{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":65296,"song":"Speedball Tucker","artist":"Jim Croce","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11543440-speedball-tucker-chords-by-jim-croce/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/65296?type=chord","rating":4.53237,"votes":60,"content":"[tab][Intro]\r\n  Gtr I\r\n   .                                                         [ch]D7[/ch]\r\ne|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|\r\nB|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3-3---3---|\r\nG|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----x-5-5-x-5---|\r\nD|-5---5-----3-----|-5---3-----------|-----------3-----|-5---x-4-4-x-4---|\r\nA|-------4h5-------|-------5p3-------|-------3h5-------|-----x-5-5-x-5---|\r\nE|-----------------|-----------6b----|-3---0-----------|-----------------|[/tab]\r\n[tab] |                                                                       |\r\n | Gtr II                                                                |\r\n | .                 .                 .                                 |\r\ne|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|\r\nB|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------8-|\r\nG|-4---4-----5-----|-4---------------|-4---4-----5--s7-|-7---------7s9---|\r\nD|-------5-7-------|-----7-5-3-0-----|-------5-7-------|-----------------|\r\nA|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|\r\nE|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nI drive a broke-down rig on \"may-pop\" tires[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nForty foot of overload[/tab]\r\n\r\nA lot of people say that I'm crazy\r\n[tab]           [ch]C7[/ch]              [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nBecause I don't know how to take it slow[/tab]\r\n\r\nI got a broomstick on the throttle\r\n[tab]          [ch]C7[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nI got her opened up and head right down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nNonstop back to Dallas[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A7[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nPoppin' them West Coast turnarounds[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd they call me Speedball, Speedball Tucker[/tab]\r\n\r\nTerror of the highways, and all them other truckers\r\n[tab]      [ch]G7[/ch]                      [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nWill tell you that the boy is mad[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D7[/ch]                    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nTo be drivin' in a rig like that[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Repeat Intro tab)\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nYou know the rain may blow, the snow may snow[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C7[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nThe turnpikes, they may freeze[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut they don't bother old Speedball\r\n[tab]         [ch]C7[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nHe goin' any damn way he please[/tab]\r\n\r\nHe got a broomstick on the throttle\r\n[tab]               [ch]C7[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nTo keep his throttle foot a-dancin' 'round[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWith a cup full of cold black coffee[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A7[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd a pocketful of West Coast turnarounds[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd they call me Speedball, Speedball Tucker[/tab]\r\n\r\nTerror of the highways, and all them other truckers\r\n[tab]      [ch]G7[/ch]                       [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nWill tell you that the boy is mad[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D7[/ch]                    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nTo be drivin' in a rig like that[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Repeat Intro tab)\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nOne day I looked into my rear-view mirror[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C7[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd comin' up from behind[/tab]\r\n\r\nThere was a Georgia state policeman\r\n[tab]     [ch]C7[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd a hundred dollar fine[/tab]\r\n\r\nWell, he looked me in the eye as he was writin' me up\r\n[tab]            [ch]C7[/ch]        [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"Driver, you've been flyin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd ninety-five is the route you were on[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A7[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nIt was not the speed limit sign.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd they call me Speedball, Speedball Tucker[/tab]\r\n\r\nTerror of the highways, and all them other truckers\r\n[tab]      [ch]G7[/ch]                       [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nWill tell you that the boy is mad[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D7[/ch]                    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nTo be drivin' in a rig like that[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd they call me Speedball, Speedball Tucker[/tab]\r\n\r\nTerror of the highways, and all them other truckers\r\n[tab]      [ch]G7[/ch]                       [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nWill tell you that the boy is mad[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D7[/ch]                    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nTo be drivin' in a rig like that[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Repeat Intro tab, end on G instead of D7)\r\n\r\n\r\n************************************\r\n\r\n| x  Dead note\r\n| h  Hammer-on\r\n| p  Pull-off\r\n| b  Bend (half tone)\r\n| .  Staccato\r\n| s  Slide (legato)\r\n\r\n************************************","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\nA lot of people say that I'm crazy\n\n\nI got a broomstick on the throttle\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\nTerror of the highways, and all them other truckers\n\n\n\n(Repeat Intro tab)\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\nBut they don't bother old Speedball\n\n\nHe got a broomstick on the throttle\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\nTerror of the highways, and all them other truckers\n\n\n\n(Repeat Intro tab)\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\nThere was a Georgia state policeman\n\n\nWell, he looked me in the eye as he was writin' me up\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\nTerror of the highways, and all them other truckers\n\n\n\n\n\nTerror of the highways, and all them other truckers\n\n\n\n(Repeat Intro tab, end on G instead of D7)\n\n\n************************************\n\n| x  Dead note\n| h  Hammer-on\n| p  Pull-off\n| b  Bend (half tone)\n| .  Staccato\n| s  Slide (legato)\n\n************************************","chords":["D7","B","G","D","A","E","G7","C7","E7","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}