Chords for Phantom 309 , Red Sovine , 1967

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_ _ _ I was out on the west coast [Em] trying to make a buck _ and things didn't [F] work out.
I was down on my luck
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[G] Got tired of roaming and bumming around
[Em] _ _
[C] So I started thumbing back east toward my [Em] hometown
_ _ _ Made a lot of miles the first two [F] days
_ And I figured I'd be home in a week if my luck [G] held out this way
_ _ But the third [C] night I got stranded way out of town
_ [G]
At a cold lonely crossroads rain was pouring down.
[Em] _ _ I was hungry and freezing done [Fm] caught a chill
[F] _ When the lights of a big semi [G] top the hill
_ _ _ Lord, I sure [C] was glad to hear them air brakes.
Come on _ _
[Em] And I climbed in that cab where I knew it'd be [F] warm
_ _ _ At the wheel set a big [G] man.
He weighed about 210 _ _
[C] He stuck out his hand and said with a grin _
Big Joe's the name I told him mine [Em] and he said the name of my rig is phantom 309
[F] _ _ Well, I asked him why he called his rig [G] such a name
_ He said son this [C] old Mac can put them all to shame _ _
[Em] There ain't a driver or a rig a run at any line
[F] _ That's seen [Dm] nothing but [F] taillights from [G] phantom 309 _ _ _ _
[C] Well, we rode and talked the better part of the [B] night
_ [C] When the lights of a truck stop came in sight
_ [Em] _ He said I'm sorry son.
This is far as you [F] go
_ Because I got to make a turn [G] just on up the road
_ _ Well, he tossed [C] me a dime as he pulled her in low
_ And said have [Em] yourself a hot cup on old Big Joe _
When [F] Joe and his rig Lord out in the night _
[G] In nothing flat.
He was clean out of sight _
_ [C] _ _ Well, I went inside and ordered me a cup
_ Told the waiter Big Joe was setting me [Em] up.
_ _ Oh
You could have heard a pen top.
_ [F] It got deathly quiet and the [G] waiters face turned kind of white
_ _ [Em]
Well, [C] did I say something wrong?
I said with a [D] halfway grin
[Em] _ He said no this happens every now and [F] then
_ Every driver in here knows Big Joe
[G] _ _ But son, [Em] let me tell you what happened about [C] ten years ago _ _ _ _
At the crossroads tonight where you flagged him down
There [Em] _ was a busload of kids coming from town
[F] _ And they were right in the middle when Big Joe [Em] topped the hill
[G] _ _ It could have been slaughter
[C] _ But he turned his wheels _ _
_ [Em] Well, Joe lost control went into a skid
[F] _ And gave his life to save that bunch of kids [G] _ and there at that crossroads
[C] Was the end of a line
_ for Big Joe and Phantom 309 _ _ _
But [Em] every now and then some hiker will come by _ [F] and like you Big Joe give him a ride
_ [G] _ Here have another cup and forget about the dime
[C] _ _ Keep it as a souvenir
[D] _
[Em] from Big Joe and
Phantom _ [F] 309 _ _ _ _ _ _