Bruce Springsteen – Thunder Road (Guitar)
Key
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Versions
(6)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Piano: F Am Dm F Bb F Am Bb C
F Harp: 1 2 3 | 456 |6 5 5 5 4 3|3 4 4 4 | 4 | 4 43 4 |4 43 4 4
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F The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves C Bb Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays C Roy Orbison singing for the lonely F Bb Hey that's me and I want you only F C Don't turn me home again, I just can't face myself alone again F Bb F Don't run back inside, darling you know just what I'm here for
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 F Bb You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright F C Oh and it's alright with me F Dm You can hide neath your covers and study your pain F Bb Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain F Am Waste your summer praying in vain Bb C For a savior to rise from these streets F Dm Well now I'm no hero, that's understood F Bb All the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood F Am With a chance to make it good somehow Bb C Hey what else can we do now? F Bb F Bb F Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
Well the night's busting open
Am Bb These two lanes will take us anywhere C 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 F Dm Oh oh come take my hand F Bb We’re riding out tonight to case the promised land F Am Bb C Oh oh oh oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road, F Dm Lying out there like a killer in the sun F Bb Hey I know it's late we can make it if we run F Am Bb C F Oh oh oh oh Thunder Road, sit tight take hold, Thunder Road F Am Bb C F Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk Dm Bb C And my car's out back 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 it ain't free Bb Bb/A Gm F And I know you're lonely for words that I ain't spoken C Bb Am Gm But tonight we'll be free, all the promises'll be broken F Bb F Bb F There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away
They haunt this dusty beach road
Am Bb In 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 and in the Am Bb -------------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------| -------------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------| --------2--2--2-2--|--------2--2--2-2--|--------3--3---3-3--|--------3--3---3-3--| ------2------2-----|------2------2-----|------3------3------|------3------3------| --0-0--------------|--0-0--------------|--1-1---------------|--1-1---------------| -------------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------| Lonely cool before dawn you hear their engines roaring on but when you GM C ------------------------|-----------------------------| ------------------------|-----------------------------| ------------------------|-----------------------------| --5--3--3--2--2---------|-----------------------------| ------------------5--5--|--3--3--1--1-----------------| ------------------------|--------------5--5--5--3--0--| Get to the porch they're gone on the Bb ---------------------|--------------| ----------------3----|----6---6-----| --3-------3—----3----|--5>7---7<5---| --3-------3—-5--3----|--------------| --1—-3/5-------------|--------------| ---------------------|--------------| wind So Mary climbed Gm ------------------|------------| ------------------|------------| ---------------3--|--3/5---3---| --5------------3--|--3/5---3---| --5-------1/5--3--|--3/5---3---| --3—-1/3----------|------------| in It’s a Bb C F Town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win.
Outro
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