Thunder Road
Melissa EtheridgeVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely, hey that's me and I want you only
Don't send me home again, I just can't face myself alone again
Don't run back inside, darlin' , you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking that maybe we ain't that young any more
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night,
You ain't a beauty but hey you're alright
Oh and that's alright with me
You can hide neath your covers and study your pain
Make crosses from your lovers throw roses at the rain
Waste your summer praying in vain, for a saviour to rise from these streets
Well now I'm no hero, that's understood
All the redemption I got to offer girl is beneath this dirty hood
With a chance to make it real somehow, hey what else can we do now
Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
Well the night's busting open these two lanes will take us anywhere
We got one last chance to make it real, to trade in these wings on some wheels
Climb in back, heaven's waiting down on the tracks
Oh oh come take my hand, riding out tonight to case the Promised Land
Oh oh oh oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder road, oh Thunder Road
Lyin' out there like a killer in the sun
Hey I know it's late, we can make it if we run
Oh oh oh oh Thunder Road, sit tight, take hold, Thunder Road
(/ /F)
Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk
And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long walk
From your front porch to my front seat,
The door's open but the ride it ain't free
And I know you're lonely for words that I ain't spoken
But tonight we'll be free, all the promises will be broken
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away
They haunt this dusty beach road in the skeleton frames of burned-out Chevrolets
They scream your name at night in the street,
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
And in the lonely cool before dawn you hear their engines roaring on
But when you get to the porch, they're gone on the wind
So Mary climb in,
It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win Dsus4 D
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Readable chord sheet for Thunder Road by Melissa Etheridge
The [F]sc[D]reen door slams[Bb], M[G]ary's dress [F]wa[D]ves [Fsus4] [Dsus4] Like a [F]vi[D]sion she dances a[C]cr[A]oss the porch as the [Bb]rad[G]io plays Roy Orbison singing for the [C]lo[A]nely, hey that's [F]me[D] and I want you [Bb]onl[G]y Don't send me home again, I [F]ju[D]st can't face myself a[C]lo[A]ne again [Asus4] [A] Don't [F]ru[D]n back inside, darlin' , [Bb]you[G] know just what I'm [F]he[D]re for[Fsus4] [Dsus4] So you're [F]sc[D]ared and you're thinking that [C]ma[A]ybe we ain't that [Bb]you[G]ng any more Show a little faith, there's magic in the [C]ni[A]ght, You ain't a [F]be[D]auty but hey you're al[Bb]rig[G]ht Oh and [F]th[D]at's alright with [C]me[A] [Csus4] [Asus4] [C] [A] You can [F]hi[D]de neath your covers and [Dm]stu[Bm]dy your [Dmsus4]pain [Bmsus4] Make [F]cr[D]osses from your lovers throw [Bb]ros[G]es at the rain [F]Wa[D]ste your summer [C]pr[A]aying in vain, for a [Bb]sav[G]iour to rise from these [C]st[A]reets Well now [F]I'[D]m no hero, that's [Dm]und[Bm]erstood[Dmsus4] [Bsus4] All the re[F]de[D]mption I got to offer girl is [Bb]ben[G]eath this dirty hood [F]Wi[D]th a chance to make it [C]re[A]al somehow, hey [Bb]wha[G]t else can we do [C]no[A]w Except [F]ro[D]ll down the window [Bb]and[G] let the wind blow [F]ba[D]ck your hair [Fsus4] [Dsus4] Well the [F]ni[D]ght's busting open these [C]tw[A]o lanes will take us [Bb]any[G]where We got one last chance to make it [C]re[A]al, to [F]tr[D]ade in these wings on some [Bb]whe[G]els Climb in back,[F] [D] heaven's waiting down [C]on[A] the tracks [F]Oh[D] oh come [Dm]tak[Bm]e my hand, [F]ri[D]ding out tonight to [Bb]cas[G]e the Promised Land [F]Oh[D] oh oh [C]oh[A] Thunder Road, [Bb]oh [G]Thunder road, [C]oh[A] Thunder Road [F]Ly[D]in' out there like a [Dm]kil[Bm]ler in the sun Hey [F]I [D]know it's late, we [Bb]can[G] make it if we run [F]Oh[D] oh oh [C]oh[A] Thunder Road, sit [Bb]tig[G]ht, take [C]ho[A]ld, Thunder [F]Ro[D]ad [Fsus4] [Dsus4] (/[E] /F Well I [Bb]got[G] this guitar and I [C]le[A]arned how to make it [F]ta[D]lk [Fsus4] [Dsus4] And my [Dm]car[Bm]'s out back if you're ready to take that [Bb]lon[G]g [C]wa[A]lk From your [Bb]fro[G]nt porch to my front [C]se[A]at, The door's [F]op[D]en but the ride it ain't [Bb]fre[G]e [Bb]And[G] I know you're lonely for words that I ain't spoken But to[C]ni[A]ght we'll be free, all the promises will be broken There were [F]gh[D]osts in the eyes of [Bb]all[G] the boys you [F]se[D]nt away [Fsus4] [Dsus4] They haunt this [F]du[D]sty beach road in the [C]sk[A]eleton frames of [Bb]bur[G]ned-out Chevrolets They scream your name at night in the [C]st[A]reet, Your graduation [F]go[D]wn lies in rags at their [Bb]fee[G]t [Bb]And[G] in the lonely cool before dawn you hear their engines roaring on But when you get to the porch, they're [C]go[A]ne on the [Bb]win[G]d So Mary climb in, [Gm] [Em] It's a [Bb]tow[G]n full of losers and I'm [C]pu[A]lling out of here to [F]wi[D]n [Fsus4]Dsus4 [F]D