Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road

Most of the IV’s can be IV2, most of the V’s can be Vsus4

Originally in F; I play in D

DGDG

DF#mGA

A Dscreen door slams, GMary’s Ddress waves

Like a vision she dances across the porch as the Gradio plays

Roy Orbison singing for the Alonely

Hey that’s Dme and I want you Gonly

Don’t turn me home again, I Djust can’t face myself aAlone again

Don’t Drun back inside, darlin, Gyou know just what I’m Dhere for

So you’re scared and you’re thinking that

F#mMaybe we ain’t that Gyoung any more

Show a little faith, there’s magic in the Anight

You ain’t a Dbeauty but hey you’re all Gright

Oh and Dthat’s alright with Ame

You can Dhide beneath your covers and Bmstudy your pain

Make Dcrosses from your lovers, throw Groses in the rain

DWaste your summer F#mpraying in vain for a

GSavior to rise from these Astreets

Well now DI’m no hero that’s Bmunderstood

All the reDdemption I can offer girl is Gbeneath this dirty hood

DWith a chance to make it F#mgood somehow hey

GWhat else can we do Anow except

DRoll down the window and Glet the wind blow Dback your hair

Well the night’s busting open these

F#mTwo lanes can take us Ganywhere

We got one last chance to make it Areal

To Dtrade in these wings on some Gwheels

Climb in back, heaven’s Dwaiting down on the Atracks

DOh come Bmtake my hand

We’re Dridin’ out tonight to Gcase the promised land

DOh F#moh thunder road, Goh thunder road, Aoh thunder road

DLyin’ out there like a G/Bkiller in the sun

Hey DI know it’s late, we can Gmake it if we run

DOh F#moh thunder road, sit Gtight, take Ahold, thunder Droad

Well I Ggot this guitar and I A6learned how to make it Dtalk

And my Bmcar’s out back if you’re

Ready to take that Gmaj7long Awalk

From your Gfront porch to my front Aseat

The door’s F#mopen but the ride it ain’t Bmfree

And GI know you’re G/F#hungry for words that Em7I ain’t G/Dspoken

ToAnight we’ll be free, all the promises will be broken

There were Dghosts in the eyes of Gall the boys you Dsent away

Vox do *not* go down on “skeleton”, even though you want to

They haunt this Ddusty beach road in the F#mskeleton frames of

GBurned-out Chevrolets

Vox back up to the 1 of the key for this whole line, including “street”

They scream your name at night in the Astreet

Your graduation Dgown lies in rags at their Gfeet

Stay on the 1 of the key on “lonely”

And in the F#mlonely cool before dawn

*Still* on the 1 of the key on “engines”

You hear their Gengines roaring on

Vox down to the 3 of the chord on “get to the porch”

But when you Gget to the porch, they’re Agone

On the Gwind, so Mary climb Emin

It’s a Gtown full of losers, and I’m Apulling out of here to wDin

Outro

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G→ G/F#→ G/E→G/D

A→ A/G→ A/F#→A/E

D

Repeat to fade