Standard Tuning EADGBe
Play it with a capo on the first fret to sound like the studio version or without for the live version.
Intro:
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Verse 1:
E A E B A
Screen door slams Marys dress waves like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
B E A
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely hey thats me and I want you only
E B
Dont turn me home again I just cant face myself alone again
E A E B A
Dont run back inside darlin u know just what I'm here for, So yer scared n yer thinkin that maybe we aint that young anymore
B E A
Show a little faith there's magic in the night You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright
E B
Oh and that's alright with me
Verse 2:
E C#m E A
You can hide neath your covers n study your pain make crosses from your lovers throw roses in the rain
E G#m A B7
Waste your summer praying in vain for a savior to rise from these streets
E C#m E A
Well now Im no hero thats understood all the redemption I can offer girl is beneath this dirty hood
E G#m A B7
With a chance to make it good somehow Hey what else can we do now?
Verse 3:
E A E
Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
B A
Well the night's bustin' open, these two lanes will take us anywhere
B E A
We got one last chance to make it real To trade in these wings on some wheels
E B
Climb in back, heaven's waiting down on the tracks
Verse 4: [same chords as verse 2]
E C#m E A
Oh oh come take my hand riding out tonight to case the promised land
E G#m A B7
Oh oh oh oh thunder road, oh thunder road, oh thunder road
E C#m E A
Lying out there like a killer in the sun, hey I know it's late, we can make it if we run
E G#m A B7 E
Oh oh oh oh thunder road, sit tight, take hold, thunder road
Verse 5:
A B E C#m A B
Well I got this guitar & I learned how to make it talk & my cars out back if yer ready to take that long walk
A B G#m C#m
From your front porch to my front seat, the door's open but the ride it ain't free
A F#m B
And I know you're lonely for words that I ain't spoken, tonight we'll be free all the promises will be broken
Verse 6:
E A E
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away
B A
They haunt this dusty beach road in the skeleton frames of burned-out Chevrolets
B E A
They scream your name at night in the street Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
G#m A
And in the lonely cool before dawn You hear their engines roaring on
F#m B A F#m
But when you get to the porch they're gone on the wind, so Mary climb in
A B E
It's a town full of losers, I'm pulling out of here to win
Outro:
[E B E A E B A B]
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(fade out)