Thunder Road tab by Bruce Springsteen

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Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen

Intro:
FF     DmDm      FF        Bb majorBb     FF     A minorAm     Bb majorBb     C majorC
---------|-------------|---------------|-----------|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
------1--|--3-1---1-3--|--------1------|-----------|------1--|--3-1---1--|--3-1---1--|--3-1---1--|
----2----|------2------|------2---2-3--|--3-2------|----2----|------2----|------2----|------2----|
--3------|-------------|--3-3----------|------3-5--|--3------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
---------|-------------|---------------|-----------|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
---------|-------------|---------------|-----------|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|

  FF        Bb majorBb       FF
The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves
             C majorC            Bb majorBb
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
               C majorC
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
      FF         Bb majorBb
Hey that's me and I want you only
              FF           C majorC
Don't turn me home again, I just can't face myself alone again
    FF            Bb majorBb             FF
Don't run back inside, darling you know just what I'm here for

So you're scared and you're thinking
   C majorC          Bb majorBb
That maybe we ain't that young anymore
                     C majorC
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
      FF           Bb majorBb
You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright
    FF    C7C7     C majorC
Oh and that's alright with me ----------|-----
               ----------|-----
               -------9vvvvvv--
               ----------|-----
               --8>10----|-----
               ----------|-----
    FF              DmDm
You can hide 'neath your covers and study your pain
   FF                Bb majorBb
Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain
 FF         A minorAm
Waste your summer praying in vain
    Bb majorBb             C7C7
For a saviour to rise from these streets
       FF           DmDm
Well now I'm no hero, that's understood
     FF                Bb majorBb
All the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood
    FF        A minorAm
With a chance to make it good somehow
   Bb majorBb         C7C7
Hey what else can we do now?
    FF            Bb majorBb        FF
Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair

Well the night's busting open
   A minorAm           Bb majorBb
This two lanes will take us anywhere
                 C majorC
We got one last chance to make it real
  FF              Bb majorBb
To trade in these wings on some wheels
   FF                 C majorC     C7C7
Climb in back: Heaven's waiting down on the tracks
 FF     DmDm
Oh-oh come take my hand
    FF           Bb majorBb
We're riding out tonight to case the promised land
 FF  A minorAm        Bb majorBb        C majorC
Oh-oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road,
FF           DmDm
Lying out there like a killer in the sun
   FF            Bb majorBb
Hey I know it's late we can make it if we run
FF  A minorAm        Bb majorBb     C7C7      FF
Oh Thunder Road, sit tight take hold, Thunder Road

      Bb majorBb        C majorC       Bb majorBb      FF    Bb majorBb     FF
Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk ----------------|--------
                             ----------------|--------
                             ------3---------|--3-----
                             ------3----5----|--3-----
                             --3/5----5---5--|--------
                             ----------------|--------
    DmDm                     Bb majorBb  C majorC
And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long walk
      Bb majorBb           C majorC
From your front porch to my front seat
      A minorAm             DmDm
The door's open but the ride it ain't free
   Bb majorBb                     G minorGm    Bb majorBb
And I know you're lonely and there's words that I ain't spoken
   C majorC
But tonight we'll be free, all the promises'll be broken
      FF               Bb majorBb    FF
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away

They haunt this dusty beach road
    C majorC          Bb majorBb
In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
                    C majorC
They scream your name at night in the street
         FF             Bb majorBb
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet and in the
A minorAm                   Bb majorBb
-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
--------2--2--2-2--|--------2--2--2-2--|--------3--3---3-3--|--------3--3---3-3--|
------2------2-----|------2------2-----|------3------3------|------3------3------|
--0-0--------------|--0-0--------------|--1-1---------------|--1-1---------------|
-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Lonely cool before dawn you hear their engines roaring on  but when you

G minorGm            C majorC
------------------------|-----------------------------|
------------------------|-----------------------------|
------------------------|-----------------------------|
--5--3--3--2--2---------|-----------------------------|
------------------5--5--|--3--3--1--1-----------------|
------------------------|--------------5--5--5--3--0--|
Get to the porch they're gone on the

Bb majorBb
---------------------|--------------|
----------------3----|----6---6-----|
--3-------3—----3----|--5>7---7
--3-------3—-5--3----|--------------|
--1—-3/5-------------|--------------|
---------------------|--------------|
wind          So Mary climed

G minorGm
------------------|------------|
------------------|------------|
---------------3--|--3/5---3---|
--5------------3--|--3/5---3---|
--5-------1/5--3--|--3/5---3---|
--3—-1/3----------|------------|
in            It's a

   Bb majorBb           C majorC           FF
Town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win.


FF      C majorC   FF       Bb majorBb     FF       C majorC      Bb majorBb    C majorC
------------|-----|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|---------|
------------|-----|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|---------|
------------|-----|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|---------|
------------|-----|-------------|----0------|-------------|--0--------|---------|---------|
---0-0-1-3--|--3--|----0-0-1-3--|--3--------|----0-0-1-3--|----3-0----|---------|--0------|
-1----------|-----|--1----------|------1-3--|--1----------|--------3--|--3-1-1--|----3-3--|

FF      C majorC   FF       Bb majorBb     FF       C majorC
------------|-----|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------|-------|
------------|-----|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------|-------|
------------|-----|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------|-------|
------------|-----|-------------|----0------|-------------|--0--------|-------|-------|
---0-0-1-3--|--3--|----0-0-1-3--|--3--------|----0-0-1-3--|----3-0----|--1-0--|-------|
-1----------|-----|--1----------|------1-3--|--1----------|--------3--|-------|--3-1--|

-------|-------|
-------|-------|
-------|-------|
-------|-------|
--3-1--|--0----|
-------|----3--|

FF      C majorC   FF       Bb majorBb     FF       C majorC      Bb majorBb    C majorC
------------|-----|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|---------|
------------|-----|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|---------|
------------|-----|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|---------|
------------|-----|-------------|----0------|-------------|--0--------|---------|---------|
---0-0-1-3--|--3--|----0-0-1-3--|--3--------|----0-0-1-3--|----3-0----|---------|--0------|
-1----------|-----|--1----------|------1-3--|--1----------|--------3--|--3-1-1--|----3-3--|

FF      C majorC   FF       Bb majorBb     FF       C majorC      Bb majorBb
------------|-----|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|
------------|-----|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|
------------|-----|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|
------------|-----|-------------|----0------|-------------|--0--------|---------|
---0-0-1-3--|--3--|----0-0-1-3--|--3--------|----0-0-1-3--|----3-0----|---------|
-1----------|-----|--1----------|------1-3--|--1----------|--------3--|--3-1-1--| repeat to fade out



 FF Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm A minorAm C7C7 G minorGm
--1--1--0--1--0--0--3--
--1--3--1--2--1--3--3--
--2--3--0--3--2--0--3--
--3--3--2--0--2--2--5--
--3--1--3-----0--3--5--
--1-----------------3--

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