Key: D
Introduction:
D Bm D G D F#m G A
D G D
The screen door slams, Mary' s dress waves
A G
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
A
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
D G
Hey that' s me and I want you only
D A
Don' t turn me home again, I just can' t face myself alone again
D G D G D
Don' t run back inside, darling you know just what I' m here for
So you' re scared and you' re thinking
A G
That maybe we ain' t that young anymore
A
Show a little faith, there' s magic in the night
D G
You ain' t a beauty, but hey you' re alright
D A
Oh and that' s alright with me
D Bm
You can hide neath your covers and study your pain
D G
Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain
D F#m
Waste your summer praying in vain
G A
For a saviour to rise from these streets
D Bm
Well now I' m no hero, that' s understood
D G
All the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood
D F#m
With a chance to make it good somehow
G A
Hey what else can we do now?
D G D G D
Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
Well the night' s busting open
F#m G
These two lanes will take us anywhere
A
We got one last chance to make it real
D G
To trade in these wings on some wheels
D A
Climb in back heaven' s waiting down on the tracks
D Bm
Oh oh come take my hand
D G
We re riding out tonight to case the promised land
D F#m G A
Oh oh oh oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road,
D Bm
Lying out there like a killer in the sun
D G
Hey I know it' s late we can make it if we run
D F#m G A D
Oh oh oh oh Thunder Road, sit tight take hold, Thunder Road
D G A D
Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk
Bm G A
And my car' s out back if you' re ready to take that long walk
G A
From your front porch to my front seat
F#m Bm
The door' s open but the ride it ain' t free
G Em
And I know you' re lonely for words that I ain' t spoken
A
But tonight we' ll be free, all the promises' ll be broken
D G D G D
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away
They haunt this dusty beach road
F#m G
In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
A
They scream your name at night in the street
D G
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet and in the
F#m G
Lonely cool before dawn you hear their engines roaring on but when you
Em A G Em
Get to the porch they' re gone on the wind - so Mary climb in
G A D
It' s a town full of losers and I' m pulling out of here to win
D A D G
D A G A
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