Chords for Lucy Kaplansky - Thunder Road (B. Springsteen)
Tempo:
155.8 bpm
Chords used:
C
Bb
F
Dm
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[F]
And a week later I was playing a gig in New Jersey and I had just seen Springsteen and
the Springsteen song.
And I'd never done this song in my whole life, ever sung it.
[C] I always wanted to and I love a challenge.
So I knew I didn't know all the words but we were in New Jersey so I knew the audience
knew the whole song and they sang it with me and got me through the whole thing
And if you feel like singing, which you might, you did a great job earlier, please do [F] one
And a week later I was playing a gig in New Jersey and I had just seen Springsteen and
the Springsteen song.
And I'd never done this song in my whole life, ever sung it.
[C] I always wanted to and I love a challenge.
So I knew I didn't know all the words but we were in New Jersey so I knew the audience
knew the whole song and they sang it with me and got me through the whole thing
And if you feel like singing, which you might, you did a great job earlier, please do [F] one
100% ➙ 156BPM
C
Bb
F
Dm
A
C
Bb
F
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ And a week later I was playing a gig in New Jersey and I had just seen Springsteen and
somebody yelled out _ the Springsteen song. _ _
And I'd never done this song in my whole life, ever sung it. _ _
[C] I always wanted to and I love a challenge. _ _
So I knew I didn't know all the words but we were in New Jersey so I knew the audience
[F] knew it and they did.
They knew the whole song and they sang it with me and got me through the whole thing
and now I know the words.
[C]
And if you feel like singing, which you might, _ you did a great job earlier, please do [F] one
of the world's great songs and you have [C] been so nice to me.
Thank you so much. _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
Screen doors, _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ merry [F] _ _
festivities, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ like a distant she [C] dances _ across the porch [Bb] as the radio plays. _ _ _ _
_ _ Oh you're the sun singing [C] from a long way.
Hey that's me and I [F] want you [Bb] all day.
Don't turn me home again.
[F] I just can't face myself [C] alone again. _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [F] Don't run back inside [Bb] darling you know that's what [F] I'm here for. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
So you're scared and you're thinking [Am] that maybe we ain't [Bb] back _ yet.
_ _ _ _ So a little faith, there's magic [C] in the night. _
You ain't no beauty but you're [Bb] alright. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Oh [F] and it's _ [C] alright with me. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] You can hide with your [Dm] covers and study your [F] pain.
Make questions [C] for your lover, [Bb] throw _ roses in [C] the rain.
_ Waste your [A] summers praying and in vain [Bb] for a savior to rise [C] in these streets.
_ _ Well I'm no hero [Dm] that's understood.
All [C] the redemption I can offer [Bb] girl is beneath this dirty [C] heart.
With a chance to make [A] it good somehow, _ [Bb] hey what else can we do [C] now? _
Except _ throw down the window [Bb] and let the wind [F] blow back your hair. _
_ [C] _ _ _ _
Well the night's busted on my [Am] knees too late to take [Bb] us _ _ _ _ anywhere.
_ _ We got one last chance to [C] make it real. _ _ _ _
Trading these wings on [Bb]
some wheels. _ _ _
_ _ Climbing [F] back, _ _ heaven's [C] wind on track. _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] Oh girl [Dm] come take my hand.
Look [C] where I'm going tonight _ [Bb] to gaze upon my sight.
[F] _ _
Oh whoa [A] whoa thunder oh, [Bb] _ oh thunder oh.
_ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ Light out there [Dm] like a killer in the [F] sun.
I know each leg [Bb] but we can make it with [F] one.
_ Oh whoa [Am] whoa thunder oh, [Bb] oh thunder oh.
Tick _ tock, [C] take off, _ thunder _ rock _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
this guitar.
[C] And I'll learn how to make it [F] talk.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ My [Dm] _
car's out back if you're ready to take that [Bb] _ love.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
From your front porch to my [C] front seat. _
The [Am] door is open but the bride it [Dm] ain't free. _ _
[Bb] _ I [C] know you're longing [Bb] for words that I ain't spoken.
_ _ Tonight we'll be free.
[C] _ All promises are too broken. _ _
[Bb] _ _ There [F] will ghost in the eyes.
[C] _ Fall _ or wait, [F] be sent away. _ _ _ _ _
_ They haunt this dusty beach.
[G] _ [A] Water's scattered in frames.
[Bb] _ _
Burned out Chevrolet's. _ _
_ _ They scream your name at night [C] in the street.
Your _ [F] graduation gown lies in the dirt.
[Bb] That they'd feed _ _ [A] _ _
you cold before _ dawn.
_ [Bb] You hear their engines roaring on.
_ _ But [Gm] when you get to the [C] porch they're gone.
_ _ [Bb] On the wind, _ _ _ _ _ _ merry [D] _ [Gm]
climbing. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ It's [Bb] a town for losers [C] _
but I _ [F] hear you. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ La la [C] la la la, _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ la [Bb] la la la la.
_ _ [F] _ _
_ _ La la [C] la la la, la la [Bb] la la la.
_ _ _ [C] _
La la _ [F] la _
_ _ [C] _ _ la la, _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ la la [Bb] la la la.
_ _ [F] _ _
_ La la [C] la la la, _ [Bb] la la la la la.
_ _ _ [C] One more time.
[F] _ _ _
_ [C] La la la la la, _ _ [F] _ _ _
la la [Bb] la la la.
_ _ [F] _ _ _
La la [C] la la la, la [Bb] la la la la. _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
Last [F] time. _ _
La la [C] la [G] la la, la [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] la la la la. _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ La [C] la la la la, la la la la la. _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ And a week later I was playing a gig in New Jersey and I had just seen Springsteen and
somebody yelled out _ the Springsteen song. _ _
And I'd never done this song in my whole life, ever sung it. _ _
[C] I always wanted to and I love a challenge. _ _
So I knew I didn't know all the words but we were in New Jersey so I knew the audience
[F] knew it and they did.
They knew the whole song and they sang it with me and got me through the whole thing
and now I know the words.
[C]
And if you feel like singing, which you might, _ you did a great job earlier, please do [F] one
of the world's great songs and you have [C] been so nice to me.
Thank you so much. _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
Screen doors, _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ merry [F] _ _
festivities, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ like a distant she [C] dances _ across the porch [Bb] as the radio plays. _ _ _ _
_ _ Oh you're the sun singing [C] from a long way.
Hey that's me and I [F] want you [Bb] all day.
Don't turn me home again.
[F] I just can't face myself [C] alone again. _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [F] Don't run back inside [Bb] darling you know that's what [F] I'm here for. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
So you're scared and you're thinking [Am] that maybe we ain't [Bb] back _ yet.
_ _ _ _ So a little faith, there's magic [C] in the night. _
You ain't no beauty but you're [Bb] alright. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Oh [F] and it's _ [C] alright with me. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] You can hide with your [Dm] covers and study your [F] pain.
Make questions [C] for your lover, [Bb] throw _ roses in [C] the rain.
_ Waste your [A] summers praying and in vain [Bb] for a savior to rise [C] in these streets.
_ _ Well I'm no hero [Dm] that's understood.
All [C] the redemption I can offer [Bb] girl is beneath this dirty [C] heart.
With a chance to make [A] it good somehow, _ [Bb] hey what else can we do [C] now? _
Except _ throw down the window [Bb] and let the wind [F] blow back your hair. _
_ [C] _ _ _ _
Well the night's busted on my [Am] knees too late to take [Bb] us _ _ _ _ anywhere.
_ _ We got one last chance to [C] make it real. _ _ _ _
Trading these wings on [Bb]
some wheels. _ _ _
_ _ Climbing [F] back, _ _ heaven's [C] wind on track. _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] Oh girl [Dm] come take my hand.
Look [C] where I'm going tonight _ [Bb] to gaze upon my sight.
[F] _ _
Oh whoa [A] whoa thunder oh, [Bb] _ oh thunder oh.
_ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ Light out there [Dm] like a killer in the [F] sun.
I know each leg [Bb] but we can make it with [F] one.
_ Oh whoa [Am] whoa thunder oh, [Bb] oh thunder oh.
Tick _ tock, [C] take off, _ thunder _ rock _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
this guitar.
[C] And I'll learn how to make it [F] talk.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ My [Dm] _
car's out back if you're ready to take that [Bb] _ love.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
From your front porch to my [C] front seat. _
The [Am] door is open but the bride it [Dm] ain't free. _ _
[Bb] _ I [C] know you're longing [Bb] for words that I ain't spoken.
_ _ Tonight we'll be free.
[C] _ All promises are too broken. _ _
[Bb] _ _ There [F] will ghost in the eyes.
[C] _ Fall _ or wait, [F] be sent away. _ _ _ _ _
_ They haunt this dusty beach.
[G] _ [A] Water's scattered in frames.
[Bb] _ _
Burned out Chevrolet's. _ _
_ _ They scream your name at night [C] in the street.
Your _ [F] graduation gown lies in the dirt.
[Bb] That they'd feed _ _ [A] _ _
you cold before _ dawn.
_ [Bb] You hear their engines roaring on.
_ _ But [Gm] when you get to the [C] porch they're gone.
_ _ [Bb] On the wind, _ _ _ _ _ _ merry [D] _ [Gm]
climbing. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ It's [Bb] a town for losers [C] _
but I _ [F] hear you. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ La la [C] la la la, _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ la [Bb] la la la la.
_ _ [F] _ _
_ _ La la [C] la la la, la la [Bb] la la la.
_ _ _ [C] _
La la _ [F] la _
_ _ [C] _ _ la la, _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ la la [Bb] la la la.
_ _ [F] _ _
_ La la [C] la la la, _ [Bb] la la la la la.
_ _ _ [C] One more time.
[F] _ _ _
_ [C] La la la la la, _ _ [F] _ _ _
la la [Bb] la la la.
_ _ [F] _ _ _
La la [C] la la la, la [Bb] la la la la. _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
Last [F] time. _ _
La la [C] la [G] la la, la [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] la la la la. _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ La [C] la la la la, la la la la la. _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _