Thunder Road chords by
Bruce Springsteen

1975•Rock•2.9K views•

Key: F major•

Intro 1

C

C

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Em

Em

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Am

Am

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C

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C

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Em

Em

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Verse 1

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C

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A screen door slams,

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F

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G

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C

C

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Mary's dress sways

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C

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G

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Like a vision she dances across the porch

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F

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As the radio plays

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Roy Orbison singing for the lonely

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C

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F

F

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Hey, that's me, and I want you on ly

Don't turn me home again

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C

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I just can't face

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G

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myself alone again

Verse 2

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C

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G

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Don't run back inside darling

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F

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G

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C

C

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You know just what I'm here for

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C

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G

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So you're scared and you're thinking

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F

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That maybe we ain't that young anymore

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Show a little faith, there's magic in the night

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C

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You ain't a beauty

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F

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but, hey, you're alright

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F

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C

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Oh, and that's alright with me

Verse 3

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C

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You can hide 'neath your covers

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and study your pain

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C

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Make crosses from your lovers,

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throw roses in the rain

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C

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Em

Em

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Waste your summer praying in vain

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F

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G

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For a sa vior to rise from these streets

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C

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Am

Am

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Well I'm no hero, that's understood

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C

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All the redemption I can offer, girl

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F

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Is beneath this dirty hood

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Em

Em

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With a chance to make it good somehow

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F

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G

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Hey, what else can we do now?

Verse 4

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C

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Except roll down the window

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C

C

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And let the wind blow back your hair

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Well, the night's busting open

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F

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These two lanes will take us anywhere

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We got one last chance to make it real

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C

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F

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To trade in these wings on some wheels

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Climb in back,

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heaven's waiting down

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on the tracks

Verse 5

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C

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Am

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Oh-oh, come take my hand

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C

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We're riding out tonight to

case the promised land

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C

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Em

Em

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Oh-oh, Thunder Road

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F

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Oh, Thunder Road, oh, Thunder Road

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C

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Am

Am

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Lying out there like a killer in the sun

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C

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F

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Hey, I know it's late, we can

make it if we run

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C

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Em

Em

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Oh-oh, Thunder Road

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F

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Sit tight, take hold

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Thunder Road

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Well, I got

Bridge 1

this guitar

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G

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And I learned how to make it talk

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And my car's out back

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If you're ready to take that long walk

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From your front porch to my front seat

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Em

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

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And I know you're lonely for words that

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I ain't spoken

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Tonight we'll be free,

all the promises'll be broken

Verse 6

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There were ghosts in the eyes

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C

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Of all the boys you sent away

They haunt this dusty beach road

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On the skeleton frames

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of burned out Chevrolets

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They scream your name at night in the street

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F

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Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet

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And in the lonely cool before dawn

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You hear their engines roaring on

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When you get to the porch

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They're gone on the wind

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So Mary, climb in

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It's a town full of losers

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C

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I'm pulling out of here to win

Outro 1

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Dm

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Chords

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Em
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Dm

Capo: 5

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The original key of Thunder Road by Bruce Springsteen is F major.

The primary chords used in Thunder Road are F, Am, Dm, Bb, C, C7.

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Yes, this version uses open chords like F, Am, Dm, Bb, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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