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 |