The promise chords by
Springsteen Bruce

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Key: G major

Intro 1

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D

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Verse 1

G

Johnny works in a factory

C

G

Billy works downtown

Em

Terry works in a rock and roll band

Am

Bm

C

Looking for that million dollar sound

Verse 2

G

I got a job down in Darlington

C

G

Some nights I don't go

Em

Some nights I go to the drive- in

Am

Bm

C

Some nights I stay home

Verse 3
C C 
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I followed that dream
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Just like those guys do way
C C 
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up on the screen
Drove my Challenger down Route 9
G G 
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Through the dead ends and
C C 
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all the bad scenes
D D 
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The promise was broken
Cashed in a few of my dreams
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Verse 4
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Well I  built that Challenger by myself
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G G 
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But I needed money and so I sold it
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Em Em 
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Lived a secret I should've
kept to myself
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Bm Bm 2
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C C 
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But I got drunk one night and I told it

Verse 5

Em

Bm

All my life, I fought that fight

Am

Bm

C

The fight that you can't win

G

D

Every day it just gets harder to live

G

The dream you're believing in

Verse 6

Am

Bm

C

Thunder Road, baby,

D

G

you were so right

Am

Bm

C

Thunder Road, something dying

D

G

down on the highway tonight

Verse 7
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Well I won big once
and I hit the coast
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Yeah, but I  paid the cost
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Inside I felt like I was carrying
the broken spirits
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Bm Bm 2
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C C 
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Of all the other ones who lost

Verse 8
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Bm Bm 2
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The promise is broken, you go  on living
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It steals something from
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C C 
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down in your soul
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When the truth is spoken,
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it don't make no difference
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Something in your heart goes cold

Verse 9
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I followed that dream through the
southwestern tracks
That dead ends
in the two- bit bars
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The promise was broken, I was
far away from home
Sleeping in the back seat of a bor
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rowed car

Verse 10
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Thunder Road is for the lost lovers
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G G 
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and all the fixed games
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Bm Bm 2
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C C 
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Thunder Road is for the tires
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rushing by in the rain
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Bm Bm 2
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C C 
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Thunder Road me and
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G G 
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Billy we'd always sing
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Bm Bm 2
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Thunder Road, take it all and throw it all

Outro 1

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