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Thunder Road chords by
Alice Ripley
Alice Ripley

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Intro 1
G
C
G
C
G
C
D

G
C
G
C
G

Verse 1
G
C
D
G

The screen door slams,
C
G

Mary's dress waves

Like a vision she dances across the
C
G
C

porch as the radio plays
D

Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
G
C

Hey, that's me and I want you only

Don't turn me home again,
D

I just can't face myself alone again
G

Don't run back inside, darling,

you know just what I'm here for

So you're scared and you're thinking that
C

maybe we ain't that young anymore

Show a little faith,
D

there's magic in the night
G

You ain't a beauty but, hey,
C

you're alright

Oh, and that's alright with me
D
Verse 2

G
C
G

You can hide 'neath your covers
C

and study your pain
G

Make crosses from your lovers,
C

throw roses in the rain
G

Waste your summer praying in vain
C
D

For a savior to rise from these streets
G

Well now, I ain't no hero,
C

that's understood
G

All the redemption I can offer,
C

girl, is beneath this dirty hood
G

With a chance to make it good somehow
C
D

Hey, what else can we do now?
G
C

Except roll down the window and let
G

the wind blow back your hair

Well, the night's busting open,
C

these two lanes will take us anywhere
D

We got one last chance to make it real
G

To trade in these wings
C

on some wheels

Climb in back,
D
G

heaven's waiting on down the tracks
Verse 3

Oh oh, come take my hand
C

We're riding out tonight to case
G

the promised land

Oh oh oh oh, Thunder Road
C
D

Oh, Thunder Road, oh, Thunder Road
G
C

Lying out there like a killer in the sun
G

Hey, I know it's late,
C
G

we can make it if we run

Oh oh oh oh, Thunder Road
C
D
G

Sit tight, take hold, Thunder Road
Verse 4
C
D

Well, I got this guitar and I learned
G
C

how to make it talk
D
Em

And my car's out back if you're
D

ready to take that long walk
C

From your front porch to
D

my front seat
Em

The door's open but the ride ain't free
D

And I know you're lonely for words

that I ain't spoken
C

But tonight we'll be free,
D
G

all the promises'll be broken
Verse 5
C

There were ghosts in the eyes of
G

all the boys you sent away

They haunt this dusty beach road in the skeleton
C

frames of burned- out Chevrolets
G
C

They scream your name at night
D

in the street
G

Your graduation gown lies
C

in rags at their feet
Em

And in the lonely cool before dawn
D

You hear their engines rolling on
C

But when you get to the porch,
D
C

they're gone on the wind
D

So Mary, climb in
C
D

It's a town full of losers, I'm pulling out of here to win
Outro 1
G
C
G

C
G
C
D
G
C

G
C
G
C
D
G
C

G
C
G
C
D

G
C
G
C

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  • D

  • Em

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