Thunder Road Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][Em][Am][C][F]
[C][Em][F][G]

[Verse 1]
A [C]screen door [G]slams,
[F]Mar[G]y's dre[C]ss swa[G]ys
[C][G]
Like a [C]vision she dances [G]across the porch
As the [F]radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the [G]lonely
Hey, that's [C]me, and I want you [F]on ly
Don't turn me home again
I [C]just can't face
my[G]self alone again

[Verse 2]
Don't [C]run back in[G]side darling
[F]You [G]know just what I'm [C]here [G]for
[C][G]
So you're [C]scared and [G]you're thinking
That maybe we ain't that [F]young anymore
Show a little [F]faith, there's magic in the [G]night
You ain't a [C]beauty
but, hey, you're al[F]right
[F]Oh, and tha[C]t's alright with me[G]

[Verse 3]
You can [C]hide 'neath your covers
and [Am]study your pain
Make [C]crosses from your lovers,
[F]throw roses in the rain
[C]Waste your summer pra[Em]ying in vain
For a [F]sa vior to rise from these [G]streets
Well [C]I'm no hero, that's under[Am]stood
All the re[C]demption I can offer, girl
Is [F]beneath this dirty hood
[C]With a chance to make it goo[Em]d somehow
Hey, [F]what else can we do [G]now?

[Verse 4]
Except [C]roll down the window
And [F]let the wind blow [C]back your hair
Well, the [C]night's busting open
These [Em]two lanes will take us a[F]nywhere
We got [F]one last chance to make it [G]real
To [C]trade in these wings on [F]some wheels
[F]Climb in back,
[C]heaven's waiting down
on [G]the tracks

[Verse 5]
[C]Oh-oh, come [Am]take my hand
We're [C]riding out tonight [F]to
case the promised land
[C]Oh-[Em]oh, Thunder Road
[F]Oh, Thunder Road, [G]oh, Thunder Road
[C]Lying out there like a kil[Am]ler in the sun
[C]Hey, I know it's late, we [F]can
make it if we run
[C]Oh-oh, [Em]Thunder Road
Sit [F]tight, take [G]hold
Thunder [C]Road
Well, I [F]got

[Bridge 1]
this guitar
And I [G]learned how to make it [C]talk
And my [Am]car's out back
If you're ready to take that [F]long [G]walk
From your [F]front porch to my front [G]seat
The door's [Em]open but the ride ain't [Am]free
And [F]I know you're lonel[Em]y for words that
[Dm]I ain't spoken[F]
To[G]night we'll be free,
all the promises'll be broken

[Verse 6]
There [C]were ghosts in the eyes
Of [F]all the boys you sent [C]away
They haunt this dusty beach road
On the [Em]skeleton frames
of [F]burned out Chevrolets
They [F]scream your name at night in the [G]street
Your graduation [C]gown lies in rags at [F]their feet
And in the [Em]lonely cool before dawn
You hear their [F]engines roaring on
When you [Dm]get to the porch
[G]They're gone on the [F]wind
So Mary, climb [Dm]in
It's a [F]town full of losers
I'm [G]pulling out of here to [C]win

[Outro 1]
[C][G][C][F]
[C][G][F][G]
[C][G][C][F]
[C][G][F][C][Dm][F]
[G][F][C][G][C][G]
[C][F][C][G]
[F][G]
[fade out]