Ballad of Thunder Road Chords by Jim & Jesse
Tempo:
140.45 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
Fm
Bb
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Fm]
Now let me tell a story, I can tell it all, [Bb] About the mountain [C] boy who ran illegal alcohol.
His daddy made the whiskey, the son he drove along,
[Cm] And when his engine roared, they called [D] the highway Thunder Road.
[F] Sometimes into Asheville, sometimes Memphis town,
[C] The reverend used to chase him, [F] but they couldn't run him down.
Each time they thought they had him, his engine would explode.
[C] It'd go by like they were [F] standing still on Thunder Road.
[Bb] There was thunder, thunder [F] over Thunder [C] Road.
Thunder was his engine, and [F] white lightning was his load.
[Bb] There was moonshine, [F] moonshine to quench the devil's thirst.
[C] All this wool he'd give you, but the devil got him [Fm] fun.
On the first of April, 1954,
The [C] federal man said, word he'd better [Cm] make his run no more.
He said two hundred agents were covering the state.
[C] Whichever road he tried to take, [Fm] they'd get him sure as fate.
[F] Son, his daddy told him, now make this run your last.
[C] Your tank is filled with thunder proof, [F] you're all tuned up in gas.
Now don't take any chances, if you can't get through,
[C] I'd rather have you back again [F] than all that mountain dew.
[Bb] There was thunder, thunder [F] over Thunder [C] Road.
Thunder was his engine, and white lightning was his load.
[Bb] There was moonshine, moonshine [F] to quench the devil's thirst.
[C] All this wool he'd give you, but the devil got him [Fm] fun.
Roaring out of Harlan, revving up this mill.
He [C] shot the gap at Cumberland and [Fm] screamed through Maynardville.
With G-men on his tail light, those blocks up ahead.
The [C] mountain boys approached, that evil [Fm] angel's fear to tread.
[F] Blazing right through Knoxville, out on Kingston Pike.
[C] Then right outside of Deerden, there [F] they made the fatal strike.
He left the road at ninety, that's all there is to say.
[C] The devil got the moonshine and [F] the mountain for [Bb] that day.
There was thunder, thunder [F] over Thunder [C] Road.
Thunder was his engine, [F] and white lightning was his load.
[Bb] There was moonshine, moonshine to quench the devil's [C] thirst.
All this wool he'd give you, but the devil got [Fm] him fun.
Now let me tell a story, I can tell it all, [Bb] About the mountain [C] boy who ran illegal alcohol.
His daddy made the whiskey, the son he drove along,
[Cm] And when his engine roared, they called [D] the highway Thunder Road.
[F] Sometimes into Asheville, sometimes Memphis town,
[C] The reverend used to chase him, [F] but they couldn't run him down.
Each time they thought they had him, his engine would explode.
[C] It'd go by like they were [F] standing still on Thunder Road.
[Bb] There was thunder, thunder [F] over Thunder [C] Road.
Thunder was his engine, and [F] white lightning was his load.
[Bb] There was moonshine, [F] moonshine to quench the devil's thirst.
[C] All this wool he'd give you, but the devil got him [Fm] fun.
On the first of April, 1954,
The [C] federal man said, word he'd better [Cm] make his run no more.
He said two hundred agents were covering the state.
[C] Whichever road he tried to take, [Fm] they'd get him sure as fate.
[F] Son, his daddy told him, now make this run your last.
[C] Your tank is filled with thunder proof, [F] you're all tuned up in gas.
Now don't take any chances, if you can't get through,
[C] I'd rather have you back again [F] than all that mountain dew.
[Bb] There was thunder, thunder [F] over Thunder [C] Road.
Thunder was his engine, and white lightning was his load.
[Bb] There was moonshine, moonshine [F] to quench the devil's thirst.
[C] All this wool he'd give you, but the devil got him [Fm] fun.
Roaring out of Harlan, revving up this mill.
He [C] shot the gap at Cumberland and [Fm] screamed through Maynardville.
With G-men on his tail light, those blocks up ahead.
The [C] mountain boys approached, that evil [Fm] angel's fear to tread.
[F] Blazing right through Knoxville, out on Kingston Pike.
[C] Then right outside of Deerden, there [F] they made the fatal strike.
He left the road at ninety, that's all there is to say.
[C] The devil got the moonshine and [F] the mountain for [Bb] that day.
There was thunder, thunder [F] over Thunder [C] Road.
Thunder was his engine, [F] and white lightning was his load.
[Bb] There was moonshine, moonshine to quench the devil's [C] thirst.
All this wool he'd give you, but the devil got [Fm] him fun.
Key:
C
F
Fm
Bb
Cm
C
F
Fm
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_ _ _ Now let me tell a story, I can tell it all, [Bb] About the mountain [C] boy who ran illegal alcohol.
His daddy made the whiskey, the son he drove along,
[Cm] And when his engine roared, they called [D] the highway Thunder Road.
_ [F] Sometimes into Asheville, sometimes Memphis town,
[C] The reverend used to chase him, [F] but they couldn't run him down.
Each time they thought they had him, his engine would explode.
[C] It'd go by like they were [F] standing still on Thunder Road.
[Bb] There was thunder, thunder [F] over Thunder [C] Road.
Thunder was his engine, and [F] white lightning was his load.
[Bb] There was moonshine, [F] moonshine to quench the devil's thirst.
[C] All this wool he'd give you, but the devil got him [Fm] fun. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ On the first of April, _ _ 1954,
The [C] federal man said, word he'd better [Cm] make his run no more.
He said two hundred agents were covering the state.
[C] Whichever road he tried to take, [Fm] they'd get him sure as fate.
[F] Son, his daddy told him, now make this run your last.
[C] Your tank is filled with thunder proof, [F] you're all tuned up in gas.
Now don't take any chances, if you can't get through,
[C] I'd rather have you back again [F] than all that mountain dew.
[Bb] There was thunder, _ thunder [F] over Thunder [C] Road.
Thunder was his engine, and white lightning was his load.
[Bb] There was moonshine, moonshine [F] to quench the devil's thirst.
[C] All this wool he'd give you, but the devil got him [Fm] fun. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Roaring out of Harlan, revving up this mill.
He [C] shot the gap at Cumberland and [Fm] screamed through Maynardville.
With G-men on his tail light, those blocks up ahead.
The [C] mountain boys approached, that evil [Fm] angel's fear to tread.
[F] Blazing right through Knoxville, out on Kingston Pike.
[C] Then right outside of Deerden, there [F] they made the fatal strike.
He left the road at ninety, that's all there is to say.
[C] The devil got the moonshine and [F] the mountain for [Bb] that day.
There was thunder, thunder [F] over Thunder [C] Road.
Thunder was his engine, [F] and white lightning was his load.
[Bb] There was moonshine, moonshine to quench the devil's [C] thirst.
All this wool he'd give you, but the devil got [Fm] him fun. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Now let me tell a story, I can tell it all, [Bb] About the mountain [C] boy who ran illegal alcohol.
His daddy made the whiskey, the son he drove along,
[Cm] And when his engine roared, they called [D] the highway Thunder Road.
_ [F] Sometimes into Asheville, sometimes Memphis town,
[C] The reverend used to chase him, [F] but they couldn't run him down.
Each time they thought they had him, his engine would explode.
[C] It'd go by like they were [F] standing still on Thunder Road.
[Bb] There was thunder, thunder [F] over Thunder [C] Road.
Thunder was his engine, and [F] white lightning was his load.
[Bb] There was moonshine, [F] moonshine to quench the devil's thirst.
[C] All this wool he'd give you, but the devil got him [Fm] fun. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ On the first of April, _ _ 1954,
The [C] federal man said, word he'd better [Cm] make his run no more.
He said two hundred agents were covering the state.
[C] Whichever road he tried to take, [Fm] they'd get him sure as fate.
[F] Son, his daddy told him, now make this run your last.
[C] Your tank is filled with thunder proof, [F] you're all tuned up in gas.
Now don't take any chances, if you can't get through,
[C] I'd rather have you back again [F] than all that mountain dew.
[Bb] There was thunder, _ thunder [F] over Thunder [C] Road.
Thunder was his engine, and white lightning was his load.
[Bb] There was moonshine, moonshine [F] to quench the devil's thirst.
[C] All this wool he'd give you, but the devil got him [Fm] fun. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Roaring out of Harlan, revving up this mill.
He [C] shot the gap at Cumberland and [Fm] screamed through Maynardville.
With G-men on his tail light, those blocks up ahead.
The [C] mountain boys approached, that evil [Fm] angel's fear to tread.
[F] Blazing right through Knoxville, out on Kingston Pike.
[C] Then right outside of Deerden, there [F] they made the fatal strike.
He left the road at ninety, that's all there is to say.
[C] The devil got the moonshine and [F] the mountain for [Bb] that day.
There was thunder, thunder [F] over Thunder [C] Road.
Thunder was his engine, [F] and white lightning was his load.
[Bb] There was moonshine, moonshine to quench the devil's [C] thirst.
All this wool he'd give you, but the devil got [Fm] him fun. _ _ _
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