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Thunder Road chords by
Dan Bern
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Key: E major•
Verse 1
D
D

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Bm
Bm
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The screen door slams
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D

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Mary's dress waves
A
A

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Like a vision she dances across the porch
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G

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As the radio plays
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A

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Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
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D

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Hey that's me and I want
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G

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you only

Don't turn me home again
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D

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A
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I just can't face myself alone again
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G

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Don't run back insidedarling you
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D

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know just what I'm here for

So you're scared and you're thinking
A
A

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That maybe we ain't that
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G

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young anymore

Show a little faith,
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A

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there's magic in the night
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D

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You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright
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G

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A

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Oh and that's alright with me You
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can hide 'neath your covers
Bm
Bm
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And study your pain
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Make crosses from your lovers
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Throw roses in the rain
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Waste your summer praying in vain
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For a savior to rise from these streets
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Well now I'm no hero
Bm
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That's understood
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All the redemption I can offer, girl
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Is beneath this dirty hood
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With a chance to make it good somehow
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A

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Hey what else can we do now
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Except roll down the window
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And let the wind blow back your hair

Well the night's busting open
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These two lanes will take us anywhere
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We got one last chance to make it real
F#m
F#m
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To trade in these wings
Bm
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on some wheels
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Climb in back
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Heaven's waiting on down the tracks
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Bm
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Oh oh come take my hand
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Riding out tonight to case
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the promised land
F#m
F#m
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Oh oh Thunder Road,
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A
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oh Thunder Roadoh Thunder Road
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Bm
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Lying out there like a

killer in the sun
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G
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Hey I know it's late we can
Asus4
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make it if we run
F#m
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Oh Thunder Road, sit tight take hold
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Thunder Road Well I got this guitar
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And I learned how to make it talk
Bm
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And my car's out back
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If you're ready to take that long
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walk>From your front porch to my front seat
F#m
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The door's open but the
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Bm
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ride it ain't free
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And I know you're lonely
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For words that I ain't spoken

But tonight we'll be free

All the promises'll be broken
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There were ghosts in the eyes
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Of all the boys you sent away

They haunt this dusty beach road
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Em
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In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets They
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scream your name at night in the street
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Your graduation gown lies
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Bm
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in rags at their feet
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And in the lonely cool before dawn
Em
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You hear their engines roaring on
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But when you get to
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the porch they're gone
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Em
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On the wind, so Mary climb in
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It's a town full of losers
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And I'm pulling out of here to win
Outro 1
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • Bm

    2

  • G

  • A

  • F#m

    2

  • Asus4

  • Em

Capo: 2

Transpose: 0

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Thunder Road by Dan Bern is E major.

The primary chords used in Thunder Road are E, C#m, A, B, G#m, Bsus4.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 2 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like E, C#m, A, B, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Thunder Road is approximately 143 beats per minute.

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