Chords Used:

(E):    022100
(A):    002220
(B):    224432
(Dm):   000231
(G#m):  466444




   E (022100@1)              AThe (x02220@1)screen door slams
       EMary's (022100@1)dress waves
                        B (x2444x@1)          
Like a vision she dances across the porch
       AAs (x02220@1)the radio plays
                            BRoy (x2444x@1)Orbison singing for the lonely
           E (022100@1)               AHey (x02220@1)that's me and I want you only

Don't turn me home again
  E (022100@1)                    BI (x2444x@1)just can't face myself alone again
      E (022100@1)            
Don't run back inside
        A (x02220@1)                    Edarling (022100@1)you know just what I'm here for

So you're scared and you're thinking
     B (x2444x@1)                 A (x02220@1)         
That maybe we ain't that young anymore
                               		  BShow (x2444x@1)a little faith, there's magic in the night
	    E (022100@1)                      AYou (x02220@1)ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright
       E (022100@1)                 BOh (x2444x@1)and that's alright with me



	E (022100@1)                    
You can hide 'neath your covers
    B (x2444x@1)
And study your pain
    E (022100@1)                      
Make crosses from your lovers
AThrow (x02220@1)roses in the rain
E (022100@1)  BWaste (x2444x@1)your summer praying in vain
      A (x02220@1)  		        BFor (x2444x@1)a savior to rise from these streets
	 EWell (022100@1)now I'm no hero
       AThat's (x02220@1)understood
	 E (022100@1)      
All the redemption I can offer, girl
   AIs (x02220@1)beneath this dirty hood
E (022100@1)		 BWith (x2444x@1)a chance to make it good somehow
    A (x02220@1) 		BHey (x2444x@1)what else can we do now
       E (022100@1)
Except roll down the window
    A (x02220@1)             E (022100@1)And let the wind blow back your hair

Well the night's busting open
      B (x2444x@1)	             AThese (x02220@1)two lanes will take us anywhere
                                  BWe (x2444x@1)got one last chance to make it real
   E (022100@1)		ATo (x02220@1)trade in these wings on some wheels
	 EClimb (022100@1)in back
			     BHeaven's (x2444x@1)waiting on down the tracks


E (022100@1)  	   AOh (x02220@1)oh come take my hand
A (x02220@1)      ERiding (022100@1)out tonight to case the promised land
   E (022100@1)    AOh (x02220@1)oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road
B (x2444x@1)
oh Thunder Road
E (022100@1)       ALying (x02220@1)out there like a killer in the sun
    E (022100@1)        A (x02220@1)	EHey (022100@1)I know it's late we can make it if we run
  E (022100@1)     A (x02220@1)       B (x2444x@1)      
Oh Thunder Road, sit tight, take hold
        EThunder (022100@1)Road


       A (x02220@1)
Well I got this guitar
      B (x2444x@1) 		     EAnd (022100@1)I learned how to make it talk
       A (x02220@1)And my car's out back
			     A (x02220@1)  BIf (x2444x@1)you're ready to take that long walk
	  A (x02220@1)	  BFrom (x2444x@1)your front porch to my front seat
           G#m (133111@4)      AThe (x02220@1)door's open but the ride it ain't free
    AAnd (x02220@1)I know you're lonely
          
For words that I ain't spoken
    BBut (x2444x@1)tonight we'll be free

All the promises'll be broken
           EThere (022100@1)were ghosts in the eyes
   A (x02220@1)    R
Of all the boys you sent away

They haunt this dusty beach road
       B (x2444x@1)                AIn (x02220@1)the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
     BThey (x2444x@1)scream your name at night in the street
		E (022100@1)	   AYour (x02220@1)graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
           AAnd (x02220@1)in the lonely cool before dawn
               AYou (x02220@1)hear their engines roaring on
	     Dm (xx0231@1)                     BBut (x2444x@1)when you get to the porch they're gone
       B (x2444x@1)                 DmOn (xx0231@1)the wind, so Mary climb in
       A (x02220@1)  
It's a town full of losers
        B (x2444x@1)  		       EAnd (022100@1)I'm pulling out of here to win.