Chords for Phantom 309 Red Sovine

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_ _ _ [Em] I was out on the west coast trying to make a buck _ _ and things didn't work [F] out.
I was down on my luck _
Got [G] tired of roaming and bumming [Em] around _
So [C] 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 [G] luck held out this way
_ _ [Em] But the third night I got stranded way out of town
_ At a [C] cold lonely crossroads rain was pouring down.
_ [Em] _ I was hungry and freezing done [F] caught a chill
_ When the lights of a big semi [G] top the hill
_ _ Lord, I sure [C] was glad to hear them air brakes.
Come on
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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
_ [Dm] He [C] stuck out his hand and said with a grin _
Big Joe's the name [G] I [Am] told him [Em] mine and he said the name of my rig is phantom 309
[F] _ Well, I asked him why he called his [G] rig 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 nothing but taillights from [G] phantom 309
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Well, we rode and talked [Am] the better part of the night
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[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 roared out in the night _ _
[G] In nothing flat.
He was clean out of sight
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[C] _ _ Well, I went inside and [Am] ordered me [B] a cup [C] _ told the waiter big [Em] Joe was setting me up
_ All you could have heard a pin drop _
[F] It got deathly quiet and the [G] waiters face turned kind of white
_ _ Well, [C] did I say something wrong?
I said with a 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 [G] happened about [C] ten years ago
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[C] At the crossroads tonight where you flagged him down _
[Em] There 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
_ Well, [Em] _ 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?
_ [G] Big Joe [E] and [C] phantom 309
_ _ _ [Em] But 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 down
[C] _ Keep it as a souvenir _
[Em] from Big Joe [A] and phantom [G] 309
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