THUNDER ROAD

The (F)screen door slams,

(C7)Mar (Bb)y’s dress waves;

like a (F)vi sion (C7)she danc es (F)a (C)cross the porch as the (Bb)ra di o plays.

Roy (Bb)Or bi son’s sing ing for the (C)lone ly.

Hey, that’s (F)me, and I (C)want (F)you on ly.

Don’t turn me home a (Fsus)gain, (Bb)I (F)just can’t (C)face (Dm)my self a (Bb)lone a (C)gain.

Don’t (F)run back in (C7)side, (F)dar ling, (Bb)you know (C7)just what I’m here for.

So you’re (F)scared and you’re think ing that (C)may be we ain’t that (Bb)young

an y more.

Show a lit tle (Bb)faith there’s mag ic in the (C7)night.

You (C7)ain’t a (F)beau ty, but hey, you’re al (Bb)right.

Oh, and (F)that’s al right with (C7)me.

You can (F)hide ’neath your cov ers and (Dm)stud y your pain,

make (F)cross es from your lov ers, throw (Bb)ros es in the rain,

waste your sum mer, (Am)pray ing in vain for a (Bb)sav ior to rise from these (Gm7)streets.

Well now, (F)I’m no he ro, that’s un der (Dm)stood.

All the re (F)demp tion I can of fer, girl, is (Bb)be neath this dirt y (C7)hood,

with a chance to make it (Dm)good some how.

Hey, (Bb)what else can we do (C7)now,

ex cept (F)roll down the win dow and (Bb)let the wind blow (F)back your hair.

Well, the night’s bust ing o pen, these (Am)two lanes will take us (Bb)an

y

where.

We got one last chance to make it (C7)real.

To (F)trade in these wings on some (Bb)wheels.

Climb in back, heav

en’s wait ing down on the tracks.

(F)Oh,

come (Dm)take my hand,

(F)rid ing out to night to (Bb)case the prom ised land.

(F)Oh,

Thun der Road,

(Bb)oh, Thun der Road,

(C7)oh, Thun der Road,

ly ing out there like a (Dm)kill er in the sun.

(F)Hey, I know it’s late, we can (Bb)make it if we run.

(F)Oh,

Thun der Road, sit (Bb)tight,

take (C7)hold,

Thun der (F)Road.