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Thunder Road
Bruce Springsteen
Capo 2
| Chord Guide | |||
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132 D: xx0232 |
13421
Bm: x24432 |
3 4
G: 3x0003 |
123
A: x02220 |
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123 Asus4: x02230 |
134111
F#m: 244222 |
12
Em: 022000 |
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Intro: / D - - - / Bm - - - / D - - - / G - - - /
/ D - - - / A - - - / G - - - / A - - - /
D G D (2)
The screen door slams, Mary's dress sways
D A G (2)
Like a vision she dances across the porch. As the radio plays
G A
D G
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely--Hey, that's me and I want you only
G
D Asus4 A
Don't turn me home again, I just can't face myself alone again
D G D
(2)
Don't run back inside, darling you know just what I'm here for
D A
G (2)
So you're scared and you're thinking that maybe we ain't that young anymore
G A
D G
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night you ain't a beauty, but hey
you're alright
G D Asus4 A
Oh, and that's alright with me
D
Bm
You can hide `neath your covers and study your pain
D G
Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain
D A
Waste your summer praying in vain
G A
For a savior to rise from these streets
D Bm
Well now I'm no hero, that's understood
D G
All the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood
D A
With a chance to make it good somehow
G A
Hey what else can we do now?
D
G D (2)
Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
D A
G (2)
Well the night's busting open, these two lanes will take us anywhere
G A
D G
We got one last chance to make it real, to trade in these wings on some wheels
G D Asus4 A
Climb in back, Heaven's waiting down on the tracks
D Bm
Oh-oh come take my hand
D G
We're riding out tonight to case the promised land
D A
Oh-oh Thunder Road,
G A
oh Thunder Road, Thunder Road,
D Bm
Lying out there like a killer in the sun
D G
Hey I know it's late we can make it if we run
D A
Oh-oh Thunder Road,
G A D (2)
sit tight take hold, Thunder Road
G A
D (2)
Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk
Bm (2)
G A
And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long walk
G
A F#m Bm
From your front porch to my front seat--the door's open but the ride it ain't
free
G
And I know you're lonely and there's words that I ain't spoken
A
But tonight we'll be free, all the promises'll be broken
D G
D (2)
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away
D A
G (2)
They haunt this dusty beach road in the skeleton frames of burned out
Chevrolets
G
A D G
They scream your name at night in the street, your graduation gown lies in rags
at their feet
F#m (2)
G (2)
And in the lonely cool before dawn you hear their engines roaring on
Em
A G (2)
But when you get to the porch they're gone on the wind,
Em (2) G A D (2)
so Mary climb in. It's a town full of losers and we’re pulling out of here to win.
Outro (play 2x):
/ D - - - / A - - - / D - - - / G - - - /
/ D - - - / A - - - / G - - - / A - - - /
End on D
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
