Chords for Silver Thunderbird - Marc Cohn
Tempo:
194.6 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
Em
C
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] Anyway, this song [E] has to do with [D] not [G]
only a car, as many of my songs do, [Em] but also about
my dad who came home with a Thunderbird when I was about two or [D] three.
[G]
Thank you.
Is that for [Dm] Ford?
[G]
[Em] And I keep saying that the thing that was remarkable about the car was that when my
dad was in it, he was cool.
And that was an amazing thing, [D] to see my dad actually looking [C] cool.
[G]
[D] [Em] But the thing [F#] that the song really deals with is [G] what it's like to really not know your
parents when you're young.
You sort of wonder who they are [E] and have sort of an awe and mystery about them.
I used to wonder where my [A] dad went to [G] work.
I used to watch him and kind of really wonder, what's he thinking when he gets in that thing?
Where [Em] does he go?
[E] And I recently read in a Psychology Today article, [G#]
I [F#] read that all the [G] time, by the
way, that if you don't know where your dad [E] works, if you don't have a picture of it in
your [D] mind, it leaves a permanent scar on [G] your psyche.
And that explained a hell of a lot to me.
[Dm] But anyway, I figured out enough to write a couple of tunes about him, so here's [Em] one.
[D] [G]
[Em]
[D] [A]
[Em] [D] [G]
[Em] [D]
[G] [D]
[Em] [D] [G]
Watch it coming [C] up [Bm] Winslow, [Am] down South Park [G] [D] Boulevard.
Yeah, [Em] it was looking [D] good from [G] tail to hood.
Great big films [C] and painted [Bm] steel.
[Am] Man, it looked just [G]
like the [D] Batmobile [Em] with my old [D] man [G] behind the [D] wheel.
[G]
Well, you [E] could hardly [D] even see him in [C]
all that chrome.
[E] The [E] man [D] with the plan [C] and the pocket [G]
chrome.
But every [D] night [C] it carried him [D] home.
And I could hear him [G] say, don't you give me no [C] Buick.
Son, you must take my [G]
word.
If there's a God up in heaven, [D] he's [D] got a silver [G] Thunderbird.
You can keep your [C] underwriting and the foreign cars [G] up, sir.
Me, I wanna go [D]
down, down.
Then [C] a silver [Em] Thunderbird [D] take [G] me down.
[Em]
[D]
[A] [Em] [D]
[G] He got up every [Cm]
[Bm] morning [Am] while I [G] was still [D] asleep.
But [E] I can remember the [D] sound of him [G] shuffling around.
Right before [C] the crack of [Bm] dawn.
[Am] That's when I heard [G] him turn [D] the motor on.
[Em] But when I got [D] up, they [G] were gone, [D] gone.
[Em]
Down [D] the road in [Am] the rain and [G]
snow.
[D] [E] The man [D] and his [C] machine would [G] go.
[E] What a secret [D] that old [C] car would [D] know.
Sometimes I hear him [G] say, don't you give me no Buick.
[C] Son, you must take my [G] word.
If there's a God up in heaven, [D]
he's got [C] a silver [G] Thunderbird.
You can keep your underwriting [C] and the foreign cars up, [G] sir.
Me, I wanna go [D] down, down.
Then a [C]
silver [Em] Thunderbird
[D] [G] take me [Em] down.
[D] [G]
[D] Ah, [Em] [D]
[G]
ah, [Em] [D]
[E] ah, [D]
[G] [D]
[Em] ah, ah, ah, [D] ah.
[G]
[D]
[E] Oh, down [D] the road [C] in the rain and [G] snow.
[D]
[Em] The man [D] and his [C] machine [G] would go.
What [E] a secret [D]
that [C] old car would [D] know.
And I still hear him [G] say, don't you give me no Buick.
[C]
Son, you must take my [G] word.
If there's a God up in heaven, [D] he's got [C] a silver Thunderbird.
[G] You can keep your underwriting [C]
and the foreign cars [G] up, sir.
Me, I wanna [D] go down, down.
Then [C] a silver Thunderbird, [G]
yeah.
Me, I wanna go [D] down, down.
Then [C] a silver [Em]
[D] Thunderbird.
[G]
[Em] [D] [G]
[A] Ah, [D]
[Em] ah, [D] [G]
[A] [Em] ah, [D]
[G] [D] ah, [Em] ah, ah.
[D] [G] [D]
[C#]
only a car, as many of my songs do, [Em] but also about
my dad who came home with a Thunderbird when I was about two or [D] three.
[G]
Thank you.
Is that for [Dm] Ford?
[G]
[Em] And I keep saying that the thing that was remarkable about the car was that when my
dad was in it, he was cool.
And that was an amazing thing, [D] to see my dad actually looking [C] cool.
[G]
[D] [Em] But the thing [F#] that the song really deals with is [G] what it's like to really not know your
parents when you're young.
You sort of wonder who they are [E] and have sort of an awe and mystery about them.
I used to wonder where my [A] dad went to [G] work.
I used to watch him and kind of really wonder, what's he thinking when he gets in that thing?
Where [Em] does he go?
[E] And I recently read in a Psychology Today article, [G#]
I [F#] read that all the [G] time, by the
way, that if you don't know where your dad [E] works, if you don't have a picture of it in
your [D] mind, it leaves a permanent scar on [G] your psyche.
And that explained a hell of a lot to me.
[Dm] But anyway, I figured out enough to write a couple of tunes about him, so here's [Em] one.
[D] [G]
[Em]
[D] [A]
[Em] [D] [G]
[Em] [D]
[G] [D]
[Em] [D] [G]
Watch it coming [C] up [Bm] Winslow, [Am] down South Park [G] [D] Boulevard.
Yeah, [Em] it was looking [D] good from [G] tail to hood.
Great big films [C] and painted [Bm] steel.
[Am] Man, it looked just [G]
like the [D] Batmobile [Em] with my old [D] man [G] behind the [D] wheel.
[G]
Well, you [E] could hardly [D] even see him in [C]
all that chrome.
[E] The [E] man [D] with the plan [C] and the pocket [G]
chrome.
But every [D] night [C] it carried him [D] home.
And I could hear him [G] say, don't you give me no [C] Buick.
Son, you must take my [G]
word.
If there's a God up in heaven, [D] he's [D] got a silver [G] Thunderbird.
You can keep your [C] underwriting and the foreign cars [G] up, sir.
Me, I wanna go [D]
down, down.
Then [C] a silver [Em] Thunderbird [D] take [G] me down.
[Em]
[D]
[A] [Em] [D]
[G] He got up every [Cm]
[Bm] morning [Am] while I [G] was still [D] asleep.
But [E] I can remember the [D] sound of him [G] shuffling around.
Right before [C] the crack of [Bm] dawn.
[Am] That's when I heard [G] him turn [D] the motor on.
[Em] But when I got [D] up, they [G] were gone, [D] gone.
[Em]
Down [D] the road in [Am] the rain and [G]
snow.
[D] [E] The man [D] and his [C] machine would [G] go.
[E] What a secret [D] that old [C] car would [D] know.
Sometimes I hear him [G] say, don't you give me no Buick.
[C] Son, you must take my [G] word.
If there's a God up in heaven, [D]
he's got [C] a silver [G] Thunderbird.
You can keep your underwriting [C] and the foreign cars up, [G] sir.
Me, I wanna go [D] down, down.
Then a [C]
silver [Em] Thunderbird
[D] [G] take me [Em] down.
[D] [G]
[D] Ah, [Em] [D]
[G]
ah, [Em] [D]
[E] ah, [D]
[G] [D]
[Em] ah, ah, ah, [D] ah.
[G]
[D]
[E] Oh, down [D] the road [C] in the rain and [G] snow.
[D]
[Em] The man [D] and his [C] machine [G] would go.
What [E] a secret [D]
that [C] old car would [D] know.
And I still hear him [G] say, don't you give me no Buick.
[C]
Son, you must take my [G] word.
If there's a God up in heaven, [D] he's got [C] a silver Thunderbird.
[G] You can keep your underwriting [C]
and the foreign cars [G] up, sir.
Me, I wanna [D] go down, down.
Then [C] a silver Thunderbird, [G]
yeah.
Me, I wanna go [D] down, down.
Then [C] a silver [Em]
[D] Thunderbird.
[G]
[Em] [D] [G]
[A] Ah, [D]
[Em] ah, [D] [G]
[A] [Em] ah, [D]
[G] [D] ah, [Em] ah, ah.
[D] [G] [D]
[C#]
Key:
D
G
Em
C
E
D
G
Em
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ Anyway, this song [E] has to do with _ [D] _ not [G]
only a car, as many of my songs do, [Em] _ _ but also about
my dad who came home with a Thunderbird when I was about two or [D] three.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Thank you.
Is that for [Dm] Ford?
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ And _ I keep saying that the thing that was remarkable about the car was that when my
dad was in it, he was cool.
_ And that was an amazing thing, [D] to see my dad actually looking [C] cool.
_ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ But the thing [F#] that the song really deals with is [G] what it's like to really not know your
parents when you're young.
You sort of wonder who they are [E] and _ _ have sort of an awe and mystery about them.
I used to wonder where my [A] dad went to [G] work.
I used to watch him and kind of really wonder, what's he thinking when he gets in that thing?
Where [Em] does he go?
_ _ [E] And I recently read in a Psychology Today article, [G#]
I [F#] read that all the [G] time, by the
way, that _ _ _ _ if you don't know where your dad [E] works, if you don't have a picture of it in
your [D] mind, it leaves a permanent scar on [G] your psyche.
_ _ _ And that explained a hell of a lot to me. _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ But anyway, _ I figured out enough to write a couple of tunes about him, so here's [Em] one.
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
Watch it coming [C] up _ [Bm] Winslow, _ [Am] down South Park [G] _ _ [D] Boulevard.
_ _ Yeah, [Em] it was looking [D] good from [G] tail to hood. _ _ _
Great big films [C] and painted [Bm] steel.
_ [Am] Man, it looked just [G] _
like the [D] _ _ Batmobile _ [Em] with my old [D] man [G] behind the [D] wheel.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
Well, you [E] could hardly [D] even see him in [C]
all that chrome.
[E] _ _ _ The [E] man [D] with the plan [C] and the pocket [G]
chrome.
_ _ _ But every [D] night [C] it carried him [D] home.
_ _ And I could hear him [G] say, _ _ _ don't you give me no _ [C] Buick. _ _ _ _
Son, you must take my [G]
word.
_ If there's a God up in heaven, _ [D] _ _ _ he's [D] got a silver _ _ [G] Thunderbird. _ _
You can keep your _ _ [C] underwriting _ _ and the foreign cars [G] up, sir. _ _
_ Me, I wanna go _ [D]
down, down.
Then [C] a silver _ _ [Em] Thunderbird _ _ [D] take [G] _ _ me down.
_ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ He got up every [Cm] _ _
[Bm] morning _ [Am] while I [G] was still [D] asleep.
_ _ _ But [E] I can remember the [D] sound of him [G] shuffling around.
_ _ _ Right before [C] the crack of [Bm] dawn.
_ [Am] That's when I heard [G] him turn [D] the motor on.
_ [Em] But when I got [D] up, they [G] were gone, _ [D] gone. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
Down [D] the road in [Am] the rain and [G]
snow.
[D] _ _ _ [E] The man [D] and his _ [C] machine would [G] go. _ _
_ [E] What a secret [D] that old [C] _ car would [D] know. _ _ _
Sometimes I hear him [G] say, _ _ don't you give me no Buick.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ Son, you must take my [G] word.
_ If there's a God up in heaven, _ [D] _ _ _
_ he's got [C] a silver _ _ [G] Thunderbird.
_ _ You can keep your _ underwriting [C] _ _ _ and the foreign cars up, [G] sir.
_ _ _ Me, I wanna go [D] _ down, down.
Then a [C]
silver _ _ _ [Em] Thunderbird _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ take me _ _ [Em] down.
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ Ah, [Em] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
ah, [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ ah, [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Em] ah, ah, ah, _ [D] ah.
_ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] Oh, down [D] the road [C] in the rain and [G] snow.
_ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] The man [D] and his _ [C] machine [G] would go.
_ _ What [E] a secret [D]
that [C] old car would [D] know.
_ _ And I still hear him [G] say, _ _ _ don't you give me no Buick.
[C] _ _ _ _ _
Son, you must take my [G] word.
_ If there's a God up in heaven, [D] _ _ _ _ he's got [C] a silver _ Thunderbird.
[G] _ _ _ You can keep your _ underwriting [C] _ _ _
and the _ foreign cars [G] up, sir.
_ _ _ Me, I wanna [D] go down, down.
Then [C] a silver _ Thunderbird, [G] _
yeah.
_ Me, I wanna go [D] _ down, down.
_ Then [C] a silver _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
[D] Thunderbird.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [A] _ _ Ah, _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] ah, _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Em] ah, _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ ah, [Em] ah, ah.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ Anyway, this song [E] has to do with _ [D] _ not [G]
only a car, as many of my songs do, [Em] _ _ but also about
my dad who came home with a Thunderbird when I was about two or [D] three.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Thank you.
Is that for [Dm] Ford?
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ And _ I keep saying that the thing that was remarkable about the car was that when my
dad was in it, he was cool.
_ And that was an amazing thing, [D] to see my dad actually looking [C] cool.
_ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ But the thing [F#] that the song really deals with is [G] what it's like to really not know your
parents when you're young.
You sort of wonder who they are [E] and _ _ have sort of an awe and mystery about them.
I used to wonder where my [A] dad went to [G] work.
I used to watch him and kind of really wonder, what's he thinking when he gets in that thing?
Where [Em] does he go?
_ _ [E] And I recently read in a Psychology Today article, [G#]
I [F#] read that all the [G] time, by the
way, that _ _ _ _ if you don't know where your dad [E] works, if you don't have a picture of it in
your [D] mind, it leaves a permanent scar on [G] your psyche.
_ _ _ And that explained a hell of a lot to me. _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ But anyway, _ I figured out enough to write a couple of tunes about him, so here's [Em] one.
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
Watch it coming [C] up _ [Bm] Winslow, _ [Am] down South Park [G] _ _ [D] Boulevard.
_ _ Yeah, [Em] it was looking [D] good from [G] tail to hood. _ _ _
Great big films [C] and painted [Bm] steel.
_ [Am] Man, it looked just [G] _
like the [D] _ _ Batmobile _ [Em] with my old [D] man [G] behind the [D] wheel.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
Well, you [E] could hardly [D] even see him in [C]
all that chrome.
[E] _ _ _ The [E] man [D] with the plan [C] and the pocket [G]
chrome.
_ _ _ But every [D] night [C] it carried him [D] home.
_ _ And I could hear him [G] say, _ _ _ don't you give me no _ [C] Buick. _ _ _ _
Son, you must take my [G]
word.
_ If there's a God up in heaven, _ [D] _ _ _ he's [D] got a silver _ _ [G] Thunderbird. _ _
You can keep your _ _ [C] underwriting _ _ and the foreign cars [G] up, sir. _ _
_ Me, I wanna go _ [D]
down, down.
Then [C] a silver _ _ [Em] Thunderbird _ _ [D] take [G] _ _ me down.
_ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ He got up every [Cm] _ _
[Bm] morning _ [Am] while I [G] was still [D] asleep.
_ _ _ But [E] I can remember the [D] sound of him [G] shuffling around.
_ _ _ Right before [C] the crack of [Bm] dawn.
_ [Am] That's when I heard [G] him turn [D] the motor on.
_ [Em] But when I got [D] up, they [G] were gone, _ [D] gone. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
Down [D] the road in [Am] the rain and [G]
snow.
[D] _ _ _ [E] The man [D] and his _ [C] machine would [G] go. _ _
_ [E] What a secret [D] that old [C] _ car would [D] know. _ _ _
Sometimes I hear him [G] say, _ _ don't you give me no Buick.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ Son, you must take my [G] word.
_ If there's a God up in heaven, _ [D] _ _ _
_ he's got [C] a silver _ _ [G] Thunderbird.
_ _ You can keep your _ underwriting [C] _ _ _ and the foreign cars up, [G] sir.
_ _ _ Me, I wanna go [D] _ down, down.
Then a [C]
silver _ _ _ [Em] Thunderbird _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ take me _ _ [Em] down.
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ Ah, [Em] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
ah, [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ ah, [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Em] ah, ah, ah, _ [D] ah.
_ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] Oh, down [D] the road [C] in the rain and [G] snow.
_ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] The man [D] and his _ [C] machine [G] would go.
_ _ What [E] a secret [D]
that [C] old car would [D] know.
_ _ And I still hear him [G] say, _ _ _ don't you give me no Buick.
[C] _ _ _ _ _
Son, you must take my [G] word.
_ If there's a God up in heaven, [D] _ _ _ _ he's got [C] a silver _ Thunderbird.
[G] _ _ _ You can keep your _ underwriting [C] _ _ _
and the _ foreign cars [G] up, sir.
_ _ _ Me, I wanna [D] go down, down.
Then [C] a silver _ Thunderbird, [G] _
yeah.
_ Me, I wanna go [D] _ down, down.
_ Then [C] a silver _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
[D] Thunderbird.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [A] _ _ Ah, _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] ah, _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Em] ah, _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ ah, [Em] ah, ah.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _