Thunder Road Chords by Cowboy Junkies

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_ The screen door [Bb] slams, _ _ [Em] Mary's [F] dress waves _ _
_ _ _ Like a vision, she dances [Am] [C] across the porch [E] as [Bb] the radio plays
_ Roy _ _ Orbison [C] is singing for the lonely
[Am] Hey, [F] that's me, and I [Bb] want you only _ _ _
_ Don't turn me home [Em] again, [F] I just can't face [G] myself [C] alone again _
_ _ _ [F] Don't run back [Bb] inside, _ darling, [E] [F] you know just what I'm here for
_ _ _ So you're scared and you're thinking [Dm] [C] that maybe we [Em] ain't [Bb] that young _ _ anymore
So show a little faith, there's [C] magic in the night
You [F] ain't a beauty, but hey, [Ab] _ [Bb] you're alright
_ _ _ Yeah, and [F] that's alright [C] with me _ _ _ _
You [F] can hide your [D] covers and stutter your pain
[F] Make crosses from your [Bb] lovers, throw roses in the rain
[F] Waste your [Am] summers, praying in vain [Bb] for a savior to [C] rise from these streets
_ Well, now [F] I'm no [Dm] hero, that's understood
[F] A redemption I can [Bb] offer is beneath this [Em] dirty hood
[F] With a chance to [G] make it [Am] good somehow
[Bb] Hey, what else can [C] we do now?
Except [F] roll down the [Bb] windows and let the wind [F] blow back your hair
_ _ Well, the night's busting open [C] and these two lanes will [Bb] take us _ _ anywhere
_ _ We've got one last [Em] chance to [C] make it real
_ [F] Trading these [Bb] wings on some wheels
_ _ Climbing [Em] back, [F] _
heaven's waiting [C] on them tracks _
_ _ [F] _ Oh, _ [Dm] come take my hand, [F] we're riding out [Bb] tonight to case the promised [E] land
[F] Oh, Thunder Road, [Am]
oh, Thunder Road
[Bb] Oh, _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Em] [F] Thunder Road _ _ _
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_ _ There were ghosts in the [Bb] eyes _ of [C] all the [F] boys you sent away _
_ _ _ They haunt this dusty [Dm] beach road in [C] the skeleton [Dm] frames [Bb] of burnout _ Chevrolets
_ They'll scream your name at [C] night in the streets
See [F] a graduation gal [Bb] eyes and rags at their [Dm] feet
[Am] And in the lonely cool before the [Em] dawn
You [Bb] hear their engine roaring on
[Gm] But when you get to the porch, [C] they're gone _ _ _ _
[Bb] Along the winds, _ _ _ [Gm] some merry climbing _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] It's a town full of [C] losers and I'm pulling out a [F]
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