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The Ballad Of Thunder Road
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recorded by Robert Mitchum
written by Don Raye and Robert Mitchum
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Now let me tell the story I can tell it all
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About the mountain boy who ran illegal alcohol
His daddy made the whiskey son he drove the load
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When his engine roared they called the highway thunder road
Sometimes into Ashville sometimes Memphis town
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The revenuers chased him but they couldn't run him down
Each time they thought they had him his engine would explode
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He'd go by like they were standing still on thunder road
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And there was thunder thunder over thunder road
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Thunder was his engine and white lightning was his load
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There was moonshine moonshine to quench the devil's thirst
G7 C
The law they swore they'd get him but the devil got him first
On the first of April nineteen fifty-four
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A federal man sent word he'd better make his run no more
He said two hundred agents were covering the state
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Whichever road he tried to take they'd get him sure as fate
Son his daddy told him make this run your last
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Your 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
G7 C
I'd rather have you back again than all that mountain dew
Repeat #3
Roaring out of Harlan revving up his mill
G7 C
He shot the gap at Cumberland and screamed by Maynardville
With g-men on his taillights roadblocks up ahead
G7 C
The mountain boy took roads that even angels feared to tread
Blazing right through Knoxville out on Kingston pike
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Then right outside of Bearden they made the fatal strike
He left the road at ninety that's all there is to say
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The devil got the moonshine and the mountain boy that day
Repeat #3
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I don't know how many songs Robert Mitchum recorded, I only know of this one. It's an up tempo ballad that's really fun to play and sing. It's not difficult to learn, but it's quick and takes a bit of practice to get the timing correct, copy The Ballad Of Thunder Road lyrics and chords and have a good time.