Chords:
{t:Thunder Road}
{key: C}
{artist:Emily Crowley}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TNF18oxirc capo 4
{c:Thanks to Frank de Lathouder}
The [C] screen door slams, [F] Mary's dress [C] sways
Like a vision she dances [Am] across the porch as the [F] radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the [G] lonely
Hey that's [C] me and I want you [F] only
Don't turn me home again, I [C] just can't face myself a-[G]lone again
Don't [C] run back inside, darling [F] you
know just what I'm [C] here for [Csus4] [C]
So, you're scared and you're thinking
That [Am] maybe we ain't that [F] young anymore
Show a little faith, there's magic in the [G] night
You ain't a [C] beauty, but hey you're al-[F]right
Oh and [C] that's alright with [G] me
You can [C] hide neath your covers and [G] study your pain
Make [C] crosses from your lovers, throw [F] roses in the rain
[C] Waste your summer [Am] praying in vain
For a [F] saviour to rise from these [G] streets
[C] Well now I'm no hero, that's [Am] understood
All the [C] redemption I can offer, girl, is [F] beneath this dirty hood
With a [C] chance to make it [Am] good somehow
Hey [F] what else can we do [G] now?
Except [C] roll down the window and [F] let the
wind blow [C] back your hair [Csus4] [C]
Well, the night's busting open
These [Am] two lanes will take us [F] anywhere
We got one last chance to make it [G] real
To [C] trade in these wings on some [F] wheels
Climb in back [C] heaven's waiting down [G] on the tracks
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[C] Oh oh come [Am] take my hand
We're [C] riding out tonight to [F] case the promised land
[C] Oh oh oh [Am] oh Thunder Road,
[F] Oh Thunder Road, [G] oh Thunder Road,
[C] Lying out there like a [Am] killer in the sun
Hey [C] I know it's late we [F] can make it if we run
[C] Oh oh oh [Am] oh Thunder Road,
Sit [F] tight take [G] hold, Thunder [C] Road
Well, I [F] got this guitar and I [G] learned how to make it [C] talk
And my [Am] car's out back if you're ready to take that [F] long [G] walk
From your [F] front porch to my front [G] seat
The door's [C] open but the ride it [Am] ain't free
And [F] I know you're lonely for words that I ain't spoken
But [G] tonight we'll be free, all the promises'll be broken
There were [C] ghosts in the eyes of [F] all the boys
you [C] sent away [Csus4] [C]
They haunt this dusty beach road
In the [Am] skeleton frames of [F] burned out Chevrolets
They scream your name at night in the [G] street
Your [C] graduation gown lies in rags at their [F] feet and in the
Lonely cool before dawn you hear
their [C] engines roaring [Am] on but when you
[F] Get to the porch they're [G] gone on the
[F] wind - so Mary [G] climb in
It's a [F] town full of losers and I'm [G] pulling out of here to [C] win
[F] [C] [Am] [G] [C]
