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Thunder Road chords (version 1)
Bruce Springsteen
Capo III
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The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again, I just can't face myself alone again
Don't run back inside, darling you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking
That maybe we ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright
Oh and that's alright with me
You can hide neath your covers and study your pain
Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain
Waste your summer praying in vain
For a saviour to rise from these streets
Well now I'm no hero, that's understood
All the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood
With a chance to make it good somehow
Hey what else can we do now?
Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
Well the night's busting open
These two lanes will take us anywhere
We got one last chance to make it real
To trade in these wings on some wheels
Climb in back heaven's waiting down on the tracks
Oh oh come take my hand
We re riding out tonight to case the promised land
Oh oh oh oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road,
Lying out there like a killer in the sun
Hey I know it's late we can make it if we run
Oh oh oh oh Thunder Road, sit tight take hold, Thunder Road
Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk
And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long walk
From your front porch to my front seat
The door's open but the ride it ain't free
And I know you're lonely for words that I ain't spoken
But tonight we'll be free, all the promises'll be broken
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away
They haunt this dusty beach road
In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
They scream your name at night in the street
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet and in the
Lonely cool before dawn you hear their engines roaring on but when you
Get to the porch they're gone on the wind so Mary climb in
It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win
5x
Set8
Thunder Road chords (version 2)
Bruce Springsteen
*
The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again, I just can't face myself alone again
Don't run back inside, darling you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking
That maybe we ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright
Oh and that's alright with me
You can hide neath your covers and study your pain
Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain
Waste your summer praying in vain
For a saviour to rise from these streets
Well now I'm no hero, that's understood
All the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood
With a chance to make it good somehow
Hey what else can we do now?
Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
Well the night's busting open
These two lanes will take us anywhere
We got one last chance to make it real
To trade in these wings on some wheels
Climb in back heaven's waiting down on the tracks
Oh oh come take my hand
We re riding out tonight to case the promised land
Oh oh oh oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road,
Lying out there like a killer in the sun
Hey I know it's late we can make it if we run
Oh oh oh oh Thunder Road, sit tight take hold, Thunder Road
Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk
And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long walk
From your front porch to my front seat
The door's open but the ride it ain't free
And I know you're lonely for words that I ain't spoken
But tonight we'll be free, all the promises'll be broken
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away
They haunt this dusty beach road
In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
They scream your name at night in the street
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet and in the
Lonely cool before dawn you hear their engines roaring on but when you
Get to the porch they're gone on the wind so Mary climb in
It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win
5x
* Alternate:
Capo I
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Set8
Thunder Road chords (version 3)
Bruce Springsteen
Capo II
Screen door slams, Mary's dress waves.
Like a vision dancing across the porch as the radio plays.
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely, hey that's me and I want you only.
Don't turn me home again, I just can't face myself alone again.
D G D A-D
Don't run back inside, honey, you know just what I'm here for.
And you're scared and you're thinking that
Maybe we ain't that young any more.
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night,
You ain't a beauty but eh, you're all right;
Oh and that's alright with me
You can hide 'neath your covers and study your pain,
Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain.
Waste your summer praying in vain for a savior to rise from these streets.
Well now I'm no hero that's understood;
All the redemption I can offer girl is beneath this dirty hood.
With a chance to make it good somehow, hey what else can we do now, except;
D G D A-D
Roll down the window and let the wind blow back our hair.
Well the night's busted open these two lanes can take us anywhere.
We got one last chance to make it real;
to trade in these wings on some wheels,
Climb in back, heaven's waiting on down the tracks.
Ohh come take my hand; we're ridin out tonight to case the Promised Land.
Oh Thunder Road, Oh Thunder road, Oh Thunder Road.
Lyin' out there like a killer in the sun;
Hey I know it's late, we can make it if we run.
Oh Thunder Road, sit tight, take hold, Thunder Road.
So I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk.
And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long walk.
From your front porch to my front seat,
Door's open but the ride ain't free.
Well I know you've been waiting for words that I ain't spoken,
Well tonight we'll be free; all the promises will be broken.
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away.
They drive this dusty beach road, in the skeleton frames of
burned-out Chevrolets.
They scream your name at night in the street,
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet.
And in the lonely cool before dawn; you hear their engines roaring on;
Until you get to the porch, they're gone on the wind: so Mary climb in,
It's a town full of losers and we're pulling out of here to win.
5x
Set8