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: E5 Now let me tell the story and I can tell it all B5 E5 It's about a mountain boy who ran illegal alcohol His daddy made the moonshine while he drove the load B5 E5 And when his engine roared, they called the highway Thunder Road. V2: Sometimes into Ashville, sometimes Memphis town B5 E5 Well the revenuers chased him , but they could not run him down Just when they thought they had him , his engine would explode B5 E5 And he'd blow by like they were standin' still on Thunder Road. CH: A5 E5 There was thunder, thunder, on that Thunder Road B5 E5 Thunder was his engine, white lightning was his load A5 E5 There was moonshine, moonshine to quench the ol' Devil's thirst B5 E5 Yeah the G-men they swore they'd get him , but the Devil got him first. (Solo) ======Optional====== V3: On the first of April, nineteen fifty-four B5 E5 A Federal man sent word he'd better make his run no more He said two hundred agents were coverin' the state B5 E5 Which-ever road he tried to take, they'd get him sure as fate. V4: Son, his Daddy told him , make this run your last B5 E5 The tank is filled with hundred-proof, you're all tuned up and gassed Now, don't take any chances, if you can't get through B5 E5 I'd rather have you back again than all that mountain dew. CH: A5 E5 There was thunder, thunder, on that Thunder Road B5 E5 Thunder was his engine, white lightning was his load A5 E5 There was moonshine, moonshine to quench the ol' Devil's thirst B5 E5 Yeah the G-men they swore they'd get him , but the Devil got him first. (Solo) ======End Of Optional====== V5: Roarin' out of Harlan went the whippoorwill B5 E5 He shot the gap at Cumberland, and screamed through Maynardsville With G-men on his taillights, and roadblocks up ahead B5 E5 That mountain boy took roads that even angels feared to tread. V6: Blazin' right through Knoxville, on down Kingston Pike B5 E5 It was just outside of Bearden, where they made the fatal strike He left the road at ninety, that's all there is to tell B5 E5 The Devil sent the moonshine and the driver straight to hell! CH: A5 E5 There was thunder, thunder, on that Thunder Road B5 E5 Thunder was his engine, white lightning was his load A5 E5 There was moonshine, moonshine to quench the ol' Devil's thirst B5 E5 Yeah the G-men they swore they'd get him , but the Devil got him first. Tag: B5 E5 Yeah the G-men they swore they'd get him , but the Devil got him first.
