Thunder Road
Bruce Springsteen
From the album "Born to run"
Tabbed by: Steini
There is another version for those who want to play the song with Capo 3rd,
including the tab for Intro and Outro in the tab section from me.
Csus (x 3 3 0 1 1)
Gm7 (3 5 3 3 3 3) Bb/F (1 1 3 3 3 1)
[Intro]
F Dm F Bb F Am Bb Csus C
F Bb F F
The screen door slams Mary's dress waves Like a vision she dances
C Bb C
across the porch As the radio plays Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
F Bb F
Hey that's me and I want you only Don't turn me home again I just can't face
C
myself alone again
F Bb F
Don't run back inside darling you know just what I'm here for
C Bb
So you're scared and you're thinking That maybe we ain't that young anymore
C
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
F Bb F C
You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright Oh and that's alright with me
F Dm F
You can hide neath your covers And study your pain Make crosses from your lovers
Bb F Am
Throw roses in the rain Waste your summer praying in vain
Bb C7 F
For a saviour to rise from these streets Well now I'm no hero
Dm F Bb
That's understood All the redemption I can offer, girl Is beneath this dirty hood
F Am Bb C7
With a chance to make it good somehow Hey what else can we do now
F Bb F
Except roll down the window And let the wind blow back your hair
C Bb
Well the night's busting open These two lanes will take us anywhere
C F Bb
We got one last chance to make it real To trade in these wings on some wheels
F C
Climb in back Heaven's waiting on down the tracks
F Dm F Bb
Oh oh come take my hand Riding out tonight to case the promised land
F Am Bb C7
Oh oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road oh Thunder Road
F Dm F
Lying out there like a killer in the sun Hey I know it's late
Bb F Am Bb C7 F
we can make it if we run Oh Thunder Road, sit tight take hold Thunder Road
Bb C F
Well I got this guitar And I learned how to make it talk
Dm Bb C
And my car's out back If you're ready to take that long walk
Bb C Am Dm
From your front porch to my front seat The door's open but the ride it ain't free
Bb Bb/A Gm7 Bb/F
And I know you're lonely For words that I ain't spoken
C
But tonight we'll be free All the promises'll be broken
F Bb F
There were ghosts in the eyes Of all the boys you sent away
C Bb
They haunt this dusty beach road In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
C F
They scream your name at night in the street Your graduation gown lies in rags at
Bb Am
their feet And in the lonely cool before dawn
Bb Gm C
You hear their engines roaring on But when you get to the porch they're gone
Bb Gm Bb
On the wind, so Mary climb in It's a town full of losers
C F F
And I'm pulling out of here to win.
[Outro]
F C F Bb F C Bb C