Thunderbird chords by Josh Ritter

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: D

Intro:

D  Bm7  G  A
D  Bm7  G  A


Verse 1:
        D                           Bm7
I won't worry 'bout the things that I can't change
    G                         A
The yonder roving doom or the trouble train
                  D                              Bm7
Just give me that dusty-throated singing in that western strain
            G                        A                  D  Bm7  G  A
My love for you might be young, it's wide as the plains

Verse 2:
    D                                         Bm7
You shoulda seen him coming, you shoulda seen him go
    G                      A
And Alexander curls atop a calico
       D                               Bm7
Now we haven't heard a single word nor bugle-blow
            G                      A
My love for you might be young, it won't be laid low


Chorus:
       Bm
Thunderbird
    A
Who is it shakes your blood?
    D                             A
Who is it swims the water of your blue lakes?
           Bm
Oh, Thunderbird
      A
Is it me you're thinking of?
       D                                A
If you gotta take somebody, I hope it's me that you take
    D                             Bm
The wine, the Winnemucca, and the Mardi Gras
      G                              A
Those old melodious fishes the piano caught
          D                                         Bm
All those things that ring so ancient, though their bells are not
            G                              A
My love for you might be young, you're the one that it wants
       Bm
Thunderbird
    A
Who is it shakes your blood?
    D                             A
Who is it swims the water of your blue lakes?
       Bm
Thunderbird
      A
Is it me you're thinking of?
       D                                A
If you gotta take somebody, I hope it's me that you take



Bridge:
Bm                    D
Over and over, I have prayed your name
A                 G
Over and over and over again
Bm                               D                      Em
Run between the railings, honey, slip between the seams
Em
I'm seeing you in dreams


Interlude:
Bm  D  A  G
Bm  D  A


Verse 3:
            D                                   Bm
I loved you then, I love you now, I'll love you into the gloom
     G                                A
I've never been the type to leave the party over-soon
        D                                 Bm
Throw a rope around the sun, I'll throw a rope around the moon
            G
My love for you might be young
      A
It'll take all afternoon


Chorus:
       Bm
Thunderbird
    A
Who is it shakes your blood?
    D                             A
Who is it swims the water of your blue lakes?
           Bm
Oh, Thunderbird
      A
Is it me you're thinking of?
       D                                A
If you gotta take somebody, I hope it's me that you take
    D                             Bm
The wine, the Winnemucca, and the Mardi Gras
      G                              A
Those old melodious fishes the piano caught
          D                                         Bm
All those things that ring so ancient, though their bells are not
            G                              A
My love for you might be young, you're the one that it wants
       Bm
Thunderbird
    A
Who is it shakes your blood?
    D                             A
Who is it swims the water of your blue lakes?
       Bm
Thunderbird
      A
Is it me you're thinking of?
       D                                A
If you gotta take somebody, I hope it's me that you take


Outro:
       Bm                        D
Thunderbird, Thunderbird, Thunderbird
       G                         A
Thunderbird, Thunderbird, Thunderbird
       Bm                        D
Thunderbird, Thunderbird, Thunderbird
       G                         A
Thunderbird, Thunderbird, Thunderbird
Bm  D  G  A  Bm  D  G  A  D