The Recorded version is in E, but I find it's much easier to play in G. Bar the Cm, all the other chords are standard. G (320003@1) It was just after dark when the truck started down C (x32010@1) Cm (x3101x@1) Gthe (320003@1)hill that leads into Scranton Pennsylvania. F (133211@1) Em (022000@1) Dm (xx0231@1) GCarrying (320003@1)thirty thousand pounds of bananas. F (133211@1) Em (022000@1) Dm (xx0231@1) GCarrying (320003@1)thirty thousand pounds of bananas. GHe (320003@1)was a young driver, C (x32010@1) Cmjust (x3101x@1)out on his second job. GAnd (320003@1)he was carrying the next day's pasty fruits C (x32010@1) Cmfor (x3101x@1)everyone in that coal-scarred city G (320003@1)where children play without despair C (x32010@1) Cm (x3101x@1) Gin (320003@1)backyard slag-piles and folks manage to eat each day F (133211@1) Em..... about thirty thousand ..... GHe (320003@1)passed a sign that he should have seen, C (x32010@1) Cm (x3101x@1) Gsaying (320003@1)"shift to low gear, a fifty dollar fine my friend." C (x32010@1) CmHe (x3101x@1)was thinking perhaps about the warm-breathed woman Gwho (320003@1)was waiting at the journey's end. C (x32010@1) CmHe (x3101x@1)started down the two mile drop, G (320003@1) Dthe (xx0232@1)curving road that wound from the top of the hill. D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) GHe (320003@1)was pushing on through the shortening miles that ran down to the depot. GJust (320003@1)a few more miles to go, C (x32010@1) Cm (x3101x@1) Gthen (320003@1)he'd go home and have her ease his long, cramped day away. F.... and the smell of thirty G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Cm (x3101x@1) GHe (320003@1)was picking speed as the city spread its twinkling lights below him. G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) But he paid no heed as the shivering thoughts of the nights Cm (x3101x@1) Gdelights (320003@1)went through him. Dm(strum) (xx0231@1) Dm(strum) His foot nudged the brakes to slow him down. GBut (320003@1)the pedal floored easy without a sound. DHe (xx0232@1)said "Christ!" GIt (320003@1)was funny how he had named the only man who could save him now. C (x32010@1) CmHe (x3101x@1)was trapped inside a dead-end hellslide, Griding (320003@1)on his fear-hunched back C (x32010@1) Cm (x3101x@1) Gwas (320003@1)every one of those yellow green FI'm (133211@1)telling you thirty.... G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Cm (x3101x@1) He barely made the sweeping curve that led into the steepest grade. G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) CmAnd (x3101x@1)he missed the thankful passing bus at ninety miles an hour. G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)he said "God, make it a dream!" F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Gas (320003@1)he rode his last ride down. G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)he said "God, make it a dream!" F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Gas (320003@1)he rode his last ride down. Cm(strum) And he sideswiped nineteen neat parked cars, G(strum) clipped off thirteen telephone poles, Cm(strum) hit two houses, bruised eight trees, G(strum) and Blue-Crossed seven people. Dmit (xx0231@1)was then he lost his head, Gnot (320003@1)to mention an arm or two before he stopped. DmAnd (xx0231@1)he smeared for four hundred yards Galong (320003@1)the hill that leads into Scranton, Pennsylvania. FAll (133211@1)those thirty..... GYou (320003@1)know the man who told me about it on the bus, C (x32010@1) Cmas (x3101x@1)it went up the hill out of Scranton, Pennsylvania, Dmhe (xx0231@1)shrugged his shoulders, he shook his head, Gand (320003@1)he said (and this is exactly what he said) N.C. "Boy that sure must've been something. Just imagine thirty thousand pounds of bananas. F (133211@1) Em (022000@1) Dm (xx0231@1) GYes, (320003@1)there were thirty thousand pounds of mashed bananas. From Greatest Stories Live: Ending #1 GYes, (320003@1)we have no bananas, C (x32010@1) DWe (xx0232@1)have no bananas today (Spoken: And if that wasn't enough) GYes, (320003@1)we have no bananas, C (x32010@1) DBananas (xx0232@1)in Scranton, P A Ending #2: G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Cm (x3101x@1) A woman walks into her room where her child lies sleeping, G (320003@1) and when she sees his eyes are closed, C (x32010@1) Cm (x3101x@1) Gshe (320003@1)sits there, silently weeping, Dm (xx0231@1) Gand (320003@1)though she lives in Scranton, Pennsylvania Dm (xx0231@1) GShe (320003@1)never ever eats ... Bananas F (133211@1) Em (022000@1) Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1)Not one of thirty thousand pounds .... of bananas Tabbed by Archibald Edmund Binns Pueblano '09
