Thunder Road

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Thunder Road chords
Bruce Springsteen 1975 (Born To Run)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunder_Road_(song)
Capo III *
D Bm D G D F#m G A
D G D
The screen door slams, Mary's dress sways.
A G
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays.
A
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely,
D G
hey that's me and I want you only.
D A
Don't turn me home again, I just can't face myself alone again.
D G D G D
Don't run back inside, darling you know just what I'm here for.
So you're scared and you're thinking
A G
that maybe we ain't that young anymore.
A
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night,
D G
you ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright.
D A
Oh, and that's alright with me.
D Bm
You can hide neath your covers and study your pain,
D G
make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain.
D F#m
Waste your summer praying in vain,
G A
for a saviour to rise from these streets.
D Bm
Well now I'm no hero, that's understood,
D G
all the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood.
D F#m
With a chance to make it good somehow,
G A
hey what else can we do now?
D G D G D
Except, roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair.
Well the night's busting open,
F#m G
these two lanes will take us anywhere.
A
We got one last chance to make it real,
D G
to trade in these wings on some wheels.
D A
Climb in back heaven's waiting down on the tracks.
D Bm
Oh oh come take my hand,
D G
we're riding out tonight to case the promised land.
D F#m G A
Oh oh oh oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road.
D Bm
Lying out there like a killer in the sun,
D G
hey I know it's late we can make it if we run.
D F#m G A D
Oh oh oh oh Thunder Road, sit tight take hold, Thunder Road.
D G A D
Well, I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk.
Bm G A
And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long walk.
G A
From your front porch to my front seat,
F#m Bm
the door's open but the ride it ain't free.
G Em
And I know you're lonely for words that I ain't spoken,
A
but tonight we'll be free, all the promises'll be broken.
D G D G D
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away.
They haunt this dusty beach road,
F#m G
in the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets.
A
They scream your name at night in the street,
D G
your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet. And in the
F#m G
Lonely cool before dawn, you hear their engines roaring on, but when you
Em A G Em EmAG
( )
get to the porch they're gone on the wind - so Mary climb in.
G A D
It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win
D A D G
D A GGG AAA
5x
* Alternates:
Open
D F
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Bm Dm
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G Bb
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A C
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F#mAm
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Em Gm
=
Capo I
D E
=
Bm C#m
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G A
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A B
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F#mG#m
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Em F#m
=
Capo V
D C
=
Bm Am
=
G F
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A G
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F#mEm
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Em Dm
=
Open (These chords are not in the original key)
D A
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Bm F#m
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G D
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A E
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F#mC#m
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Em Bm
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Free chords for Thunder Road by Bruce Springsteen. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Thunder Road chords 
Bruce Springsteen  1975 (Born To Run)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunder_Road_(song)
Capo III *
D Bm  D G  D F#m  G  A  
So you're scared and you're thinking
Well the night's busting open,
They haunt this dusty beach road,
D  A   D  G  
D  A   G G G  A A A  5x
* Alternates:
Open
D   = F
Bm  = Dm
G   = Bb
A   = C
F#m = Am
Em  = Gm
Capo I
D   = E
Bm  = C#m
G   = A
A   = B
F#m = G#m
Em  = F#m
Capo V
D   = C
Bm  = Am
G   = F
A   = G
F#m = Em
Em  = Dm
Open (These chords are not in the original key)
D   = A
Bm  = F#m
G   = D
A   = E
F#m = C#m
Em  = Bm
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Thunder Road Chords by Bruce Springsteen

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