G                   C      G D G
Screen door slams, Mary's dress waves
                       Bm                     C
Like a vision dancing across the porch as the radio plays
                             D         G                         C
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely, hey that's me and I want you only
                              G                     D
Don't turn me home again, I just can't face myself alone again
G                             C                             G D G
Don't run back inside, honey, you know just what I'm here for
                                           Bm
And you're scared and you're thinking that maybe we ain't that
C
Young any more
              Bm     Am                   D
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
            Bm         Am         C
You ain't a beauty but eh, you're alright

        D
Oh and that's alright with me

       G                          D
You can hide neath your covers and study your pain
     G                        C
Make crosses from your lovers Throw roses in the rain
G                 Bm                     C                         D
Waste your summer praying in vain for a savior to rise from these streets
G                           C
Well now I'm no hero That's understood
        G                               C
All the redemption I can offer, girl is beneath this dirty hood
G                     Bm                       C              D
With a chance to make it good somehow hey what else can we do now
            G                   C                 G D G
Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
                                        Bm                 C
Well the night's busting open these two lanes will take us anywhere
                                  D       G                       C
We got one last chance to make it real to trade in these wings on some wheels
                                  D
Climb in back heaven's waiting on down the tracks

G         D                 G                      C
Ohh come take my hand  We're ridin out tonight to case the Promised Land
G     Bm           C                D
Oh Thunder Road, Oh Thunder road, Oh Thunder Road
G                         C
Lyin' out there like a killer in the sun
G                         C
Hey I know it's late, we can make it if we run
G    Bm              C           D            G
Oh Thunder Road, sit tight, take hold, Thunder Road
     C                         D                    G
So I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk
       C                                           C    D
And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long walk
            C                      D
From your front porch to my front seat
       Bm                      C
Door's open but the ride ain't free
                                                       Am
Well I know you've been waiting for words that I ain't spoken
     D
Well tonight we'll be free--all the promises will be broken
           G                  D                   G
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away
                                        Bm
They drive this dusty beach road in the skeleton frames of
C
Burned-out Chevrolets They scream your name at night in the street
    Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
           D
And in the lonely cool before dawn you hear their engines roaring on
          C          D              G           C   D
Until you get to the porch, they're gone on the wind so Mary climb in
C                                    D                      G
It's a town full of losers and we're pulling out of here to win