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Thunder Road Robert Mitchum
[C]NOW LET ME TELL THE STORY, I CAN TELL IT ALL
[G] ABOUT THE MOUN[C]TAIN BOY WHO RAN ILLEGAL ALCOHOL
HIS DADDY MADE THE WHISKEY, SON, HE DROVE THE LOAD
[G]WHEN HIS ENGINE ROARED,
THEY CALLED THE HIGHWAY THUNDER ROAD. [C]
[C]SOMETIMES INTO ASHVILLE, SOMETIMES MEMPHIS TOWN
THE REVENOOR[G]S CHASED HIM BUT THEY COULDN'T RUN HIM
[C]DOWN
[C]EACH TIME THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD HIM,
HIS ENGINE WOULD EXPLODE
[G]HE'D GO BY LIKE THEY WERE STANDIN' STILL ON THUNDER
[C]ROAD.
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[C]AND THERE WAS THUNDER, THUNDER OVER[F] THUNDER ROAD[C]
[G]THUNDER WAS HIS ENGINE, AND WHITE LIGHTNING WAS HIS
[C]LOAD
[F] THERE[C] WAS MOONSHINE, MOONSHINE TO QUENCH THE DEVIL'S THIRST
THE LAW THEY [G]SWORE THEY'D GET HIM, BUT THE DEVIL GOT
HIM FIRST.[C]
[C]ON THE FIRST OF APRIL, NINETEEN FIFTY-FOUR
A FEDERAL [G]MAN SENT WORD HE'D BETTER MAKE HIS RUN NO
[C]MORE
HE SAID TWO HUNDRED AGENTS WERE COVERIN' THE STATE
WHICHEVER ROAD[G] HE TRIED TO TAKE, THEY'D GET HIM SURE AS
FATE.[C]
SON, HIS DADDY TOLD HIM, MAKE THIS RUN YOUR LAST
YOUR TANK IS FI[G]LLED WITH HUNDRED-PROOF,
YOU'RE ALL TUNED UP AND GASSED[C]
NOW, DON'T TAKE ANY CHANCES, IF YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH
I'D RATHER H[G]AVE YOU BACK AGAIN THAN ALL THAT MOUNTAIN
[C]DEW
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ROARIN' OUT OF HARLAN, REVVING' UP HIS MILL
HE SHOT TH[G]E GAP AT CUMBERLAND,
AND SCREAMED BY MAYNORDSVILLE[C]
WITH G-MEN ON HIS TAILLIGHTS, ROADBLOCKS UP AHEAD
THE MOUNTAIN BOY[G] TOOK ROADS THAT EVEN ANGELS FEARED
TO TREAD.[C]
BLAZING' RIGHT THROUGH KNOXVILLE, OUT ON KINGSTON PIKE
THEN RIGHT OU[G]TSIDE OF BEARDON, THEY MADE THE FATAL
STRI[C]KE
HE LEFT THE ROAD AT NINETY, THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO SAY
THE DEVIL [G]GOT THE MOONSHINE AND THE MOUNTAIN BOY
THAT DAY[C]
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