Tom: E minor
Intro 1
Em
B
A
G
Em
Verse 1
Em
Now let me tell a story,
I can tell it all
Em
who ran illegal alcohol
His daddy made the whiskey,
the son, he drove the load
B
And when his engine roared,
Em
they called the highway thunder road
Verse 2
Em
Sometimes into Ashville,
sometimes Memphis Town
B
The revenuers, they chased him,
Em
but they couldn't run him down
Each time they thought they had him,
his engine would explode
B
He'd go by like they were standing
Verse 3
E
Em
thunder over thunder road
B
Thunder was his engine and white
E
Em
lightning was his load
E
moonshine to quench the devil's thirst
A
B
The law they swore they'd get him,
but the devil got him first
Verse 4
E
On the first of April, 1954
The federal man sent word, he
better make his run no more
Em
He said two hundred agents were
covering the state
A
Whichever road he'd try to take,
they'd get him sure as fate
Verse 5
A
'Son', his daddy told him, 'Now make
Your tank is filled with a hundred proof,
B
you're all tuned up and gassed
E
Now don't take any chances,
if you can't get through
Em
I'd rather have you back again
than all that mountain dew?
Verse 6
A
There was thunder, thunder over
thunder road
Thunder was his engine and white
Em
B
lightning was his load
There was moonshine,
Em
moonshine to quench the devil's thirst
The law they swore they'd get him,
Verse 7
but the devil got him first
Em
Roaring out of Harlan,
revving up his mill
B
He shot the gap at Cumberland
Em
G
Em
and screamed through Maynardville
With G- men on his tail light,
roadblocks up ahead
B
The mountain boy took roads that even
A
Em
angels feared to tread
Verse 8
Em
Blazing right through Knoxville,
out on Kingston Pike
B
Then right outside of Bearden, there
Em
they made the fatal strike
He left the road at ninety,
that's all there is to say
B
The devil got the moonshine and the
mountain boy that day
Em
E
Em
Verse 9
E
thunder over thunder road
B
Thunder was his engine and
E
white lightning was his load
Em
A
There was moonshine,
E
moonshine to quench the devil's thirst
B
The law they swore they'd get him,
E
B
Em
but the devil got him first
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Em
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Em
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