The Legend Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][G][G]

[Chorus 1]
You [C]heard about the legend of Jesse James
[G]And John Henry,
just to mention some names
But there's a [C]truck driving legend
in the south today
A [G]man called Bandit from Atlanta G.A.
[C]Every gear jammer knows his name
They [G]swear he got icewater runnin' in his veins
A [C]foot like lead, and nerves like steel
He's [Em]gonna go to glory ridin 18 [G]wheels[C]

[Verse 1]
He [G]left Atlanta back in '63
Haulin' him a load up to [D]Tennessee
He [G]hit Monteagle in a [C]driving rain
So [G]hard he couldn't even see the passing lane
Well he started down the grade
when he [C]lost the gear
He [G]hit them brakes found he [D]had no air
The [G]Monteagle grade is [C]steep and long
And every[G]body that seen it
thought the Bandit was [G]gone[C]

[Verse 2]
Well his [G]truck jack-knifed,
turned completely 'round
He was coming down backwards
'bout the [D]speed of sound
A [G]lot of folks seen him and [C]they all say
He had his [G]head out the window
yelling clear the way
Well he got to the [C]bottom safe and sound
Every[G]body asked Bandit how he [D]made it down
He said [G]folks when the truck
picked up [C]too much speed
I just [G]ran along beside it and drug my feet

[Chorus 2]
[C]You heard about the legend of Jesse James
[G]And John Henry,
just to mention some names
But there's a [C]truck driving legend
in the south today
A [G]man called Bandit from Atlanta G.A.
[C]Every gear jammer knows his name
They [G]swear he got icewater runnin' in his veins
A [C]foot like lead, and nerves like steel
He's [Em]gonna go to glory ridin 18

[Outro 1]
[G](wheels)[C][G][C]
[G][C][G][C]
[Repeat and fade]