Phantom 309 - Red Sovine Chords

Chords: C, Em, F, G

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Genre: country, folk, rock

Repeat: C/Em/F/G/ - C/Em/F/G/C

C Em F G
I was out on the West Coast, tryin' to make a buck

C Em F G
And things didn't work out, I was down on my luck

C Em F G
Got tired a-roamin' and bummin' around

C Em F G
So I started thumbin' back East, toward my home town.

C Em F G
Made a lot of miles, the first two days

C Em F G
And I figured I'd be home in week, if my luck held out this way

C Em F G
But, the third night I got stranded, way out of town

C Em F G
At a cold, lonely crossroads, rain was pourin' down.

C Em F G
I was hungry and freezin', done caught a chill

C Em F G
When the lights of a big semi topped the hill

C Em F G
Lord, I sure was glad to hear them air brakes come on

C Em F G
And I climbed in that cab, where I knew it'd be warm.

C Em F G
At the wheel sit a big man, he weighed about two-ten

C Em F G
He stuck out his hand and said with a grin

C Em F G
"Big Joe's the name", I told him mine

C Em F G
And he said: "The name of my rig is Phantom 309."

C Em F G
I asked him why he called his rig such a name

C Em F G
He said: "Son, this old Mack can put 'em all to shame

C Em F G
There ain't a driver, or a rig, a-runnin' any line

C Em F G
Ain't seen nothin' but taillights from Phantom 309."

C Em F G
Well, we rode and talked the better part of the night

C Em F G
When the lights of a truck stop came in sight

C Em F G
He said: "I'm sorry son, this is as far as you go

C Em F G
'Cause, I gotta make a turn, just on up the road."

C Em F G
Well, he tossed me a dime as he pulled her in low

C Em F G
And said: "Have yourself a cup on old Big Joe."

C Em F G
When Joe and his rig roared out in the night

C Em F G
In nothin' flat, he was clean out of sight.

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