Thunder Road — Bruce Springsteen
Chords and lyrics for Thunder Road by Bruce Springsteen (key of D).
Verse 1
Play in D; actually in F.
[D]Screen door slams,[G] Mary's dress [D][A]sways[D]
Like a [D]vision she dances [F#m]across the porch as the [G]radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the [A]lonely, hey that's [D]me and I want you [G]only
Don't turn me home again, I [D]just can't face myself [A]alone again
Don't [D]run back inside, darlin', [G]you know just what I'm [D]here [A]for[D]
So you're [D]scared and you're thinking that
[F#m]Maybe we ain't that [G]young any more
Show a little faith, there's magic in the [A]night
You ain't a [D]beauty but eh, you're all [G]right
Oh, and [D]that's alright with [A]me
You can [D]hide 'neath your covers and [Bm]study your pain,
Make [D]crosses from your lovers, throw [G]roses in the rain
[D] Waste your summer [F#m]praying in vain for a [G]savior to rise from these [A]streets
Well, now I'm[D] no hero that's [Bm]understood
All the [D]redemption I can offer, girl, is [G]beneath this dirty hood
[D]With a chance to make it [F#m]good somehow, hey, [G]what else can we do [A]now except
[D]Roll down the window and [G]let the wind blow [D]back your [A]hair[D]
Well, the [D]night's busted open, these [F#m]two lanes will take us [G]anywhere
We got one last chance to make it [A]real
To [D]trade in these wings on some [G]wheels
Climb in back, [D]heaven's waiting down [A]on the tracks
[D]Ohh, come [Bm]take my hand, we're [D]ridin' out tonight to [G]case the Promised Land
[D]Oh[F#m] Thunder Road, [G]oh Thunder Road, [A]oh Thunder Road
[D]Lyin' out there like a [Bm]killer in the sun
[D]Hey, I know it's late, we can [G]make it if we run
[D]Oh[F#m] Thunder Road, sit [G]tight, take [A]hold, Thunder [D]Road
Well, I [G]got this guitar and I [A]learned how to make it [D]talk
And my [Bm]car's out back if you're ready to take that [G]long [A]walk
From your [G]front porch to my front [A]seat
The door's [F#m]open but the ride ain't [Bm]free
Well, [G]I know you've been waiting for words that [Em]I ain't spoken
[A]Tonight we'll be free - all the promises'll be broken
There were [D]ghosts in the eyes of [G]all the boys you sent [D]away
They haunt this [D]dusty beach road in the [F#m]skeleton frames of
[G]Burned-out Chevrolets
They scream [G]your name at night in the [A]street
Your graduation [D]gown lies in rags at their [G]feet
And in the [F#m]lonely cool before dawn you hear their [G]engines roaring on
When you [G]get to the porch, [A]they're gone on the [G]wind so Mary climb [Em]in
It's a [G]town full of losers, I'm [A]pulling out of here to [D]win
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