Thunder Road Tab

Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
 
    F  Bb C  Dm Am C7 Gm
e|--1--1--0--1--0--0--3--|
B|--1--3--1--3--1--1--3--|
G|--2--3--0--2--2--3--3--|
D|--3--3--2--0--2--2--5--|
A|--3--1--3-----0--3--5--|
E|--1-----------------3--|
 
 
[Intro]
 
   F         Dm            F               Bb          F         Am          Bb          C
e|---------|-------------|---------------|-----------|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
B|------1--|--3-1---1-3--|--------1------|-----------|------1--|--3-1---1--|--3-1---1--|--3-1---1--|
G|----2----|------2------|------2---2-3--|--3-2------|----2----|------2----|------2----|------2----|
D|--3------|-------------|--3-3----------|------3-5--|--3------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
A|---------|-------------|---------------|-----------|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
E|---------|-------------|---------------|-----------|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
 
    F                Bb             F
The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves
                         C                       Bb
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
                             C
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
           F                  Bb
Hey that's me and I want you only
                            F                      C
Don't turn me home again, I just can't face myself alone again
       F                       Bb                          F
Don't run back inside, darling you know just what I'm here for
 
So you're scared and you're thinking
     C                    Bb
That maybe we ain't that young anymore
                                          C
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
            F                      Bb
You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright
        F       C7         C
Oh and that's alright with me e|----------|-----|
                              B|----------|-----|
                              G|-------9vvvvvv--|
                              D|----------|-----|
                              A|--8h10----|-----|
                              E|----------|-----|
        F                            Dm
You can hide `neath your covers and study your pain
     F                               Bb
Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain
 F                 Am
Waste your summer praying in vain
       Bb                         C7
For a saviour to rise from these streets
             F                     Dm
Well now I'm no hero, that's understood
         F                                Bb
All the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood
        F                Am
With a chance to make it good somehow
     Bb                 C7
Hey what else can we do now?
        F                       Bb                F
Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
 
Well the night's busting open
     Am                     Bb
This two lanes will take us anywhere
                                  C
We got one last chance to make it real
    F                            Bb
To trade in these wings on some wheels
      F                                 C          C7
Climb in back: Heaven's waiting down on the tracks
  F         Dm
Oh-oh come take my hand
       F                     Bb
We're riding out tonight to case the promised land
  F    Am               Bb               C
Oh-oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road,
F                      Dm
Lying out there like a killer in the sun
     F                       Bb
Hey I know it's late we can make it if we run
F    Am               Bb          C7           F
Oh Thunder Road, sit tight take hold, Thunder Road
 
 
              Bb                C             Bb             F       Bb         F
Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk e|----------------|--------|
                                                         B|----------------|--------|
                                                         G|------3---------|--3-----|
                                                         D|------3----5----|--3-----|
                                                         A|--3/5----5---5--|--------|
                                                         E|----------------|--------|
 
        Dm                                          Bb   C
And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long walk
           Bb                      C
From your front porch to my front seat
            Am                         Dm
The door's open but the ride it ain't free
      Bb                                         Gm        Bb
And I know you're lonely and there's words that I ain't spoken
     C
But tonight we'll be free, all the promises'll be broken
            F                             Bb       F
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away
 
They haunt this dusty beach road
        C                   Bb
In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
                                       C
They scream your name at night in the street
                 F                         Bb
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet and in the
   Am                                      Bb
e|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G|--------2--2--2-2--|--------2--2--2-2--|--------3--3---3-3--|--------3--3---3-3--|
D|------2------2-----|------2------2-----|------3------3------|------3------3------|
A|--0-0--------------|--0-0--------------|--1-1---------------|--1-1---------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Lonely cool before dawn you hear their  engines roaring on   but when you
 
   Gm                       C
e|------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|--5--3--3--2--2---------|-----------------------------|
A|------------------5--5--|--3--3--1--1-----------------|
E|------------------------|--------------5--5--5--3--0--|
Get to the porch they're gone on the
 
   Bb
e|---------------------|------------------|
B|----------------3----|----6---6---------|
G|--3-------3—----3----|--5h7---7p5-------|
D|--3-------3—-5--3----|------------------|
A|--1—-3/5-------------|------------------|
E|---------------------|------------------|
wind                   So Mary climed
 
   Gm
e|------------------|----------------|
B|------------------|----------------|
G|---------------3--|--3/5---3-------|
D|--5------------3--|--3/5---3-------|
A|--5-------1/5--3--|--3/5---3-------|
E|--3—-1/3----------|----------------|
in                       It's a
 
      Bb                     C                     F
Town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win.
 
   F            C     F             Bb          F             C           Bb        C
e|------------|-----|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|---------|
B|------------|-----|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|---------|
G|------------|-----|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|---------|
D|------------|-----|-------------|----0------|-------------|--0--------|---------|---------|
A|---0-0-1-3--|--3--|----0-0-1-3--|--3--------|----0-0-1-3--|----3-0----|---------|--0------|
E|-1----------|-----|--1----------|------1-3--|--1----------|--------3--|--3-1-1--|----3-3--|
 
   F            C     F             Bb          F             C
e|------------|-----|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------|-------|
B|------------|-----|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------|-------|
G|------------|-----|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------|-------|
D|------------|-----|-------------|----0------|-------------|--0--------|-------|-------|
A|---0-0-1-3--|--3--|----0-0-1-3--|--3--------|----0-0-1-3--|----3-0----|--1-0--|-------|
E|-1----------|-----|--1----------|------1-3--|--1----------|--------3--|-------|--3-1--|
 
e|-------|-------|
B|-------|-------|
G|-------|-------|
D|-------|-------|
A|--3-1--|--0----|
E|-------|----3--|
 
   F            C     F             Bb          F             C           Bb        C
e|------------|-----|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|---------|
B|------------|-----|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|---------|
G|------------|-----|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|---------|
D|------------|-----|-------------|----0------|-------------|--0--------|---------|---------|
A|---0-0-1-3--|--3--|----0-0-1-3--|--3--------|----0-0-1-3--|----3-0----|---------|--0------|
E|-1----------|-----|--1----------|------1-3--|--1----------|--------3--|--3-1-1--|----3-3--|
 
   F            C     F             Bb          F             C           Bb
e|------------|-----|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|
B|------------|-----|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|
G|------------|-----|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|
D|------------|-----|-------------|----0------|-------------|--0--------|---------|
A|---0-0-1-3--|--3--|----0-0-1-3--|--3--------|----0-0-1-3--|----3-0----|---------|
E|-1----------|-----|--1----------|------1-3--|--1----------|--------3--|--3-1-1--| repeat to fade out
 
 
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| /  Slide up
| h  Hammer on
| p  Pull off
| v  Vibrato
 
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