More songs by Bruce Springsteen
This file is part of a collection that (moreso than the rest of the site) are not meant to be detailed or accurate transcriptions of the original recordings. They're just some simple chord charts that I made for my own use, some of them my own arrangements.
- T-rev
"THUNDER ROAD" by Bruce Springsteen www.brucespringsteen.net
From his 1975 album Born To Run
Written be Bruce Springsteen
Transcribed by T-rev www.t-rev.net
Original has F major diatonic harmonica (normal F, not low F)
F Dm F Bb F Am Bb C7
F Bb F C7 F C7
The screen door slams, Mary's dress sways
F C (B) Bb
Like a vision, she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Bb C
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
F Bb
hey, that's me, and I want you only
Bb F C C4 C
Don't turn me home again I just can't face myself alone again
F
Don't run back inside Darling
Bb F C7 F C7
you know just what I'm here for
F
So you're scared and you're thinking
C (B) Bb
that maybe we ain't that young anymore
Bb C
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
F Bb
you ain't a beauty but hey you're alright
F C C4 C
Oh and that's alright with me
F Dm
You can hide 'neath your covers and study your pain
F Bb
make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain
F Am
Waste your summer praying in vain
Bb C7
for a saviour to rise from these streets
F Dm
Well now I'm no hero, that's understood
F
All the redemption I can offer, girl
Bb
is beneath this dirty hood
F Am
With a chance to make it good somehow
Bb C
hey what else can we do now
F Bb F
Except roll down the window & let the wind blow back your hair
F
Well the night's busting open
Am Bb
these two lanes will take us anywhere
Bb C
We got one last chance to make it real
F Bb
to trade in these wings on some wheels
Bb F C C4 C
Climb in back, heaven's waiting down on the tracks
F Dm
Oh--- come take my hand
F Bb
we're riding out tonight to case the promised land
F Am Bb C
Oh--- Thunder Road oh Thunder Road oh Thunder Road
F Dm
Lying out there like a killer in the sun
F Bb
hey I know it's late, we can make it if we run
F Am Bb C F
Oh--- Thunder Road, sit tight, take hold, Thunder Road
Bb Am F
Well I got this guitar, and I learned how to make it talk
Dm Bb C
And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long walk
Bb C
From your front porch to my front seat
Am Dm
The door's open but the ride ain't free
Bb Am Gm F
And I know you're lonely for words that I ain't spoken
C
But tonight we'll be free, all the promises'll be broken
F Bb F
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away
F
They haunt this dusty beach road
Am Bb
in the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
Bb C
They scream your name at night in the street
F Bb
your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
Am
And in the lonely cool before dawn
Bb
you hear their engines roaring on
Gm C Bb
But when you get to the porch they're gone on the wind
Gm
So Mary, climb in
Bb C F
It's a town full of losers, I'm pulling out of here to win
F C F Bb F C Bb C
Transcribed 2022-07-02 by T-rev
More tab available at www.t-rev.net
133211 F
xx0231 Dm
x13331 Bb
x02210 Am
x32310 C7
x24442 B
x32010 C
x32011 C4
355333 Gm
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"THUNDER ROAD" by Bruce Springsteen www.brucespringsteen.net
From his 1975 album Born To Run
Written be Bruce Springsteen
Transcribed by T-rev www.t-rev.net
Transposed from original F to D. Harmonica D major diatonic.
D Bm D G D F#m G A7
D G D A7 D A7
The screen door slams, Mary's dress sways
D A (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 A4 A
Don't turn me home again I just can't face myself alone again
D
Don't run back inside Darling
G D A7 D A7
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
you ain't a beauty but hey you're alright
D A A4 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 A7
for a saviour to rise from these streets
D Bm
Well now I'm no hero, that's understood
D
All the redemption I can offer, girl
G
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
Except roll down the window & let the wind blow back your hair
D
Well the night's busting open
F#m 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
G D A A4 A
Climb in back, heaven's waiting down on the tracks
D Bm
Oh--- come take my hand
D G
we're riding out tonight to case the promised land
D F#m G A
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--- Thunder Road, sit tight, take hold, Thunder Road
G F#m 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 ain't free
G F#m Em D
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
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away
D
They haunt this dusty beach road
F#m 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
F#m
And in the lonely cool before dawn
G
you hear their engines roaring on
Em A G
But when you get to the porch they're gone on the wind
Em
So Mary, climb in
G A D
It's a town full of losers, I'm pulling out of here to win
D A D G D A G A
Transcribed 2022-07-02 by T-rev
More tab available at www.t-rev.net
xx0232 D
x24432 Bm
320003 G
244222 F#m
x02020 A7
466544 G#
x02220 A
x02230 A4
022000 Em
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