Csus (x 3 3 0 1 1)

Gm7 (3 5 3 3 3 3) Bb/F (1 1 3 3 3 1)

[Intro]

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The screen door slams Mary's dress waves Like a vision she dances

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across the porch As the radio plays Roy Orbison singing for the lonely

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Hey that's me and I want you only Don't turn me home again I just can't face

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myself alone again

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Don't run back inside darling you know just what I'm here for

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So you're scared and you're thinking That maybe we ain't that young anymore

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Show a little faith, there's magic in the night

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You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright Oh and that's alright with me

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You can hide neath your covers And study your pain Make crosses from your lovers

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Throw roses in the rain Waste your summer praying in vain

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For a saviour to rise from these streets Well now I'm no hero

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That's understood All the redemption I can offer, girl Is beneath this dirty hood

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With a chance to make it good somehow Hey what else can we do now

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Except roll down the window And let the wind blow back your hair

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Well the night's busting open These two lanes will take us anywhere

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We got one last chance to make it real To trade in these wings on some wheels

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Climb in back Heaven's waiting on down the tracks

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Oh oh come take my hand Riding out tonight to case the promised land

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Oh oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road oh Thunder Road

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Lying out there like a killer in the sun Hey I know it's late

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we can make it if we run Oh Thunder Road, sit tight take hold Thunder Road

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Well I got this guitar And I learned how to make it talk

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And my car's out back If you're ready to take that long walk

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From your front porch to my front seat The door's open but the ride it ain't free

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And I know you're lonely For words that I ain't spoken

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But tonight we'll be free All the promises'll be broken

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There were ghosts in the eyes Of all the boys you sent away

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They haunt this dusty beach road In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets

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They scream your name at night in the street Your graduation gown lies in rags at

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their feet And in the lonely cool before dawn

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You hear their engines roaring on But when you get to the porch they're gone

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On the wind, so Mary climb in It's a town full of losers

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And I'm pulling out of here to win.

[Outro]

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