Thunder Road Chords by Bruce Springsteen
- Key: F
- BPM: 140
- Capo: no capo
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THUNDER ROAD CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] F Fmaj7 F Bb Gm7 F Am Am7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ C Bb F ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Bb F C7 F A screen door slams ■ Mary's dress sways ■ C7 F C ■ Like a vision she dances across the porch Bb As the radio plays C Roy Orbison singing for the lonely F Bb Hey that's me and I want you only F Don't turn me home again C I just can't face myself alone again F Don't run back inside darling Bb F C7 F You know just what I'm here for ■ C7 F ■ So you're scared and you're thinking C Bb That maybe we ain't that young anymore C Show a little faith there's magic in the night Bb F Bb You ain't a beauty but hey you're alright F C ■ Oh and that's alright with me F Dm You can hide 'neath your covers and study your pain F Bb F Make crosses from your lovers throw roses in the rain Am Waste your summer praying in vain Bb Csus4 For a savior to rise from these streets F Dm Well now I'm no hero that's understood F All the redemption I can offer girl Bb Is beneath this dirty hood F Am With a chance to make it good somehow Bb C7 Hey what else can we do now [Chorus] F Except roll down the window Bb F And let the wind blow back your hair F Well the night's busting open Am Bb These two lanes will take us anywhere C7 We got one last chance to make it real F Bb To trade in these wings on some wheels F C Climb in back heaven's waiting down on the tracks [Verse] F Dm ■ Ohoh come take my hand F Bb F We're riding out tonight to case the promised land Am Ohoh Thunder Road Bb C Oh Thunder Road oh Thunder Road [Chorus] F Dm ■ Lying out there like a killer in the sun F Bb F Hey I know it's late we can make it if we run Am Ohoh Thunder Road Bb C Sit tight take hold F Thunder Road Bb Well I got this guitar C C7 F And I learned how to make it talk [Verse] Dm And my car's out back Bb C If you're ready to take that long walk Bb C From your front porch to my front seat Am Dm The door's open but the ride ain't free Bb Dm Gm Bb And I know you're lonely for words that I ain't spoken C Tonight we'll be free all the promises'll be broken [Chorus] F There were ghosts in the eyes Bb F Of all the boys you sent away F They haunt this dusty beach road Am Bb On the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets C They scream your name at night in the street F Bb Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet Am And in the lonely cool before dawn Bb You hear their engines roaring on C7 When you get to the porch C Bb They're gone on the wind Gm So Mary climb in Bb It's a town full of losers C I'm pulling out [Solo] F C F Bb F C Bb C ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ F C F Bb F C Bb Gm ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Bb C Bb Am7 Am Gm F C ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ F Bb F C Bb C F C ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Outro] F Bb F C Bb ■ ■ ■ ■ ■