Thunder Road
Renato Russo
Cifras

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

        Eb
Oh and that's alright with me

       G#                          Eb
You can hide neath your covers and study your pain
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Make crosses from your lovers Throw roses in the rain
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Waste your summer praying in vain for a savior to rise from these streets
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Well now I'm no hero That's understood
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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
                                  Eb
Climb in back heaven's waiting on down the tracks

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Ohh come take my hand  We're ridin out tonight to case the Promised Land
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Oh Thunder Road, Oh Thunder road, Oh Thunder Road
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Lyin' out there like a killer in the sun
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Hey I know it's late, we can make it if we run
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Oh Thunder Road, sit tight, take hold, Thunder Road
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So 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
            C#                      Eb
From your front porch to my front seat
       Cm                      C#
Door's open but the ride ain't free
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Well I know you've been waiting for words that I ain't spoken
     Eb
Well tonight we'll be free--all the promises will be broken
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There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away
                                        Cm
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
           Eb
And in the lonely cool before dawn you hear their engines roaring on
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Until you get to the porch, they're gone on the wind so Mary climb in
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It's a town full of losers and we're pulling out of here to win