Thunder Road Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Thunder Road chords chart by Bruce Springsteen. I had some requests for Bruce and figured this would be a great place to start.
I will be using a capo on the 3rd fret to make this a little bit easier to play. There will still be a couple of barre chords to contend with but you can use the easy fixes below if you are not proficient with barre chords yet.
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Thunder Road Strumming Patterns:
Strumming:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4+
D DU DU DU
Strumming Option 2:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4+
D DU U DU
Thunder Road Guitar Lesson:
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Thunder Road Chord Chart:
CAPO @ 3RD FRET
Intro: (one strum per 4 count)
D Bm D G
D F#m G A
Verse:
D G D D
The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves
F#m F#m G G
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
G A
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
D G
Hey that's me and I want you only
G D A A
Don't turn me home again, I just can't face myself alone again
D G D D
Don't run back inside, darling you know just what I'm here for
D
So you're scared and you're thinking
A G G
That maybe we ain't that young anymore
G A
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
D G G
You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright
D A A
Oh and that's alright with me
Chorus:
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? Except
Verse:
D G D |G D - -|
Roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
D
Well the night's busting open
F#m G G
These two lanes will take us anywhere
G A
We got one last chance to make it real
D G
To trade in these wings on some wheels
D D A A
Climb in back heaven's waiting down on the tracks
Chorus:
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
Bridge:
G A D D
Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk
Bm 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 G
And I know you're lonely for words that I ain't spoken
A A
But tonight we'll be free, all the promises'll be broken
Verse:
D G D |G D--|
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away
D
They haunt this dusty beach road
F#m G G
In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
G 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 F#m G G
Lonely cool before dawn you hear their engines roaring on but when you
Em A G G
Get to the porch they're gone on the wind
Em Em
So Mary climb in
G A D D
It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win
Outro: (repeat out)
D A D G
D A G A
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