Speedball Tucker

by Jim Croce

Chords

4.6 (61)

intermediate Key: G Tuning: E A D G B E

Transpose

Capo

None

Size

100%

[Intro]
  Gtr I
   .                                                         [ch]D7[/ch]
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-----------|-----------------|

 |                                                                       |
 | Gtr II                                                                |
 | .                 .                 .                                 |
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

I drive a

broke-down rig on "may-pop" tires

Forty foot

of overload

A lot of people say that I'm crazy

Because I d

on't know how to

take it slow

I got a broomstick on the throttle

I got her

opened up and head

right down

Nonstop back to D

allas

Poppin' them W

est Coast

turnarounds

Chorus

And they call me Sp

eedball, Speedball Tucker

Terror of the highways, and all them other truckers

Will t

ell you that the boy is

mad

To be d

rivin' in a rig like t

hat

(Repeat Intro tab)

Verse 2

You know the r

ain may blow, the snow may snow

The t

urnpikes, th

ey may freeze

But they don't bother old Speedball

He goin'

any damn

way he please

He got a broomstick on the throttle

To keep his thr

ottle foot a-d

ancin' 'round

With a cup full of cold black co

ffee

And a pocketful of We

st Coast t

urnarounds

Chorus

And they call me Sp

eedball, Speedball Tucker

Terror of the highways, and all them other truckers

Will t

ell you that the boy is m

To be d

rivin' in a rig like t

hat

(Repeat Intro tab)

Verse 3

One day I

looked into my rear-view mirror

And c

omin' u

p from behind

There was a Georgia state policeman

And a

hundre

d dollar fine

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

He said, "Dr

iver, you'

ve been flyin'

And ninety-five is the ro

ute you were on

It was n

ot the spe

ed limit si

gn."

Chorus

And they call me Sp

eedball, Speedball Tucker

Terror of the highways, and all them other truckers

Will t

ell you that the boy is m

To be d

rivin' in a rig like t

hat

And they call me Sp

eedball, Speedball Tucker

Terror of the highways, and all them other truckers

Will t

ell you that the boy is m

To be d

rivin' in a rig like t

hat

(Repeat Intro tab, end on G instead of D7)

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| x Dead note

| h Hammer-on

| p Pull-off

| b Bend (half tone)

| . Staccato

| s Slide (legato)

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