2006-08-03 22:57:07 · 7 answers · asked by Sandy 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
BALLAD OF THUNDER ROAD
Let me tell the story, I can tell it all
About the mountain boy who ran illegal alcohol
His daddy made the whiskey, son, he drove the load
When his engine roared, they called the highway Thunder Road.
Sometimes into Ashville, sometimes Memphis town
The revenoors chased him but they couldn’t run him down
Each time they thought they had him, his engine would explode
He'd go by like they were standin’ still on Thunder Road.
(CHORUS)
And there was thunder, thunder over Thunder Road
Thunder was his engine, and white lightning was his load
There was moonshine, moonshine to quench the Devil’s thirst
The law they swore they'd get him, but the Devil got him first.
On the first of April, nineteen fifty-four
A Federal man sent word he’d better make his run no more
He said two hundred agents were coverin’ the state
Whichever road he tried to take, they’d get him sure as fate.
Son, his Daddy told him, make this run your last
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
I’d rather have you back again than all that mountain dew.
(CHORUS)
Roarin’ out of Harlan, revvin’ up his mill
He shot the gap at Cumberland, and screamed by Maynordsville
With T-men on his taillights, roadblocks up ahead
The mountain boy took roads that even Angels feared to tred.
Blazing right through Knoxville, out on Kingston Pike,
Then right outside of Bearden, they made the fatal strike.
He left the road at 90; that’s all there is to say.
The devil got the moonshine and the mountain boy that day.
Written by Don Raye and Robert Mitchum
Recorded by Robert Mitchum
2006-08-03 22:59:37 · answer #1 · answered by old dude 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let me tell the story, I can tell it all
About the mountain boy who ran illegal alcohol
His daddy made the whiskey, son, he drove the load
When his engine roared, they called the highway Thunder Road.
Sometimes into Ashville, sometimes Memphis town
The revenoors chased him but they couldn’t run him down
Each time they thought they had him, his engine would explode
He'd go by like they were standin’ still on Thunder Road.
(CHORUS)
And there was thunder, thunder over Thunder Road
Thunder was his engine, and white lightning was his load
There was moonshine, moonshine to quench the Devil’s thirst
The law they swore they'd get him, but the Devil got him first.
On the first of April, nineteen fifty-four
A Federal man sent word he’d better make his run no more
He said two hundred agents were coverin’ the state
Whichever road he tried to take, they’d get him sure as fate.
Son, his Daddy told him, make this run your last
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
I’d rather have you back again than all that mountain dew.
(CHORUS)
Roarin’ out of Harlan, revvin’ up his mill
He shot the gap at Cumberland, and screamed by Maynordsville
With T-men on his taillights, roadblocks up ahead
The mountain boy took roads that even Angels feared to tred.
Blazing right through Knoxville, out on Kingston Pike,
Then right outside of Bearden, they made the fatal strike.
He left the road at 90; that’s all there is to say.
The devil got the moonshine and the mountain boy that day.
2006-08-03 23:01:02 · answer #2 · answered by Kim :) 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Artist: Robert Mitchum Tabs/Chords
Song: Thunder Road Tab
HERE'S THE CHORDED VERSION ON THUNDER ROAD
TRANSPOSED BY RICK BENSON
THE BALLAD OF THUNDER ROAD
BY ROBERT MITCHUM
C
NOW LET ME TELL THE STORY, I CAN TELL IT ALL
G
C
ABOUT THE MOUNTAIN BOY WHO RAN ILLEGAL ALCOHOL
HIS DADDY MADE THE WHISKEY, SON, HE DROVE THE LOAD
G
WHEN HIS ENGINE ROARED,
C
THEY CALLED THE HIGHWAY THUNDER ROAD.
C
SOMETIMES INTO ASHVILLE, SOMETIMES MEMPHIS TOWN
G
THE REVENOORS 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.
CHORUS
C F C
AND THERE WAS THUNDER, THUNDER OVER THUNDER ROAD
G
THUNDER WAS HIS ENGINE, AND WHITE LIGHTNING WAS HIS
C
LOAD
F
C
THERE WAS MOONSHINE, MOONSHINE TO QUENCH THE DEVIL'S THIRST
G
THE LAW THEY SWORE THEY'D GET HIM, BUT THE DEVIL GOT
C
HIM FIRST.
C
ON THE FIRST OF APRIL, NINETEEN FIFTY-FOUR
G
A FEDERAL MAN SENT WORD HE'D BETTER MAKE HIS RUN NO
C
MORE
HE SAID TWO HUNDRED AGENTS WERE COVERIN' THE STATE
G
WHICHEVER ROAD HE TRIED TO TAKE, THEY'D GET HIM SURE AS
C
FATE.
SON, HIS DADDY TOLD HIM, MAKE THIS RUN YOUR LAST
G
YOUR TANK IS FILLED WITH HUNDRED-PROOF,
C
YOU'RE ALL TUNED UP AND GASSED
NOW, DON'T TAKE ANY CHANCES, IF YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH
G
I'D RATHER HAVE YOU BACK AGAIN THAN ALL THAT MOUNTAIN
C
DEW
CHORUS
ROARIN' OUT OF HARLAN, REVVING' UP HIS MILL
G
HE SHOT THE GAP AT CUMBERLAND,
C
AND SCREAMED BY MAYNORDSVILLE
WITH G-MEN ON HIS TAILLIGHTS, ROADBLOCKS UP AHEAD
G
THE MOUNTAIN BOY TOOK ROADS THAT EVEN ANGELS FEARED
C
TO TREAD.
BLAZING' RIGHT THROUGH KNOXVILLE, OUT ON KINGSTON PIKE
G
THEN RIGHT OUTSIDE OF BEARDON, THEY MADE THE FATAL
C
STRIKE
HE LEFT THE ROAD AT NINETY, THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO SAY
G
THE DEVIL GOT THE MOONSHINE AND THE MOUNTAIN BOY
C
THAT DAY
CHORUS
2006-08-03 23:01:55 · answer #3 · answered by JJ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HERE'S THE CHORDED VERSION ON THUNDER ROAD
TRANSPOSED BY RICK BENSON
THE BALLAD OF THUNDER ROAD
BY ROBERT MITCHUM
C
NOW LET ME TELL THE STORY, I CAN TELL IT ALL
G
C
ABOUT THE MOUNTAIN BOY WHO RAN ILLEGAL ALCOHOL
HIS DADDY MADE THE WHISKEY, SON, HE DROVE THE LOAD
G
WHEN HIS ENGINE ROARED,
C
THEY CALLED THE HIGHWAY THUNDER ROAD.
C
SOMETIMES INTO ASHVILLE, SOMETIMES MEMPHIS TOWN
G
THE REVENOORS 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.
CHORUS
C F C
AND THERE WAS THUNDER, THUNDER OVER THUNDER ROAD
G
THUNDER WAS HIS ENGINE, AND WHITE LIGHTNING WAS HIS
C
LOAD
F
C
THERE WAS MOONSHINE, MOONSHINE TO QUENCH THE DEVIL'S THIRST
G
THE LAW THEY SWORE THEY'D GET HIM, BUT THE DEVIL GOT
C
HIM FIRST.
C
ON THE FIRST OF APRIL, NINETEEN FIFTY-FOUR
G
A FEDERAL MAN SENT WORD HE'D BETTER MAKE HIS RUN NO
C
MORE
HE SAID TWO HUNDRED AGENTS WERE COVERIN' THE STATE
G
WHICHEVER ROAD HE TRIED TO TAKE, THEY'D GET HIM SURE AS
C
FATE.
SON, HIS DADDY TOLD HIM, MAKE THIS RUN YOUR LAST
G
YOUR TANK IS FILLED WITH HUNDRED-PROOF,
C
YOU'RE ALL TUNED UP AND GASSED
NOW, DON'T TAKE ANY CHANCES, IF YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH
G
I'D RATHER HAVE YOU BACK AGAIN THAN ALL THAT MOUNTAIN
C
DEW
CHORUS
ROARIN' OUT OF HARLAN, REVVING' UP HIS MILL
G
HE SHOT THE GAP AT CUMBERLAND,
C
AND SCREAMED BY MAYNORDSVILLE
WITH G-MEN ON HIS TAILLIGHTS, ROADBLOCKS UP AHEAD
G
THE MOUNTAIN BOY TOOK ROADS THAT EVEN ANGELS FEARED
C
TO TREAD.
BLAZING' RIGHT THROUGH KNOXVILLE, OUT ON KINGSTON PIKE
G
THEN RIGHT OUTSIDE OF BEARDON, THEY MADE THE FATAL
C
STRIKE
HE LEFT THE ROAD AT NINETY, THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO SAY
G
THE DEVIL GOT THE MOONSHINE AND THE MOUNTAIN BOY
C
THAT DAY
CHORUS
2006-08-03 22:59:56 · answer #4 · answered by bombhaus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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