Thunder Road Uke tab by Bruce Springsteen

10 Chords used in the song: F, Bb, C, Am, Dm, C7, Bb/A, Gm7, Bb/F, Gm

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Album: 
Year:  1975
Difficulty: 
3.6
(Intermediate)
Key: F, DmChords
Intro: F chordF    Bb chordBb    F chordF    C chordC        F chordF    Am chordAm    Bb chordBb    C chordC
F chordF Bb chordBb F chordF F chordF
The screen door slams Mary's dress waves Like a vision she dances
C chordC Bb chordBb C chordC
across the porch As the radio plays Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
F chordF Bb chordBb F chordF
Hey that's me and I want you only Don't turn me home again I just can't face
C chordC
myself alone again
F chordF Bb chordBb F chordF
Don't run back inside darling you know just what I'm here for
C chordC Bb chordBb
So you're scared and you're thinking That maybe we ain't that young anymore
C chordC
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
F chordF Bb chordBb F chordF C chordC
You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright Oh and that's alright with me
F chordF Dm chordDm F chordF
You can hide neath your covers And study your pain Make crosses from your lovers
Bb chordBb F chordF Am chordAm
Throw roses in the rain Waste your summer praying in rain
Bb chordBb C7 chordC7 F chordF
For a saviour to rise from these streets Well now I'm no hero
Dm chordDm F chordF Bb chordBb
That's understood All the redemption I can offer, girl Is beneath this dirty hood
F chordF Am chordAm Bb chordBb C7 chordC7
With a chance to make it good somehow Hey what else can we do now
F chordF Bb chordBb F chordF
Except roll down the window And let the wind blow back your hair
C chordC Bb chordBb
Well the night's busting open These two lanes will take us anywhere
C chordC F chordF Bb chordBb
We got one last chance to make it real To trade in these wings on some wheels
F chordF C chordC
Climb in back Heaven's waiting on down the tracks
F chordF Dm chordDm F chordF Bb chordBb
Oh oh come take my hand Riding out tonight to case the promised land
F chordF Am chordAm Bb chordBb C7 chordC7
Oh oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road oh Thunder Road
F chordF Dm chordDm F chordF
Lying out there like a killer in the sun Hey I know it's late
Bb chordBb F chordF Am chordAm Bb chordBb C7 chordC7 F chordF
we can make it if we run Oh Thunder Road, sit tight take hold Thunder Road
Bb chordBb C chordC F chordF
Well I got this guitar And I learned how to make it talk
Dm chordDm Bb chordBb C chordC
And my car's out back If you're ready to take that long walk
Bb chordBb C chordC Am chordAm Dm chordDm
From your front porch to my front seat The door's open but the ride it ain't free
Bb chordBb Bb/A chordBb/A Gm7 chordGm7 Bb/F chordBb/F
And I know you're lonely For words that I ain't spoken
C chordC
But tonight we'll be free All the promises'll be broken
F chordF Bb chordBb F chordF
There were ghosts in the eyes Of all the boys you sent away
C chordC Bb chordBb
They haunt this dusty beach road In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
C chordC F chordF
They scream your name at night in the street Your graduation gown lies in rags at
Bb chordBb Am chordAm
their feet And in the lonely cool before dawn
Bb chordBb Gm chordGm C chordC
You hear their engines roaring on But when you get to the porch they're gone
Bb chordBb Gm chordGm Bb chordBb
On the wind, so Mary climb in It's a town full of losers
C chordC F chordF F chordF
And I'm pulling out of here to win.
F chordF C chordC F chordF Bb chordBb F chordF C chordC Bb chordBb C chordC

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This is absolutely beautiful. I'm not sure if C7 is correct, but the rest is wonderful. Thank you so much.
13 May 2012
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About this song: Thunder Road

"Thunder Road" is a song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen, and the opening track on his 1975 breakthrough album Born to Run. It is ranked as one of Springsteen's greatest songs, and often appears on lists of the top rock songs of all time. The lyrics to "Thunder Road" describe a young woman named Mary, her boyfriend, their hopeless lives and their "one last chance to make it real." Thematically, it reads as a nostalgic companion piece to "Born to Run".

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