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Thunder Road (Complete)

by Bruce Springsteen · posted by aussie

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How to read this tab — notation key
+
Blow note
−
Draw note
b or '
Half-step bend
bb or ''
Two half-step bend
bbb or '''
Three half-step bend
(###)
Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *
Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab
 3     6     6    6    -5     -5    5 4
The screen door slams Mary`s dress waves
 6   6  6  6   6   6  6   6  6   6    6    6 b-6
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the
-5-5 5  -4 4
 radio plays
-5  -5-5-5   -5  5   5   5   5 -4
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
 5     5     5    5 5  5    6   6-5
Hey, that`s me, and I want you only
 6      6   6   6  -5 -5
Don`t turn me home again, 
-5 -5    5     5   5  5   5 5   -4-4
I just can`t face myself alone again
  6    6    6    6 6   6 -5   -5   -5   -5
Don`t run back inside darling you know just 
 -5  -5   -5  5 4
what I`m here for
 6   6       6     6    6     6  6     6   6 6
So you`re scared and you`re thinking that maybe
 6   6     6   -6     6 6 -5
we ain`t that young  anymore
  7  7   7 7    7    -5     -5-5  -5 -5   -5
Show a little faith there`s magic in the night
-5   -5  -5  5  5   5  -5     -5    6 6 -5
You ain`t a beauty but hey, you`re alright
-6  6     6    6 -5 5  4   -3
Oh and that`s alright with me
(WITH A BEAT)
-3  -3   4      4     4   5  5   6  -6 6   5
You can hide `neath your covers and study your
 6
pain
-3     4  4    4    4    5 5    6    6-5  -5  5
Make crosses from your lovers throw roses in the
-4
rain
  5     6    6 6    5  6  6   -6
Waste your summer praying in vain
-6 -6 -6 6    6 -5    -5   5    -4
For a savior to rise from the streets
  7   7   7 6 6    6     6  5  -6
Well I`m no hero that`s understood
 4   4    4  4  4  4  4   5 5    6   6 -5-5
All the redemption I can offer girl is under
  5   -4   5   6    6    6   6   6   5   6  -6
this hood with a chance to make it good somehow
-6    -6   -6   -6 -6  7 -7    -7-8   7     7
Hey, what else can we do now, except roll down
 7    7 7   7   7   7    7   -6   -6   6   6-5 5
the window and let the wind blow back your hair
  7   7     7      7 7    7 7    7  -7    -7
Well the night`s busting open these two lanes
  6    6  -6 -6  6    -5
will take us an--y   where
7   7   7    7     7    7   7   7  7-7 6
We got one last chance to make it real
 6   6    6   6     6    6   7     7
To trade in these wings on some wheels
  -6  -6  -6 -6 6 -5    5  5     5   5 -4    -4
Climb in back heaven`s waiting down on the tracks
4 5   6   -6   6   6   4  4   4   4  5    6
Oh  come take my hand riding out tonight to
 -5   5    4  4    -4
case the promised land
4 5 6-6   6  6    6  -5   6 6     6   -6   6 -6
Oh~~~~~ THUNDER ROAD oh THUNDER ROAD  oh THUNDER
  6    7 7   7    7    -6 -6  -6-6  -6 -6  -6
ROAD  lying out there like a killer in the sun
 7   7   7    7    7   -7 -6   -6   6  6  6 -6
Hey, I know it`s late, we can make it if we run
4 5 6-6   6  6    6  -6  -6 6-5   -8  -8-7 6
Oh~~~~~ THUNDER ROAD sit tight   take hold   
  7  7   7  -6 6
THUNDER ROAD ~~~~~~
  7  7  7    7   7 -6  -6  -6  -6     6   5   6
Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make
 6 -6 6
it talk
 7   7   7    7    7  -6   -6    -6-6  6  -6
And my car`s out back if you`re ready to take
 -6  -6-7-6    6    5   -5   -5    -5   -5 -5
that long    walk from your front porch to my
 -6    6     6    6     6 6  6   6    6   -6
front seat. The door`s open but the ride ain`t
-6 5   -6 -6 -6    -6    -6-6   -6   -6   -6
free, and I know you`re lonely for words that
-6 -6    -6-6  -8   -8 -8    -8   -8  -8
I ain`t spoken but to-night we`ll be free
-8   -8  8 -8-8   -8  7  8 -8     -8  -8  -8
All the promises `ll be broken. These are the 
  -8    7  7    7    7   7     7   7 -7  -6
ghosts in the eyes  of  all   the  boys  you
  6   6 6
sent away
  7    7     7   7 7    7     7   7  7   7-7 -7
They haunt this dusty beach road in the skeleton
  -7   -6   -6   -6    6 6 -5
frames of burned out Chevrolets
  7     7     7    7   7   7    7  7   -7
They screem your name at night in the sreet
  6    6 6 6 6    6    6   6   6   6   7     7
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
 7   7   7-7    -7  -7-6   -6-7-6 6
And the lonely cool before dawn
-7   7     7    7  7    7  -7  -7-6
You hear their engines roaring on
-6   -6   -6  -6 -6 -6   -6    -6      6
But when you get to the porch they`re gone
5  -4  -4 4   -5 -5-5   5   5-4
on the wind.  So Mary climb on
 7   7   7   7    7  -6-6
It`s a town full of losers
 6   8  -8  -8  -8  -8  -8 -8   8  -8  7
I`m pulling out of here to win~~~~~~~~~~~
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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