Phantom 309 Chords

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[Verse 1]
[C]
I was out on the West Coast,
tryin' to make a buck
[Em]And things didn't work out,
I was down on my luck
Got tired [F]a- roamin' and
bummin' around
So I started thumbin' back
[G]East, toward my home town
Made a lot [C]of miles, the first

[Verse 2]
two days
And I figured I'd be home in a [Em]week,
if my luck held out this way
But, the [F]third night I got stranded,
way out of town
[G]At a cold, lonely crossroads,
[Em]rain was [C]pourin' down
I was [G]hungry and freezin',

[Verse 3]
[C]
[G]don[C]e caught a chill
When the lights of a big
semi topped [Em]the hill
Lord, I sure was glad to [F]hear them
air brakes come on
And I climbed in that cab,
where I [G]knew it'd be warm

[Verse 4]
At the [G]wheel sat a big man, he weighed
about [C]two- ten
He stuck out his hand and said [Ebdim]with a grin
[Em]"Big Joe's the name"[B],
[Em]I told him mine
And [F]he said,
"The name of my rig is [G]Phantom 309"

[Verse 5]
I asked him why he [C]called
his rig such a name
He said, [G]"Son, [C]this old Mack can
put 'em all to shame
There ain't a [Em]driver,
or a rig a- runnin' any line
Ain't seen noth[F]in' but taillights
from Phantom 309"

[Verse 6]
[F]Well, [G]we rode and talked [Em]the
[C]better part of the night
When the lights of a truck
stop came in sight
[Em]He said, "I'm sorry son,
this is as far as you go
[F]'Cause, I gotta make a turn,
just on up the [G]road"

[Verse 7]
Well, he tossed me a dime
as [Em]he pulled [G]her in [C]low
And said, "Have yourself
a cup on old Big Joe"
Then Joe and his rig roared
out [Em]in the night
[B]In noth[Em]in' flat,

[Verse 8]
he was clean out of sight
[F]Well, I went inside and ordered
me a cup
Told the waiter [G]Big Joe
was settin' me up
Aw!, [C]you coulda heard a pin drop,
it got deathly quiet
And the [Em]waiter's face

[Verse 9]
turned kinda white
[Em]"Well, did I say [F]something wrong?",
[C]I said [F]with a halfway grin
He said, "Naw,
[G]this happens [D]every now an[G]d then
Ev'ry [C]driver in here knows Big Joe
But son, let me tell you what

[Verse 10]
happened about ten years ago
[C]At the crossroads tonight,
[Em]where you flagged him down
There was a bus load of kids,
comin' [F]from town
And they were right in the middle, when
Big Joe [G]topped the hill
It could have been slaughter,
but he turned his [C]wheel
Well, Joe lost [Em]control,

[Verse 11]
went into a skid
And gave his life to [F]save that
bunch o' kids
And there at that crossroads
[G]was the end of the line
For Big Joe [C]and Phantom 309
But ev'ry now an[G]d then

[Verse 12]
[C]some
hiker'll come by
And like you,
Big Joe'll [Ebdim]give 'em [Em]a ride
Here, have another [F]cup and forget
about the dime
Keep it as a souven[G]ir,
from Big Joe and [C]Phantom 309!"

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