Ballad of Thunder Road
by Robert Mitchum Movie · posted by paulbunyn
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How to read this tab — notation key
- +
- Blow note
- −
- Draw note
- b or '
- Half-step bend
- bb or ''
- Two half-step bend
- bbb or '''
- Three half-step bend
- (###)
- Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
- < or *
- Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)
Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.
BALLAD OF THUNDER ROAD
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Let me tell the story, I can tell it all
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About the mountain boy who ran illegal alcohol
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His daddy made the whiskey, son, he drove the load
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When his engine roared, they called the highway Thunder Road.
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Sometimes into Ashville, sometimes Memphis town
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The revenuers chased him but they couldn’t run him down
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Each time they thought they had him, his engine would explode
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He'd go by like they were standin’ still on Thunder Road.
(CHORUS)
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And there was thunder, thunder over Thunder Road
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Thunder was his engine, and white lightning was his load
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There was moonshine, moonshine to quench the Devil’s thirst
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The law they swore they'd get him, but the Devil got him first.