Chords for Ballad Of Thunder Road
Tempo:
123.05 bpm
Chords used:
C
Fm
F
Bb
Bbm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Fm]
Now let me tell a story, I can tell it all, [C] About a mountain boy who ran [Fm] the illegal alcohol.
His daddy made the whiskey, the sonny drove the load, [C] And when his engine roared, they called [Fm] the highway Thunder Road.
[F]
Sometimes in DuPageville, sometimes Memphis town, [C] The revenues they chased him, but [F] they couldn't run him down.
Each time they thought they had him, his engine would explode.
[C] He'd go by like they were standing [F] still on Thunder Road.
There [Bb] was thunder, thunder [F] over Thunder Road.
[C] Thunder was his engine and [F] white [Fm] lightning was his load.
There [Bbm] was moonshine, [Fm] moonshine to quench the devil's thirst.
[C] A law they swore they'd get him, but the devil [Fm] got him first.
On the first of April, 1954, [C] A federal man said, word he'd [Fm] better 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 [F] as fate.
Now sonny's daddy told him, make this run your last.
[C] Your tank is filled [C] with hundred [F] proof, you're all tuned up in gas.
Now don't take any chances, if you can't get through, I'd rather have you back again than all that mountain dew.
[Bb] There was thunder, thunder [F] over Thunder Road.
[C] Thunder was his engine [F] and white lightning was his load.
[Bbm] There was moonshine, moonshine [Fm] to quench the devil's thirst.
[C] A law they swore they'd get him, but the devil got him first.
Roaring out of Harlan, revving up his mill, he shot the gap at [Fm] Cumberland and screamed through Mandersville.
With D-Man on his tail light, roadblocks up ahead, [C] that mountain boy Duke's roads that [Fm] even angels fear to [F] tread.
Blazing right through Knoxville, out on Kingston Pike, [C] then right outside of Bearden [F] there they made the fatal strike.
He left the road at ninety, that's all there is to say.
[C] The devil got the [F] moonshine and the mountain boy that day.
[Bb] There was thunder, [F] thunder over Thunder Road.
[C] Thunder was his engine and [Fm] white lightning was his load.
[Bb] There was moonshine, [Fm] moonshine to quench the devil's thirst.
[C] A law they swore they'd get him, but the devil got [Fm] him first.
A law [C] they swore they'd get him, but the devil got [Fm] him first.
[Cm]
Now let me tell a story, I can tell it all, [C] About a mountain boy who ran [Fm] the illegal alcohol.
His daddy made the whiskey, the sonny drove the load, [C] And when his engine roared, they called [Fm] the highway Thunder Road.
[F]
Sometimes in DuPageville, sometimes Memphis town, [C] The revenues they chased him, but [F] they couldn't run him down.
Each time they thought they had him, his engine would explode.
[C] He'd go by like they were standing [F] still on Thunder Road.
There [Bb] was thunder, thunder [F] over Thunder Road.
[C] Thunder was his engine and [F] white [Fm] lightning was his load.
There [Bbm] was moonshine, [Fm] moonshine to quench the devil's thirst.
[C] A law they swore they'd get him, but the devil [Fm] got him first.
On the first of April, 1954, [C] A federal man said, word he'd [Fm] better 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 [F] as fate.
Now sonny's daddy told him, make this run your last.
[C] Your tank is filled [C] with hundred [F] proof, you're all tuned up in gas.
Now don't take any chances, if you can't get through, I'd rather have you back again than all that mountain dew.
[Bb] There was thunder, thunder [F] over Thunder Road.
[C] Thunder was his engine [F] and white lightning was his load.
[Bbm] There was moonshine, moonshine [Fm] to quench the devil's thirst.
[C] A law they swore they'd get him, but the devil got him first.
Roaring out of Harlan, revving up his mill, he shot the gap at [Fm] Cumberland and screamed through Mandersville.
With D-Man on his tail light, roadblocks up ahead, [C] that mountain boy Duke's roads that [Fm] even angels fear to [F] tread.
Blazing right through Knoxville, out on Kingston Pike, [C] then right outside of Bearden [F] there they made the fatal strike.
He left the road at ninety, that's all there is to say.
[C] The devil got the [F] moonshine and the mountain boy that day.
[Bb] There was thunder, [F] thunder over Thunder Road.
[C] Thunder was his engine and [Fm] white lightning was his load.
[Bb] There was moonshine, [Fm] moonshine to quench the devil's thirst.
[C] A law they swore they'd get him, but the devil got [Fm] him first.
A law [C] they swore they'd get him, but the devil got [Fm] him first.
[Cm]
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Now let me tell a story, I can tell it all, [C] About a mountain boy who ran [Fm] the illegal alcohol.
His daddy made the whiskey, the sonny drove the load, [C] And when his engine roared, they called [Fm] the highway Thunder Road.
[F] _
Sometimes in DuPageville, sometimes Memphis town, [C] The revenues they chased him, but [F] they couldn't run him down.
Each time they thought they had him, his engine would explode.
[C] He'd go by like they were standing [F] still on Thunder Road.
There [Bb] was thunder, thunder [F] over Thunder Road.
[C] Thunder was his engine and [F] white [Fm] lightning was his load.
There [Bbm] was moonshine, [Fm] moonshine to quench the devil's thirst.
[C] A law they swore they'd get him, but the devil [Fm] got him first.
_ _ _ _ _ On the first of April, _ 1954, [C] A federal man said, word he'd [Fm] better 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 [F] as fate.
Now sonny's daddy told him, make this run your last.
[C] Your tank is filled [C] with hundred [F] proof, you're all tuned up in gas.
Now don't take any chances, if you can't get through, I'd rather have you back again than all that mountain dew.
[Bb] There was thunder, thunder [F] over Thunder Road.
[C] Thunder was his engine [F] and white lightning was his load.
[Bbm] There was moonshine, moonshine [Fm] to quench the devil's thirst.
[C] A law they swore they'd get him, but the devil got him first. _ _
_ Roaring out of Harlan, revving up his mill, he shot the gap at [Fm] Cumberland and screamed through Mandersville.
With D-Man on his tail light, roadblocks up ahead, [C] that mountain boy Duke's roads that [Fm] even angels fear to [F] tread.
Blazing right through Knoxville, out on Kingston Pike, [C] then right outside of Bearden [F] there they made the fatal strike.
He left the road at ninety, that's all there is to say.
[C] The devil got the [F] moonshine and the mountain boy that day.
[Bb] There was thunder, [F] thunder over Thunder Road.
[C] Thunder was his engine and [Fm] white lightning was his load.
[Bb] There was moonshine, [Fm] moonshine to quench the devil's thirst.
[C] A law they swore they'd get him, but the devil got [Fm] him first.
_ A law [C] they swore they'd get him, but the devil got [Fm] him first. _ _ _
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Now let me tell a story, I can tell it all, [C] About a mountain boy who ran [Fm] the illegal alcohol.
His daddy made the whiskey, the sonny drove the load, [C] And when his engine roared, they called [Fm] the highway Thunder Road.
[F] _
Sometimes in DuPageville, sometimes Memphis town, [C] The revenues they chased him, but [F] they couldn't run him down.
Each time they thought they had him, his engine would explode.
[C] He'd go by like they were standing [F] still on Thunder Road.
There [Bb] was thunder, thunder [F] over Thunder Road.
[C] Thunder was his engine and [F] white [Fm] lightning was his load.
There [Bbm] was moonshine, [Fm] moonshine to quench the devil's thirst.
[C] A law they swore they'd get him, but the devil [Fm] got him first.
_ _ _ _ _ On the first of April, _ 1954, [C] A federal man said, word he'd [Fm] better 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 [F] as fate.
Now sonny's daddy told him, make this run your last.
[C] Your tank is filled [C] with hundred [F] proof, you're all tuned up in gas.
Now don't take any chances, if you can't get through, I'd rather have you back again than all that mountain dew.
[Bb] There was thunder, thunder [F] over Thunder Road.
[C] Thunder was his engine [F] and white lightning was his load.
[Bbm] There was moonshine, moonshine [Fm] to quench the devil's thirst.
[C] A law they swore they'd get him, but the devil got him first. _ _
_ Roaring out of Harlan, revving up his mill, he shot the gap at [Fm] Cumberland and screamed through Mandersville.
With D-Man on his tail light, roadblocks up ahead, [C] that mountain boy Duke's roads that [Fm] even angels fear to [F] tread.
Blazing right through Knoxville, out on Kingston Pike, [C] then right outside of Bearden [F] there they made the fatal strike.
He left the road at ninety, that's all there is to say.
[C] The devil got the [F] moonshine and the mountain boy that day.
[Bb] There was thunder, [F] thunder over Thunder Road.
[C] Thunder was his engine and [Fm] white lightning was his load.
[Bb] There was moonshine, [Fm] moonshine to quench the devil's thirst.
[C] A law they swore they'd get him, but the devil got [Fm] him first.
_ A law [C] they swore they'd get him, but the devil got [Fm] him first. _ _ _
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