Ballad of Thunder Road
Ballad of Thunder Road

Ballad of Thunder Road chords by Robert Mitchum

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 3

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • Am

  • E

  • A

  • C#m

    4
  • D

  • Dm

  • C

  • G#

    4
  • B

    2
  • Am

  • E

  • A

  • C#m

    4
  • D

  • Dm

  • C

  • G#

    4
  • B

    2
  • Verse 1
    Let me tell 
    the story, 
    can tell 
    it all 

    About 
    the mountain 
    boy 
    who ran 

    illeg
    al 
    alcohol 

    His daddy 
    made 
    the whiskey, 

    son 
    he drove 
    the load 

    When 
    his engine 
    roared 
    they called 

    the high
    way "Thunder 
    Road" 

    Some
    times 
    in
    Verse 2
    to Ashville, 

    sometimes 
    Mem
    phis town 

    The Revenuers 
    chased 
    him but 

    they couldn't 
    run 
    him down 

    Each time 
    they thought 
    they had 
    him 

    his 
    engine would 
    explode 

    He'd go by 
    like they 
    were standing 

    still 
    on "Thun
    der Road" 

    Verse 3
    And there 
    was thun
    der, 

    thunder 
    over 
    "Thunder 
    Road" 

    Thunder 
    was 
    his engine 
    and 

    white lightening 
    was 
    his load 

    And there 
    was moonshine, 

    moonshine 
    to quench 
    the 
    dev
    il's thirst 

    The law 
    they swore 
    they'd get 
    him but 

    the devil 
    got 
    him first 

    Verse 4
    On the first 
    of April, 
    1954 

    A federal 
    man 
    sent word 
    he'd better 

    make 
    his run 
    no more 

    He said, 
    "Two-hundred agents 

    agents 
    were covering 
    the state 

    Which 
    ever 
    road 
    he tried 
    to take 

    they'd get 
    him sure 
    as fate" 

    "Son," 
    his daddy 
    Verse 5
    told 
    him, 

    "Make 
    this run 
    your last 

    The tank 
    is filled 
    with 
    100 proof, 

    you're 
    all tuned 
    up and gassed 

    Now don't 
    take 
    any chances, 

    if you can't 
    get through 

    I'd 
    rather 
    have you 
    back 
    again than 

    all that 
    Mountain 
    Dew" 

    Verse 6
    And 
    there was 
    thunder, 

    thunder 
    over 
    "Thunder 
    Road" 

    Thunder 
    was his 
    engine 
    and white 

    lightening 
    was his 
    load 

    And there was 
    moonshine, 

    moonshine 
    to 
    quench 
    the devil's 
    thirst 

    The law they 
    swore they'd 
    get him 

    but the 
    devil 
    got him 
    first 

    Roaring 
    out 
    of Harlan, 
    Verse 7
    revving up his 
    mill 

    He 
    shot 
    the Gap 
    at Cumberland 

    and streamed 
    by 
    Maynardville 

    With G 
    men 
    on his tail 
    light, 

    road 
    block 
    up ahead 

    The mountain 
    boy 
    took roads 

    that even 
    angels 
    fear 
    to tread 

    Blaz
    ing right 
    Verse 8
    through Knoxville, 

    out on Kingston 
    Pike 

    Then right 
    outside 
    of 
    Bearden, there 

    they made 
    the fatal 
    strike 

    He left 
    the road 
    at 
    90, that's 

    all there is 
    to say 

    The 
    devil got 
    the moonshine 

    and the mountain 
    boy 
    that 
    day 

    Verse 9
    And there 
    was thunder, 

    thunder 
    over "Thunder 
    Road" 

    Thunder 
    was 
    his 
    engine and 

    white lightening 
    was 
    his load 

    And there 
    was moon
    shine, 

    moonshine 
    to quench 
    the 
    devil's thirst 

    The law 
    they never 
    got 
    him 'cause 

    the devil 
    got 
    him first 

    Law 
    they never 
    got 
    him 'cause 

    the dev
    il got 
    him 
    first 

    (Thunder, 
    thunder, thunder, oh) 

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