Verse 1
A5 D5 E5 A5 D5 A5
It's after midnight in the city of broken dreams
A5 D5 E5 A5 D5 A5
Down in the alley, Galileo meets his pack of thieves
E5
Over the river by the old hotel
D5
There's a big car coming like a bat out of Hell
A5 D5 E5 A5
It's the dangerous stranger in his ghostly limou---sine.
Verse 2
A5 D5 E5 A5 D5 A5
You get the feeling that he's running in an endless race
A5 D5 E5 A5 D5 A5
Driving through the city like a razor across its face
E5
Stops on the corner in a flash of flame
D5
He calls to me ('Hey boy, what's your name?)
A5 D5 E5 A5 A5 - Ab5 - F#5
He's the stranger with a danger if you ever get to play his game.
Chorus
F#5 D5
I want to go for a ride
G5 F#5
To see what lies on the other side
D5 B5 E5 (D5 - EEE5 , D5 - EEE5 , D5 - EEE5 )
I want to go for a ride tonight, tonight.
Verse 3
A5 D5 E5 A5 D5 A5
I climb right in, like a fool I say I'll go
A5 D5 E5 A5 D5 A5
I listen to the messages comin' through his radi----o
E5
Is that my name on channel 9? They say
D5
('You're going away for a long long time')
A5 D5 E5 A5 A5 - Ab5 - F#5
With the dangerous stranger from a station on the other side.
Chorus
F#5 D5
I want to go for a ride
G5 F#5
To see what lies on the other side
D5 B5 E5 (D5 - EEE5 , D5 - EEE5 , D5 - EEE5 )
I want to go for a ride tonight, tonight.
Verse 4
A5 D5 E5 A5 D5 A5
The night is black and the stars no longer burn
A5 D5 E5 A5 D5 A5
The radio says that we're past the point of no return
E5
I scream at the driver but he says
D5
('No way, you shouldn't have come if you didn't want to stay')
A5 D5 E5 A5
He's the dangerous stranger on a highway to the end of time
A5 D5 E5 A5
He's the dangerous stranger on a highway to the end of time.
Ending guitar solo is over a chord progression of:
C5 - G5 - F5 - C5 F5 - G5 (x3)
C5 - G5 - F5 - C5 F5 - G5 - A?A5 G5 - F#5 - F5 - G5 - A?A5