Thunder Road

Chords Used:

(E): 022100

(A): 002220

(B): 224432

(Dm): 000231

(G#m): 466444

E A

The screen door slams

E

Mary's dress waves

B

Like a vision she dances across the porch

A

As the radio plays

B

Roy Orbison singing for the lonely

E A

Hey that's me and I want you only

Don't turn me home again

E B

I just can't face myself alone again

E

Don't run back inside

A E

darling you know just what I'm here for

So you're scared and you're thinking

B A

That maybe we ain't that young anymore

B

Show a little faith, there's magic in the night

E A

You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright

E B

Oh and that's alright with me

E

You can hide 'neath your covers

B

And study your pain

E

Make crosses from your lovers

A

Throw roses in the rain

E B

Waste your summer praying in vain

A B

For a savior to rise from these streets

E

Well now I'm no hero

A

That's understood

E

All the redemption I can offer, girl

A

Is beneath this dirty hood

E B

With a chance to make it good somehow

A B

Hey what else can we do now

E

Except roll down the window

A E

And let the wind blow back your hair

Well the night's busting open

B A

These two lanes will take us anywhere

B

We got one last chance to make it real

E A

To trade in these wings on some wheels

E

Climb in back

B

Heaven's waiting on down the tracks

E A

Oh oh come take my hand

A E

Riding out tonight to case the promised land

E A

Oh oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road

B

oh Thunder Road

E A

Lying out there like a killer in the sun

E A E

Hey I know it's late we can make it if we run

E A B

Oh Thunder Road, sit tight, take hold

E

Thunder Road

A

Well I got this guitar

B E

And I learned how to make it talk

A

And my car's out back

A B

If you're ready to take that long walk

A B

From your front porch to my front seat

G#m A

The door's open but the ride it ain't free

A

And I know you're lonely

For words that I ain't spoken

B

But tonight we'll be free

All the promises'll be broken

E

There were ghosts in the eyes

A R

Of all the boys you sent away

They haunt this dusty beach road

B A

In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets

B

They scream your name at night in the street

E A

Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet

A

And in the lonely cool before dawn

A

You hear their engines roaring on

Dm B

But when you get to the porch they're gone

B Dm

On the wind, so Mary climb in

A

It's a town full of losers

B E

And I'm pulling out of here to win.