F( D )             Bb(G )          F(D )    F4(D4)
The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves
       F(D )               C(A )                   Bb(G )
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
                            C(A )               F(D )              Bb(G )
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely, hey that's me and I want you only
                            F(D )                    C( A )       ( A4 )(A )
Don't send me home again, I just can't face myself alone again
      F( D )                       Bb(G )                  F(D )    F4 ( D4 )
Don't run back inside, darlin' , you know just what I'm here for
          F(D )                            C(A )                Bb(G )
So you're scared and you're thinking that maybe we ain't that young any more
                                          C(A )
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night,
            F(D )                    Bb(G )
You ain't a beauty but hey you're alright
       F(D )                C( A )   C4(A4) C(A )
Oh and that's alright with me

        F(D )                       Dm(Bm )     Dm4(Bm4)
You can hide neath your covers and study your pain
     F(D )                           Bb(G )
Make crosses from your lovers throw roses at the rain
F(D )              C( A )                   Bb(G )                      C(A )
Waste your summer praying in vain, for a saviour to rise from these streets
         F(D )                Dm(Bm )    Dm4( B4 )
Well now I'm no hero, that's understood
          F(D )                            Bb(G )
All the redemption I got to offer girl is beneath this dirty hood
F(D )                     C( A )              Bb(G )               C(A )
With a chance to make it real somehow, hey what else can we do now
       F( D )                 Bb(G )                 F(D )           F4(D4)
Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
         F(D )                       C(A )                   Bb(G )
Well the night's busting open these two lanes will take us anywhere
                                  C(A )     F(D )                         Bb(G )
We got one last chance to make it real, to trade in these wings on some wheels
              F(D )                      C(A )
Climb in back,    heaven's waiting down on the tracks

F( D )       Dm(Bm )        F(D )                  Bb(G )
Oh oh come take my hand, riding out tonight to case the Promised Land
F(D )     C( A )             Bb(G )            C(A )
Oh oh oh oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder road, oh Thunder Road
F(D )                   Dm(Bm )
Lyin' out there like a killer in the sun
    F(D )                 Bb(G )
Hey I know it's late, we can make it if we run
F( D )     C( A )                 Bb(G )       C(A )          F(D )   F4(D4)
Oh oh oh oh Thunder Road, sit tight, take hold, Thunder Road

(/E /F# )
       Bb(G )                 C(A )                   F(D )  F4(D4)
Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk
       Dm(Bm )                                      Bb(G ) C(A )
And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long  walk
          Bb(G )                   C(A )
From your front porch to my front seat,
           F(D )                       Bb(G )
The door's open but the ride it ain't free
Bb(G )
And I know you're lonely for words that I ain't spoken
      C(A )
But tonight we'll be free, all the promises will be broken
           F( D )                  Bb(G )            F(D )       F4(D4)
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away
                F(D )                    C(A )               Bb(G )
They haunt this dusty beach road in the skeleton frames of burned-out Chevrolets
                                      C(A )
They scream your name at night in the street,
                F(D )                       Bb(G )
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
Bb(G )
And in the lonely cool before dawn you hear their engines roaring on
                                       C(A )        Bb(G )
But when you get to the porch, they're gone on the wind
                  Gm ( Em )
So Mary climb in,
       Bb(G )                       C(A )                   F(D )   F4   F
It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win   (D4) (D)