Chords for The Ballad Of Thunder Road Robert Mitchum with Lyrics
Tempo:
130 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Gm
Cm
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Cm]
Let me tell the story, I can tell it all
[G] About the mountain boy who ran illegal [C] alcohol
[G] His daddy made the whiskey, son he drove alone
When his engine roared they called the highway Thunder Road
Sometimes into Asheville, sometimes Memphis town
The Revenue chased him but they couldn't run [D] him [G] down
Each time they thought they had him, [Dm] his engine would [G] explode
He'd go by like they were standing still on Thunder Road
And there [Am] was thunder, thunder [G] over Thunder Road
Thunder was his engine and white lightning was [F] his load
And there was [G#] moonshine, [Gm] moonshine, quashed the devil's thirst
[G] The law they swore they'd get him but the devil got [Cm] him first
On the first of April, 1954
[G] A federal man sent word he'd better make his run [C] no more
[Cm] He said two hundred agents were covering the state
[G] Whichever road he tried to take they'd get him sure his fate
Son his [Gm] daddy told him [C] make this run your last
[G] The tank is filled with hundred proof, you're all tuned [C] up and gassed
Now don't take any [G] chances, if you can't get through
I'd rather have you back again than pull that mountain [Dm] dew
And there was thunder, thunder [Am] over Thunder [G] Road
Thunder was his engine [Am] and white lightning was his load
And [Fm] there was moonshine, moonshine, [Gm] quashed the devil's thirst
[G] The law they swore they'd get him but the [Gm] devil got him first
[Cm] Roaring out of Harlan, revving up his mill
[Gm] He shot the gap at Cumberland and screamed by Maynardville
[Cm] With G-Man on his taillight, road logs up ahead
[G] A mountain boy that rode with the demon angels feared to tread
[C] Bladed [Gm] right through Knoxville, out on Kingston Pike
Then right outside of Bearden [C] there they made the fatal strike
He left the road at nighty, that's all there [Am] is to say
[G] The devil got the moonshine [C] and the mountain [F] boy that day
And there was thunder, [C] thunder over Thunder Road
[G] Thunder was his engine and white [Gm] lightning was his load
And there was [D] moonshine, [Gm] moonshine, quashed the devil's thirst
The law they never got him cause the devil got him first
[G] The law they never got him cause the [F#] devil [F] got him
Thunder, [Cm] thunder, thunder, oh
[D] [Cm]
Let me tell the story, I can tell it all
[G] About the mountain boy who ran illegal [C] alcohol
[G] His daddy made the whiskey, son he drove alone
When his engine roared they called the highway Thunder Road
Sometimes into Asheville, sometimes Memphis town
The Revenue chased him but they couldn't run [D] him [G] down
Each time they thought they had him, [Dm] his engine would [G] explode
He'd go by like they were standing still on Thunder Road
And there [Am] was thunder, thunder [G] over Thunder Road
Thunder was his engine and white lightning was [F] his load
And there was [G#] moonshine, [Gm] moonshine, quashed the devil's thirst
[G] The law they swore they'd get him but the devil got [Cm] him first
On the first of April, 1954
[G] A federal man sent word he'd better make his run [C] no more
[Cm] He said two hundred agents were covering the state
[G] Whichever road he tried to take they'd get him sure his fate
Son his [Gm] daddy told him [C] make this run your last
[G] The tank is filled with hundred proof, you're all tuned [C] up and gassed
Now don't take any [G] chances, if you can't get through
I'd rather have you back again than pull that mountain [Dm] dew
And there was thunder, thunder [Am] over Thunder [G] Road
Thunder was his engine [Am] and white lightning was his load
And [Fm] there was moonshine, moonshine, [Gm] quashed the devil's thirst
[G] The law they swore they'd get him but the [Gm] devil got him first
[Cm] Roaring out of Harlan, revving up his mill
[Gm] He shot the gap at Cumberland and screamed by Maynardville
[Cm] With G-Man on his taillight, road logs up ahead
[G] A mountain boy that rode with the demon angels feared to tread
[C] Bladed [Gm] right through Knoxville, out on Kingston Pike
Then right outside of Bearden [C] there they made the fatal strike
He left the road at nighty, that's all there [Am] is to say
[G] The devil got the moonshine [C] and the mountain [F] boy that day
And there was thunder, [C] thunder over Thunder Road
[G] Thunder was his engine and white [Gm] lightning was his load
And there was [D] moonshine, [Gm] moonshine, quashed the devil's thirst
The law they never got him cause the devil got him first
[G] The law they never got him cause the [F#] devil [F] got him
Thunder, [Cm] thunder, thunder, oh
[D] [Cm]
Key:
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_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Let me tell the story, I can tell it all
[G] About the mountain boy who ran illegal [C] alcohol
[G] His daddy made the whiskey, son he drove alone
When his engine roared they called the highway Thunder Road
Sometimes into Asheville, sometimes Memphis town
The Revenue chased him but they couldn't run [D] him [G] down
Each time they thought they had him, [Dm] his engine would [G] explode
He'd go by like they were standing still on Thunder Road
And there [Am] was thunder, thunder [G] over Thunder Road
Thunder was his engine and white lightning was [F] his load
And there was [G#] moonshine, [Gm] moonshine, quashed the devil's thirst
[G] The law they swore they'd get him but the devil got [Cm] him first _
On the first of April, _ 1954
[G] A federal man sent word he'd better make his run [C] no more
[Cm] He said two hundred agents were covering the state
[G] Whichever road he tried to take they'd get him sure his fate
Son his [Gm] daddy told him [C] make this run your last
[G] The tank is filled with hundred proof, you're all tuned [C] up and gassed
Now don't take any [G] chances, if you can't get through
I'd rather have you back again than pull that mountain [Dm] dew
And there was thunder, thunder [Am] over Thunder [G] Road
Thunder was his engine [Am] and white lightning was his load
And [Fm] there was moonshine, moonshine, [Gm] quashed the devil's thirst
[G] The law they swore they'd get him but the [Gm] devil got him first
[Cm] Roaring out of Harlan, revving up his mill
[Gm] He shot the gap at Cumberland and screamed by Maynardville
[Cm] With G-Man on his taillight, road logs up ahead
[G] A mountain boy that rode with the demon angels feared to tread
[C] Bladed [Gm] right through Knoxville, out on Kingston Pike
Then right outside of Bearden [C] there they made the fatal strike
He left the road at nighty, that's all there [Am] is to say
[G] The devil got the moonshine [C] and the mountain [F] boy that day
And there was thunder, _ [C] thunder over Thunder Road
[G] Thunder was his engine and white [Gm] lightning was his load
And there was [D] moonshine, [Gm] moonshine, quashed the devil's thirst
The law they never got him cause the devil got him first
[G] The law they never got him cause the [F#] devil [F] got him
Thunder, [Cm] thunder, _ thunder, oh
[D] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Let me tell the story, I can tell it all
[G] About the mountain boy who ran illegal [C] alcohol
[G] His daddy made the whiskey, son he drove alone
When his engine roared they called the highway Thunder Road
Sometimes into Asheville, sometimes Memphis town
The Revenue chased him but they couldn't run [D] him [G] down
Each time they thought they had him, [Dm] his engine would [G] explode
He'd go by like they were standing still on Thunder Road
And there [Am] was thunder, thunder [G] over Thunder Road
Thunder was his engine and white lightning was [F] his load
And there was [G#] moonshine, [Gm] moonshine, quashed the devil's thirst
[G] The law they swore they'd get him but the devil got [Cm] him first _
On the first of April, _ 1954
[G] A federal man sent word he'd better make his run [C] no more
[Cm] He said two hundred agents were covering the state
[G] Whichever road he tried to take they'd get him sure his fate
Son his [Gm] daddy told him [C] make this run your last
[G] The tank is filled with hundred proof, you're all tuned [C] up and gassed
Now don't take any [G] chances, if you can't get through
I'd rather have you back again than pull that mountain [Dm] dew
And there was thunder, thunder [Am] over Thunder [G] Road
Thunder was his engine [Am] and white lightning was his load
And [Fm] there was moonshine, moonshine, [Gm] quashed the devil's thirst
[G] The law they swore they'd get him but the [Gm] devil got him first
[Cm] Roaring out of Harlan, revving up his mill
[Gm] He shot the gap at Cumberland and screamed by Maynardville
[Cm] With G-Man on his taillight, road logs up ahead
[G] A mountain boy that rode with the demon angels feared to tread
[C] Bladed [Gm] right through Knoxville, out on Kingston Pike
Then right outside of Bearden [C] there they made the fatal strike
He left the road at nighty, that's all there [Am] is to say
[G] The devil got the moonshine [C] and the mountain [F] boy that day
And there was thunder, _ [C] thunder over Thunder Road
[G] Thunder was his engine and white [Gm] lightning was his load
And there was [D] moonshine, [Gm] moonshine, quashed the devil's thirst
The law they never got him cause the devil got him first
[G] The law they never got him cause the [F#] devil [F] got him
Thunder, [Cm] thunder, _ thunder, oh
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