The Thunder Rolls

The Thunder Rolls - Garth Brooks (Pat Alger & Garth Brooks‎)
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Playing Notes
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The picking pattern in the intro can be repeated throughout the verses (except for the A Asus4 A
 section
at the end) and two versions of the chords are given below.  V1 for picking if you want to play 
that
throughout and V2 for an easier strumming version. I have given a more comprehensive tab at the 
bottom
of the chord sheet for anyone wanting to play a closer version of the picking.

This gives way to mostly strumming in the choruses to provide the dynamics between the
quieter (worried) verses and louder (angrier) choruses.
You can swap the barre chords in the chorus for open positions if that is easier for you.

Verse 4 was not included in the original recording and was originally only used during live 
shows but
it has since been included on remastered and some later released versions.

           V1        V2
Dm     - xx023x  - xx0231
Dm7    - xx021x  - xx0211
Bb/F   - xx333x  - 113331
A      - x0x220  - x02220
Cadd9  - x3x03x  - x32033
G/B    - x2x03x  - x20033
A7sus4 -         - x0203x
A7     -         - x02020

   Chorus chords
Bb         - x1333X
C          - x3555X
Dm         - x5776X
A          - x02220
Asus4      - x02230


[Intro]
   Dm                      Dm7       Dm                      Dm7
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B|-----3---3-----3-----3---1-----1-|-----3---3-----3-----3---1-----1-|             
G|---2---2---2-----2-----2---2-----|---2---2---2-----2-----2---2-----|             
D|-0-----------0-----0---------0---|-0-----------0-----0---------0---| (x2)        
A|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----| 
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[Verse]
Dm                           Bb/F
Three-thirty in the morning,   not a soul in sight
A                                                         Dm
The city's lookin' like a ghost town on a moonless summer night
Dm                                     Bb/F
Raindrops on the windshield, there's a storm moving in
A                                                            Dm
He's headin' back from somewhere that he never should have been
                 Cadd9  G/B A   A7sus4 A7                  Dm     Dm7 | Dm    Dm7 |
And the thunder rolls,                    and the thunder rolls


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[Verse 2]
Dm                          Bb/F
Every light is burnin' in a house across town
A                                                    Dm
She's pacin' by the telephone in her faded flannel gown
Dm                    Bb/F
Askin' for a miracle, hopin' she's not right
A                                                 Dm
Prayin' it's the weather that's kept him out all night
                 Cadd9  G/B A   A7sus4 A7                  Dm  C  Dm
And the thunder rolls,                    and the thunder rolls


[Chorus]
            Bb    C                        Dm  C  Dm
The thunder rolls   and the lightnin' strikes
                   Bb   C                A    A Asus4 A
Another love grows cold   on a sleepless night
                   Bb  C             Dm  C  Dm
As the storm blows on    out of control
            Bb    C             Dm      Dm7 | Dm    Dm7 |
Deep in her heart   the thunder rolls


[Verse 3]
Dm                                  Bb/F
She's waitin' by the window when he pulls into the drive
A                                               Dm
She rushes out to hold him thankful he's alive
Dm                                 Bb/F
But on the wind and rain a strange new perfume blows
        A                                                     Dm
And the lightnin' flashes in her eyes and he knows that she knows
                 Cadd9  G/B A   A7sus4 A7                  Dm  C  Dm    Dm  Dm  Dm
And the thunder rolls,                    and the thunder rolls


[Chorus]
            Bb    C                        Dm  C  Dm
The thunder rolls   and the lightnin' strikes
                   Bb   C                A    A Asus4 A
Another love grows cold   on a sleepless night
                   Bb  C             Dm  C  Dm
As the storm blows on    out of control
            Bb    C             Dm
Deep in her heart   the thunder rolls     (to outro on original version)


[Verse 4]
Dm                                 Bb/F
She runs back down the hallway and through the bedroom door
A                                             Dm
She reaches for the pistol kept in a dresser drawer
Dm                              Bb/F
Tells the lady in the mirror he won't do this again
A                                                             Dm
'Cause tonight will be the last time she'll wonder where he's been
                 Cadd9  G/B A   A7sus4 A7                  Dm    Dm Dm Dm Dm Dm N.C.
And the thunder rolls,                    and the thunder rolls


[Chorus]
            Bb    C                        Dm   C   Dm
The thunder rolls   and the lightnin' strikes
                   Bb   C                A    A Asus4 A
Another love grows cold   on a sleepless night
                   Bb  C             Dm  C  Dm
As the storm blows on    out of control
            Bb    C             Dm
Deep in her heart   the thunder rolls


[Other]
   Dm                      Dm7       Dm                      Dm7
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B|-----3---3-----3-----3---1-----1-|-----3---3-----3-----3---1-----1-|                      
G|---2---2---2-----2-----2---2-----|---2---2---2-----2-----2---2-----|                      
D|-0-----------0-----0---------0---|-0-----------0-----0---------0---| (x4 and fade         
A|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|  on last 
E|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|          

e|        
B|        
G|        
D|        
A|repeat) 
E|        

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[Verse]
   Dm                                Bb/F
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B|-----3---3-----3-----3---3-------|---3---3-----3-----3----3------3-|             
G|---2---2---2-----2-----2---2-----|-----3---3-----3-----3-----3-----|             
D|-0-----------0-----0---------0---|-3---------3-----3-----------3---|             
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     Three-thirty in the morning       not a soul in sight

   A                                 A               Dm
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B|---2-----2---------2-----2-------|---2-----2-----------3---3-----3-|             
G|-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-|-----2-----2---2---2---2---2-----|             
D|-------------2E|--------------|-2---|-------------2---0-----------0---|          
A|-0-----0---------0-----0---------|-0-----0E|--------------|-----------|          
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   The city's................................ summer night

   Dm                                Bb/F
e|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----| 
B|-----3---3-----3-----3---3-------|---3---3-----3-----3----3------3-|             
G|---2---2---2-----2-----2---2-----|-----3---3-----3-----3-----3-----|             
D|-0-----------0-----0---------0---|-3---------3-----3-----------3---|             
A|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----| 
E|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----| 

   Raindrops.........................storm moving in

   A                                 A
e|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|----------| 
B|---2-----2---------2-----2-------|----2--------2----------|          
G|-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-|-------2--------2-----2-|          
D|-------------2E|--------------|-2---|E|--------------|-----2----|    
A|-0-----0---------0-----0---------|-0--------0-------------|          
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   He's headin'...........................................been

   Dm                                Cadd9                   G/B
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B|-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-|-----3---3-----3-----3-------3---|             
G|---2---2---2-------2---2---2-----|---0---0---0-------0---0---0---0-|             
D|-0-----------0---0-----------0---|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|       
A|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|-3-----------3---3-------2-------|       
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   A        A7sus4 A7
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B|-----2-------3---2E|--------------|-|                                      
G|---2-------0-0---0E|--------------|-|                                      
D|-------------2---2E|--------------|-| (Back to intro pattern               
A|-0-----0-----0---0E|--------------|-|  for two bars and then into Verse 2) 
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                     And the thunder rolls