Jim Croce – Speedball Tucker (Guitar)

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[Intro]
  Gtr I
   .                                                         D7
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3-3---3---|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----x-5-5-x-5---|
D|-5---5-----3-----|-5---3-----------|-----------3-----|-5---x-4-4-x-4---|
A|-------4h5-------|-------5p3-------|-------3h5-------|-----x-5-5-x-5---|
E|-----------------|-----------6b----|-3---0-----------|-----------------|

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 | Gtr II                                                                |
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e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------8-|
G|-4---4-----5-----|-4---------------|-4---4-----5--s7-|-7---------7s9---|
D|-------5-7-------|-----7-5-3-0-----|-------5-7-------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

[Verse 1]

          G7
I drive a broke-down rig on "may-pop" tires

C7         G7
Forty foot of overload

A lot of people say that I'm crazy

           C7              G7
Because I don't know how to take it slow

I got a broomstick on the throttle

          C7                G7
I got her opened up and head right down

                 E7
Nonstop back to Dallas

              A7        D7         G7
Poppin' them West Coast turnarounds

[Chorus]

                   D7
And they call me Speedball, Speedball Tucker

Terror of the highways, and all them other truckers

      G7                      C7
Will tell you that the boy is mad

       D7                    G7
To be drivin' in a rig like that

(Repeat Intro tab) [Verse 2]

              G7
You know the rain may blow, the snow may snow

     C7          G7
The turnpikes, they may freeze

But they don't bother old Speedball

         C7       G7
He goin' any damn way he please

He got a broomstick on the throttle

               C7            G7
To keep his throttle foot a-dancin' 'round

                                E7
With a cup full of cold black coffee

                     A7        D7         G7
And a pocketful of West Coast turnarounds

[Chorus]

                   D7
And they call me Speedball, Speedball Tucker

Terror of the highways, and all them other truckers

      G7                       C7
Will tell you that the boy is mad

       D7                    G7
To be drivin' in a rig like that

(Repeat Intro tab) [Verse 3]

          G7
One day I looked into my rear-view mirror

     C7     G7
And comin' up from behind

There was a Georgia state policeman

     C7     G7
And a hundred dollar fine

Well, he looked me in the eye as he was writin' me up

            C7        G7
He said, "Driver, you've been flyin'

                         E7
And ninety-five is the route you were on

        A7        D7         G7
It was not the speed limit sign."

[Chorus]

                   D7
And they call me Speedball, Speedball Tucker

Terror of the highways, and all them other truckers

      G7                       C7
Will tell you that the boy is mad

       D7                    G7
To be drivin' in a rig like that

                   D7
And they call me Speedball, Speedball Tucker

Terror of the highways, and all them other truckers

      G7                       C7
Will tell you that the boy is mad

       D7                    G7
To be drivin' in a rig like that