Thunder Road Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Well, let [D]me tell a [G]story, I can tell it all
About [C]the mountain [D]boy
who ran il[C]legal alcohol
[G]Well, his daddy made the whiskey,
the sun he drove the lull
And [C]when his engine roared,
[D]they called the highway[C] Thunder Road
[G]Sometimes out of Nashville,
sometimes Memphis town
The [C]revenuers, [D]they chased him,
but they [C]couldn't run him down
[G]Each time they thought they had him,
his engine would explode
And [C]he'd go by like [D]they were standing still
[C]on Thunder Roa[G]d
And there was [C]thunder,
thunder [G]over Thunder Road
Thun[D]der was his engine
and white [C]lightning was his load
[G]And there was moo[C]nshine, moonshine
with [G]which the devils thirst
The [D]law they swore they'd get him,
but [C]the devil got him [G]first
On the 1st of April, 1954,
A [C]federal man sent [D]word
he'd better [C]make his run no [G]more.
He said 200 engines
were covering the state,
[C]Whichever road [D]he tried to take,
they'd [C]get him sure as [G]fate.
Now son, his daddy told him,
make this run your last,
[C]Your tank is filled with [D]hundred proof,
you're [C]all tuned up in gas.
[G]Now, don't take any chances
if you can't get through
I'd [C]rather have you [D]back again
than [C]all that mountain dew
[G]And there was thu[C]nder,
thunder [G]over Thunder Road
Thun[D]der was his engine
and white [C]lightning was his load
[G]And there was moo[C]nshine, moonshine
to [G]quench the devil's thirst
The [D]law, they swore they'd get him,
but the [C]devil got him [G]first
Pulling [D]out of [G]Nashville
and revving up his mill
He [C]shot the gap at [D]Cumberland
and [C]screamed through Maynardville
[G]With T -men on his taillights
and roadblocks up ahead
That [C]mountain boy took [D]roads
that even an[C]gels feared to [G]tread
Roaring right through Knoxville
and out on Kingston Pike
Then right [C]outside of [D]Bearden
there [C]they made their fatal strike
[G]Well he left the road at night and that's
All there is to say,
the [C]devil got his [D]moonshine
And the [C]mountain boy that [G]day,
there was [C]thunder, thunder
[G]Over Thunder Road,
thun[D]der was his engine
And white [C]lightning was his load
[G]And there was moo[C]nshine, moonshine
To [G]quench the devil's thirst
The [D]law, they swore they'd get him
But the dev[C]il got him [G]first
Yeah, the [D]law, they swore they'd get him
But the [C]devil got him [G]first.