Chords with lyrics
This is from the Album "18 Tracks". I found the chords somewhere on the internet but the lyrics didn't fit, so here are the chords with the lyrics from the album version, I hope it's more or less correct. FF Bb majorBb FF 1.Johnny works in a factory, Billy works downtown DmDm G minorGm F/AF/A Bb majorBb Terry works in a rock'n'roll band lookin' for that million-dollar sound FF Bb majorBb FF I got a job down in Darlington but some nights I don't go DmDm G minorGm F/AF/A Bb majorBb Some nights I go to the drive-in and some nights I stay home (Bb majorBb) FF I followed that dream just like those guys do way up on the Bb majorBb FF screen I drove my Challenger down route 9 Bb majorBb FF through the dead ends and all the bad scenes C majorC FF And when the promise was broken I cashed in a few of my own dreams FF 2.Well, I built that Challenger by myself Bb majorBb FF but I needed money and so I sold it DmDm I lived a secret I should-a kept to myself G minorGm F/AF/A Bb majorBb But I got drunk one night and I told it DmDm A minorAm All my life I've fought that fight G minorGm F/AF/A Bb majorBb a fight that you can never win FF C majorC FF Every day it just gets harder to live the dream you're believing in G minorGm A minorAm Bb majorBb C majorC FF Thunder Road____ oh baby you were so right G minorGm A minorAm Bb majorBb C majorC FF Thunder Road____ there's something dying down on the highway tonight FF 3.Well I won big once and I hit the coast Bb majorBb FF Oh but I paid the big cost DmDm Inside I felt like I was carryin' broken spirits G minorGm F/AF/A Bb majorBb of all the other ones who lost DmDm A minorAm When the promise is broken you go on livin' G minorGm F/AF/A Bb majorBb but it steals something from down in your soul FF C majorC Like when the truth is spoken and it don't make no difference FF something in your heart runs cold Bb majorBb I followed that dream, through the southwestern tracks FF Bb majorBb the dead ends and the two-bit bars C majorC When the promise was broken I was far away from home FF sleeping in the backseat of a borrowed car G minorGm A minorAm Bb majorBb C majorC FF Thunder Road____ here's for the lost lovers and all the fixed games G minorGm A minorAm Bb majorBb C majorC FF Thunder Road____ here's for the tires rushing by in the rain G minorGm A minorAm Bb majorBb C majorC FF Thunder Road____ remember Billy what we'd always say G minorGm A minorAm Bb majorBb C majorC FF Thunder Road____ we were gonna take it all and throw it all away
Other versions of The Promise
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for The wrestler by Bruce Springsteen
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The promised land | Chords |
The promised land (Ver. 2) | Chords |