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Thunder Road by John Moreland
Thunder Road
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
Capo I
NOTE - John adds some variations strumming Cadd11 with the C and G add11 with the
G chords.
Listen for them and add as you like.
[Verse 1]
C F C Cadd11 C
The screen door slams, Mary's dress sways
C G F
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
F G
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
C F
Hey that's me and I want you only
F
Don't turn me home again
C Gadd11 G
I just can't face myself alone again
C F C
Don't run back inside, darlin you know just what I'm here for
C G F
So you're scared and you're thinking that maybe we ain't that young anymore
F G
Show a little faith there's magic in the night
C F
You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright
C G
whoa that's alright with me
[Verse 2]
C Am
You can hide 'neath your covers and study your pain
C F
Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain
C Em F G
Waste your summer praying in vain for a savior to rise from these streets
C Am
Well I ain't no hero, that's understood
C F
All the redemption I can offer, is beneath this dirty hood
C Am
With a chance to make it good somehow
F G
Hey what else can we do now
C F C
Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
C Em F
Well the night's bustin' open these two lanes will take us anywhere
F G
We got one last chance to make it real
C F
To trade in these wings for some wheels
F C G
Climb in back, heaven's waiting down on the tracks
[Verse 3]
C Am
Whoa come take my hand
C F
We're riding out tonight to case the promised land
C Am F G
Whoa thunder road Whoa thunder road
C Am
I'm lying out there like a killer in the sun
C F
Yeah I know it's late but we can make it if we run
C Am
Whoa thunder road
F G C
Sit tight take hold Thunder Road
F G C
Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk
Am F G
And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long walk
F G
From your front porch to my front seat
C F
Hey the door's open but the ride it ain't free
And I know you're lonely from words I' ain't spoken
G
Tonight we'll be free all the promises will be broken
[Verse 4]
C F C
Well there were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys that you sent away
C Em F
They haunt this dirty beach road in the skeleton frames of burnt out Chevrolets
F G
They scream your name at night from the street
C F
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
Em
And in the lonely cool before dawn
F
you hear their engines rollin on
Dm G Dm
But when you get to the porch they're gone, on their way, so Mary climb in
F G C Cadd11 C
It's a town full of losers and I'm pullin' outta here to win
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