The original is in Dm; I usually play in Am capo 5 (so still in the orig key)
Am |
Am | F |
Three thirty in the morning | not a soul in sight |
E | Am |
The city’s lookin’ like a ghost town on a | moonless summer night |
Am | F |
Raindrops on the windshield, there’s a | storm moving in |
E | Am |
He’s headin’ back from somewhere that he | never should have been |
G | G | G/F# | E | |
And the thunder ro | lls |
Am | |
And the thunder rolls |
Am | F |
Every light is burnin’ in a | house across town |
E | Am |
She’s pacin’ by the telephone in her | faded flannel gown |
Am | F |
Askin’ for miracle | hopin’ she’s not right |
E | Am |
Prayin’ it’s the weather that has | kept him out all night |
G | G | G/F# | E | |
And the thunder ro | lls |
Am | G | Am | |
And the thunder rolls |
F | G | |
The thunder | rolls |
Am | G | Am | |
And the lightning | strikes |
F | G | |
Another love grows | cold |
E | |
On a sleepless night |
X | F | G |
As the storm blows | on |
Am | G | Am | |
Out of cont | rol |
F | G | |
Deep in her | heart |
Am | |
The thunder | rolls |
Am | F |
She’s waitin’ by the window when he | pulls into the drive |
E | Am |
She rushes out to hold him | thankful he’s alive |
Am | F |
But on the wind and rain a | strange new perfume blows |
E | Am | |
And the | lightning flashes in her eyes and | he knows that she knows |
G | G/F# | E | |
And the thunder rolls |
Am | |
And the thunder rolls |
This verse is not on the recorded version
F | |
She runs back down the hallway | to the bedroom door |
E | Am | |
She | reaches for the pistol hidden | in the dresser drawer |
F | |
Tells the lady in the mirror he | won’t do this again |
E | Am |
‘Cause tonight’ll be the last time she’ll | wonder where he’s been |
G | G/F# | E | |
And the thunder rolls |
Am | G | Am | |
And the thunder rolls |
Am | G | Am |
F | G | |
The thunder | rolls |
Am | G | Am | |
And the lightning | strikes |
F | G | |
Another love grows | cold |
E | |
On a sleepless night |
X | F | G |
As the storm blows | on |
Am | G | Am | |
Out of cont | rol |
F | G | |
Deep in her | heart |
Am | |
The thunder | rolls |