Thunder Road Chords & Tabs
*For this song; Capo the 2nd fret if possible*
Intro-
Strum D
then
E-------
A-------
D-0-4---
G-----2-
B-------
e-------
strum B minor
then
E-----------
A-----------
D-----4-----
G-4-2---2-4-
B-----------
e-----------
Strum D
then
E---------
A---------
D-0-4---4-
G-----2---
B---------
e---------
Strum top three stings of G
then
E-------
A-------
D---0-2-
G-------
B-0-----
e-------
Strum D A G
-The Song-
D G
The screen door slams
D
Mary's dress waves
A
Like a vision she dances across the porch
G
As the radio plays
A
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
D G
Hey that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again
D A
I just can't face myself alone again
D
Don't run back inside
G D
darling you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking
A G
That maybe we ain't that young anymore
A
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
D G
You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright
D A
Oh and that's alright with me
D
You can hide 'neath your covers
A
And study your pain
D
Make crosses from your lovers
G
Throw roses in the rain
D A
Waste your summer praying in vain
G A
For a savior to rise from these streets
D
Well now I'm no hero
Bm
That's understood
D
All the redemption I can offer, girl
G
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
Except roll down the window
G D
And let the wind blow back your hair
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Well the night's busting open
A G
These two lanes will take us anywhere
A
We got one last chance to make it real
D G
To trade in these wings on some wheels
D
Climb in back
A
Heaven's waiting on down the tracks
D Bm
Oh oh come take my hand
G D
Riding out tonight to case the promised land
A G
Oh oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road
A
oh Thunder Road
D B m
Lying out there like a killer in the sun
D G D
Hey I know it's late we can make it if we run
A G A
Oh Thunder Road, sit tight take hold
D
Thunder Road
G
Well I got this guitar
A D
And I learned how to make it talk
Bm
And my car's out back
G A
If you're ready to take that long walk
G A
From your front porch to my front seat
F Sharp Minor Bm
The door's open but the ride it ain't free
G
And I know you're lonely
For words that I ain't spoken
A
But tonight we'll be free
All the promises'll be broken
D
There were ghosts in the eyes
G D
Of all the boys you sent away
They haunt this dusty beach road
A G
In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
A
They scream your name at night in the street
D G
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
Bm
And in the lonely cool before dawn
G
You hear their engines roaring on
Em A
But when you get to the porch they're gone
G Em
On the wind, so Mary climb in
G
It's a town full of losers
A D
And I'm pulling out of here to win.
-Outro-
D (1 and a half seconds) G (half a second / a strum) A (for 2 seconds)
In quick session of one another play:
D G A Bm G A
then play D Bm G A
Repeat this outro once more
then finish with D and at the last few strums hammer your finger onto the e string at the 3rd fret
