Thunderclaps And Lightning chords by Stampeders

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Author's Note - From "Rubes, Dudes & Rowdies" 1973 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_J48z3hxdM

Intro:
G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD

Verse 1:
G+G      D MajorD      G+G   D MajorD G+G      D MajorD      G+G  D MajorD
 There's an emptiness inside me, my soul has flown by the wind
A minorAm           G+G    A minorAm             C majorC  G/BG/B A minorAm G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD
 For a lover comes but one time, who will not pass my way again

Verse 2:
G+G     D MajorD     G+G   D MajorD G+G      D MajorD       G+G  D MajorD
 I was confused by emotions, so fate bewteen us I did break
A minorAm           G+G    A minorAm             C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G
 Had I understood the language, I'd never had made that mista-ay-ay-ake

Chorus:
C majorC           A minorAm    C majorC             A minorAm
 And thunderclaps and lightning, will never fail to terrify
 G+G            A minorAm    G+G       A minorAm     C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G
Oh, lonely children in the nighttime, as changing faces pass by-iy-iy-iy

Instrumental:
G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD

Verse 3:
G+G    D MajorD       G+G   D MajorD G+G      D MajorD         G+G  D MajorD
 Looking down from the window, on new-born footprints in the snow
A minorAm             G+G    A minorAm            C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G
 Meeting down a different road-way, drifting too fast to follow

Chorus:
C majorC           A minorAm    C majorC             A minorAm
 And thunderclaps and lightning, will never fail to terrify
 G+G            A minorAm    G+G       A minorAm     C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G
Oh, lonely children in the nighttime, as changing faces pass by-iy-iy-iy

Chorus:
C majorC           A minorAm    C majorC             A minorAm
 And thunderclaps and lightning, will never fail to terrify
 G+G            A minorAm    G+G       A minorAm     C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G
Oh, lonely children in the nighttime, as changing faces pass by-iy-iy-iy-iy-iy-iy-iy-iy-iy