Verse 1
A (x02220@1)                        D (xx0232@1)             E (022100@1)     A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)AIt's (x02220@1)after midnight in the city  of        broken  dreams
A (x02220@1)                        D (xx0232@1)             E (022100@1)     A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)ADown (x02220@1)in the alley,     Galileo meets his   pack of thieves
EOver (022100@1)the river by the old hotel
          DThere's (xx0232@1)a big car coming like a bat out of Hell
A (x02220@1)                                D (xx0232@1)      E (022100@1)     AIt's (x02220@1)the dangerous stranger in his ghostly  limou---sine.

Verse 2
A (x02220@1)                           D (xx0232@1)           E (022100@1)        A (x02220@1)   D (xx0232@1)AYou (x02220@1)get the feeling that he's running in an endless    race
A (x02220@1)                             D (xx0232@1)         E (022100@1)        A (x02220@1)   D (xx0232@1)ADriving (x02220@1)through the city like a razor       across its face
EStops (022100@1)on the corner in a flash of flame
          D (xx0232@1)      He calls to me ('Hey boy, what's your name?)
A (x02220@1)                                    D (xx0232@1)         E (022100@1)      A (x02220@1) A-Ab-F#
He's the stranger with a danger if you ever get to play his game.

Chorus
F# (244322@1)               DI (xx0232@1)want to go for a ride
   G (320003@1)                  F#To (244322@1)see what lies on the other side
D (xx0232@1)                B (x2444x@1)  E(D-EEE, (022100@1)D-EEE, D-EEE)
I want to go for a ride tonight, tonight.

Verse 3
A (x02220@1)                           D (xx0232@1)           E (022100@1)      A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)AI (x02220@1)climb right in,    like a (x02210@1) fool I        say I'll go
A (x02220@1)                           D (xx0232@1)                E (022100@1)     A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)AI (x02220@1)listen to the  messages     comin' through his radi----o
EIs (022100@1)that my name on channel 9? They say
          D (xx0232@1)('You're going away for a long long time')
A (x02220@1)                                D (xx0232@1)            E (022100@1)   A (x02220@1)  A-Ab-F#
With the dangerous stranger from a station on the other side.

Chorus
F# (244322@1)               DI (xx0232@1)want to go for a ride
   G (320003@1)                  F#To (244322@1)see what lies on the other side
D (xx0232@1)                B (x2444x@1)  E(D-EEE, (022100@1)D-EEE, D-EEE)
I want to go for a ride tonight, tonight.

Verse 4
A (x02220@1)                           D (xx0232@1)           E (022100@1)     A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)AThe (x02220@1)night is black and the    stars no      longer  burn
A (x02220@1)                           D (xx0232@1)               E (022100@1)  A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)AThe (x02220@1)radio says that we're     past the point of no return
EI (022100@1)scream at the driver but he says
              D('No (xx0232@1)way, you shouldn't have come if you didn't want to stay')
A (x02220@1)                              D (xx0232@1)            E (022100@1)    AHe's (x02220@1)the dangerous stranger on a highway to the end of time
A (x02220@1)                              D (xx0232@1)            E (022100@1)    AHe's (x02220@1)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