Ballad Of Thunder Road Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em]Now [Esus4]let me tel[Em]l a [E]sto[Esus4]ry,[Em]
I can tell it all
[B]About the mountain boy
who ran il[Em]legal alcohol
His daddy made the whiskey,
the son, he drove the load
[B]And when his engine roared,
they called [Em]the highway thunder road

[Verse 2]
[E]Sometimes into Ashville,
sometimes Memphis Town
The [B]revenuers, they chased him,
but they [E]couldn't run him down
Each time they thought they had him,
his engine would explode
[B]He'd go by like they were standing
[E]still on thunder road

[Verse 3]
There was [A]thunder,
thunder [E]over thunder road
[B]Thunder was his engine and white
[Em]lightning was his load
There was [Am]moonshine,
moonshine to [E]quench the [Em]devil's thirst
The [B]law they swore they'd get him,
but the devil got him [Em]first

[Verse 4]
[Em]
On the first of April, 1954
The [B]federal man sent word,
he better make his [Em]run no more
He said 200 agents were
covering the state
[Bsus4]Whichever[B] road he'd try to take,
they'd get him [Em]sure as fate
[E]“Son”, his daddy told

[Verse 5]
him,
“Now make this run your last
Your [B]tank is filled with 100 proof,
[E]you're all tuned up and gassed
Now don't take any chances,
if you can't get through
I'd [B]rather have you back again
[E]than all that mountain dew”
There was [A]thunder,

[Verse 6]
[A]
thunder [E]over thunder road
[B]Thunder was his engine and white
[E]lightning was his load
There was [A]moon[Am]shine,
moonshine to [E]quench the [Em]devil's thirst
The [B]law they swore they'd get him,
but the devil got him [Em]first

[Verse 7]
[Em]Roaring out of Harlan,
[E]revving up his mil[Em]l
[B]He shot the gap at Cumberland
[Em]and screamed through Maynardville
With G- men on his tail light,
roadblocks up ahead
The [B]mountain boy took roads that
even angels [Em]feared to tread

[Verse 8]
[E]Blazing right through Knoxville,
out on Kingston Pike
Then [B]right outside of Bearden, there
they [E]made the fatal strike
He left the road at ninety,
that's all there is to say
The [B]devil got the moonshine and
the moun[E]tain boy that day

[Verse 9]
There was [A]thunder,
thunder [E]over thunder road
[B]Thunder was his engine and white
[Em]lightning was his load
There was [Am]moonshine,
moonshine to [E]quench the devil's [Em]thirst[B]
The law they swore they'd get him,
but the devil got him [Em]first

[Outro 1]
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