
D D 
 
Callin him the loner from Tennessee
G G 
 
C C 
 
He hit Mont Eagle in the driving rain
G G 
 
So hard he couldn't even
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
see the passing lane

Verse 4
D D 
 
G G 
 
Well he started down the
C C 
 
grade when he lost the gear
G G 
 
D D 
 
He hit them brakes found he had no air
G G 
 
C C 
 
The Mont Eagle grade is steep and long
G G 
 
And everbody that seen it thought

Verse 5
the Bandit was gone
C C 
 
G G 
 
Well his truck jack- knifed
turned completely 'round
He was coming down backwards
D D 
 
'bout the speed of sound
G G 
 
C C 
 
Alot of folks seen him and they all say
G G 
 
He had his head out the
C C 
 
F F 
 
windae Yelling clear the way
D D 
 
Well he

Verse 6
Gm Gm 
 
G G 
 
got to the bottom
C C 
 
safe and sound
G G 
 
Everybody asked Bandit
D D 
 
how he made it down
G G 
 
He said folks when the truck
C C 
 
picked up too much speed
G G 
 
I just run along beside it and drug my feet

Verse 7
C C 
 
You heard about the legend
G G 
 
of Jesse James
John Henry just to mention some names
C C 
 
But there's a truck driving
legend in the south today
G G 
 
C C 
 
A man called Bandit from Atlanta G.A.

Verse 8
C C 
 
Every gear jammer knows his name
G G 
 
They swear he got
icewater runnin in his veins
C C 
 
Foot like lead, and nerves like steel
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
He's goin up to glory ridin
G G 
 
18 wheels

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