• Song:

    Thunder Road

  • Artist:

    Frank Turner

  • Album:

    Under The Influence Vol...

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Intro
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          D5                 G5            D5      D5 D5
Well, the screen door slams, Mary's dress waves
                          A5                      G5
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
                                 A5
Roy Orbison is singing for the lonely
            D5               G5
Hey, that's me, I want you only
                             D5                       A5        A5 A5
Don't turn me home again, I just can't face myself alone again

              D5                                G5                              
So don't you run back inside, darling 'cause you know 
              D5         D5 D5
just what I'm here for
                                            A5                    G5
And you're scared and you're thinking that maybe we're not that young anymore
                                                         A5
Well, show a little faith, 'cause there's magic in the night
              D5            G5
You ain't a beauty, hey, alright
          D5                 A5   A5 A5
Oh, and that's alright with me

              D5                             B5
Now you can hide underneath the covers and study your pain
       D5                                G5
Make crosses from your lovers and throw roses in the rain
D5                          A5
You can waste your summers praying in vain
       G5                         A5
For a savior to rise from these streets

    D5                         B5
Oh, I'm no hero, and that's understood
          D5                          G5
All the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood
D5                           A5
We got a chance to make it good somehow
      G5                    A5
Well, what else can we do now?

       D5                         G5                           D5   D5 D5
Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back our hair
                                        A5                G5
This night's busted open, and these two lanes can take us anywhere
                                  A5
We got one last chance to make it real
        D5                    G5
To trade in these wings on some wheels
                            D5                       A5             A5 A5
Climb in back, darling, now heaven is waiting down on the tracks

D5               B5
So, oh-oh, come take my hand
      D5                     G5
We're riding out tonight to case the promised land
D5          A5               G5
Oh-oh-oh-oh, Thunder Road, oh, Thunder Road
A5
Oh, Thunder Road

          D5                      B5     
Well it's lying out there like a killer in the sun
      D5                              G5
And I know that it's late, but we can make it if we run
D5            A5
Oh-oh-oh-oh, Thunder Road
    G5           A5               D5  D5 D5
Sit tight, take hold, Thunder Road

        G5                     A5                       D5   D5 D5 D5 D5
Well, I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk
       G5                                           A5
And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long, long walk
           G5                     A5
From your front porch to my front seat
           D5                       G5
The door's open but the ride ain't free
                  G5 *            E5
And I know you're lonely for things that I haven't spoken
    A5
But tonight we'll be free, all the promises will be broken

           D5                      G5                     D5        D5 D5
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys that you sent away
                                           A5                     G5
They haunt these dusty beach roads in the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
                                          A5
And they scream your name at night in the street
               D5                      G5
The graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
           F#5
And in the lonely cold before dawn
            G5
You hear the engines roaring on
             A5                  
But when you get to the porch they're gone 
         G5 
On the wind
              E5
So Mary climb in
          G5                         A5                       D5  D5 D5
This is a town full of losers, I'm-a pulling out of here to win
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