Verse 1
A                          D               E       A        D  A
It's after midnight in the city  of        broken  dreams
A                          D               E       A        D  A
Down in the alley,     Galileo meets his   pack of thieves
E
Over the river by the old hotel
          D
There's a big car coming like a bat out of Hell
A                                  D        E       A
It's the dangerous stranger in his ghostly  limou---sine.


Verse 2
A                             D             E          A     D  A
You get the feeling that he's running in an endless    race
A                               D           E          A     D  A
Driving through the city like a razor       across its face
E
Stops on the corner in a flash of flame
          D
       He calls to me ('Hey boy, what's your name?)
A                                      D           E        A   A - Ab - F#
He's the stranger with a danger if you ever get to play his game.


Chorus
F#                 D
I want to go for a ride
   G                    F#
To see what lies on the other side
D                  B    E (D - EEE , D - EEE , D - EEE )
I want to go for a ride tonight, tonight.


Verse 3
A                             D             E        A       D  A
I climb right in,    like a   fool I        say I'll go
A                             D                  E       A   D  A
I listen to the  messages     comin' through his radi----o
E
Is that my name on channel 9? They say
          D
 ('You're going away for a long long time')
A                                  D              E     A    A - Ab - F#
With the dangerous stranger from a station on the other side.


Chorus
F#                 D
I want to go for a ride
   G                    F#
To see what lies on the other side
D                  B    E (D - EEE , D - EEE , D - EEE )
I want to go for a ride tonight, tonight.


Verse 4
A                             D             E       A        D  A
The night is black and the    stars no      longer  burn
A                             D                 E    A       D  A
The radio says that we're     past the point of no return
E
I scream at the driver but he says
              D
('No way, you shouldn't have come if you didn't want to stay')
A                                D              E      A
He's the dangerous stranger on a highway to the end of time
A                                D              E      A
He's the dangerous stranger on a highway to the end of time.



Ending guitar solo is over a chord progression of:

C - G - F - C F - G (x3)

C - G - F - C F - G - A?A G - F# - F - G - A?A