Johnny Cash – Thunderball (Guitar)

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO RIFF (play the Am with a little hitch in your strum):

e|--0-3-5--0-0-0--7-5-3-5-0--0-0-0--7-5-3-5-0-----0-3-5---------------------|
B|---------1-1-1-------------1-1-1--------------3---------------------------|
G|---------2-2-2-------------2-2-2------------------------------------------|
D|---------2---2-------------2---2------------------------------------------|
A|---------0---0-------------0---0------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Then: Am played with a Luther Perkins-style alternating bass. VERSE ONE:

Am                                       G
There is a rumble in the sky and all the world can hear it call

     Am                         F             Am
They shudder at the fury of the mighty Thunderball

                                   G
The power of her engines, now, has drowned in the sea

        Am                              F                 Am
But the deadly force from within her is somewhere running free

CHORUS:

F                 C                F                C
Thunderball, your fiery breath can burn the coldest man

    F               C               Dm            Am 
And who is going to suffer from the power in your hand

VERSE TWO:

Am                                  G
Somewhere, there is a man who could stop the thing in time

      Am                         F                Am
He is known by very few but he's feared by all in crime

                                   G
By courage and by fighting, he has not been known to fall

    Am                          F             Am
But neither has the fury of the mighty Thunderball

F                 C                F                C
Thunderball, your fiery breath can burn the coldest man

    F               C               Dm            Am 
And who is going to suffer from the power in your hand

VERSE THREE:

Am                        G
Money hungry minds need a threat to launch a scheme

    Am                                     F                  Am
But those, who hold the Thunderball, could rule the world, it seems

                                   G
Cannot the peaceful world find the clue to where she's gone

    Am                              F              Am
The silent sea won't answer now but terror lingers on

F                 C                F                C
Thunderball, your fiery breath can burn the coldest man

    F               C               Dm            Am 
And who is going to suffer from the power in your hand

End of line licks:

   "Call..."  "Thunderball..." "Sea..."  "Free..."
e|-----------|----------------|--------|---------------3-5-8--|
B|--0-1-3----|-1-3-5-5p3h5----|---0-3~-|-1-3-5---5p3h5--------|
G|-----------|----------------|-0------|----------------------|
D|-----------|----------------|--------|----------------------|
A|-----------|----------------|--------|----------------------|
E|-----------|----------------|--------|----------------------|

End of chorus:

e|-----------3-5-5h7p5-3-5-7-8--|
B|-1-3-5---5--------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|