Ballad Of Thunder Road

Intro Riff: E -----------------------------------------0-- B -----------------------------------------0-- G --------------0--------------------------1-- D --2-2-2---4-------4---2------------------2-- A --------------------------2/3---0--------2-- E -----------------------------------2/3---0-- (hold last chord with lots of reverb and tremolo) Common Riff: E ------0-----0-----0-----0-------------- B --------------------------------------- G --3>4---3>4---3>4---3>4---3p2p0-------- D ----------------------------------2p0-- A --------------------------------------- E --------------------------------------- Solo Riff: E ------------------------------------------------------------------------5---- B ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- G ----------------------------0-----------------------1>7------------7--------- D ------------------------0-2---4-2-------2-----2------------------------------ A --0-0---0-0-------2>4-------------4-2---------------------------------------- E --------------------------------------0---0h4---0---------------------------- E -4h5p4---7---5---4h5-----------10----10----10----10----10----10----10-------- B -------------------------11>12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12>>>0- G ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- A ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- V1: () Now let me tell the story and I can tell it all It's () illegal alcohol His daddy made the moonshine while he drove the load And () Road. V2: Sometimes into Ashville, sometimes Memphis town Well the () could not run him down Just when they thought they had him, his engine would explode And () Road. CH: There was () on that Thunder Road () lightning was his load There was () quench the ol' Devil's thirst Yeah the () first. (Solo) ======Optional====== V3: On the first of April, nineteen fifty-four ) make his run no more He said two hundred agents were coverin' the state Which-() fate. V4: Son, his Daddy told him, make this run your last The () all tuned up and gassed Now, don't take any chances, if you can't get through I'd () dew. CH: There was () on that Thunder Road () lightning was his load There was () quench the ol' Devil's thirst Yeah the () first. (Solo) ======End Of Optional====== V5: Roarin' out of Harlan went the whippoorwill He () screamed through Maynardsville With G-men on his taillights, and roadblocks up ahead That () tread. V6: Blazin' right through Knoxville, on down Kingston Pike It was () made the fatal strike He left the road at ninety, that's all there is to tell The () hell! CH: There was () on that Thunder Road () lightning was his load There was () quench the ol' Devil's thirst Yeah the () first. Tag: Yeah the () first.