Rain King Thunder Road chords

Rain King Thunder Road

• D

verse
D                      A
When I think of heaven
Bm         A                 D
Deliver me in a black-winged bird
A          Bm     A           D               A
I think of flying down into a sea of pens and feathers
Bm            A              D                 A
And all other instruments of faith and sex and God
                  Bm           A
In the belly of a black-winged bird.
Bm    G
Don't try to feed me
Bm        G
I've been here before
    D           E
And I deserve a little more


chorus
A Bm    D       E              A
I belong in the service of the Queen
A Bm    D   E               A
I belong anywhere but in between
A          Bm     D               E
She's been crying and I've been thinking
A     Bm     D         E
And I am the Rain King


verse
E               D    A            Bm   A
And I said mama, mama, why am I so alone?
D          A
I can't go outside
             Bm                A
I'm scared I might not make it home
    D           A
I'm alive, I'm alive
     Bm           A
But I'm sinking in
           D                 A
If there's anyone at home at your place, darling
Bm                      A
Won' you please invite me in?
Bm    G
Don't try to bleed me
Bm        G
I've been there before
    D           E
And I deserve a little more


chorus
A Bm    D       E              A
I belong in the service of the Queen
A Bm    D    E              A
I belong anywhere but in between
A          Bm    D              E
She's been lying and I've been sinking
A     Bm     D         E
And I am the Rain King


bridge
Bm          D                A
Hey, I only want the same as anyone
Bm           D   A   Bm
Henderson is waiting for the sun
                   D         A
Oh, it seems night endlessly begins and ends
Bm            D               A
After all the dreaming I come home again

(During guitar solo)

D A Bm A (2x)

Side Note: ****This whole part is basically just spoken, you should listen to that version before
trying to play this.****

It repeats almost entirely throughout: D, A, Bm, A
 
           D                  A               Bm     A
Well the screen door slams and Mary's dress sways 
            D                  A                         Bm
And like a vision she dances across the porch while the radio
 A                  D                A
Plays Roy Oribison singing for the lonely
           Bm                     A                    D          A
Hey that's me and uh, I want you, Only don't turn me home again
                    Bm             A
I just can't face myself alone again

(Same progression, D, A, Bm, A)

But don't come back inside darlin', you know just what I'm here for

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

But show a little faith there's magic in the night
 
You ain't a beauty but hey, you're all right

And that's all right with me

You can hide 'neath your covers and study your pain,

Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain

Waste your summer praying in vain for a savior to rise from these streets

But I ain't no heroâ?¦ That's understood

All the redemption I can offer girl is beneath this dirty hood

And with a chance to make it good somehow,

Hey what else can we do now except except rolllll down the window

Let the wind blow, back you hair

This nights busting' open these two lanes, take us anywhere

Got one last chance to make it real

Trade in these wings on some wheels

So climb in back baby, heaven's waiting down the tracks

Ohhh, come take my hand. We're ridin' out tonight to case the promised land, oh

Thunder road. 


It's lyin out there like a killer in the sun I know it's late but we can make it, 

if we run. Thunder road

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

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

From your front porch to my, front seat 

The door's open but the ride it ain't free 

And tonight you'll be lonely for words that I ain't spoken 

Tonight we'll be free all the promises broken 

There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys 

you sent away, They haunt this dusty beach road 

In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets 

And they, they scream your name at night in the street 

Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet 
                D (one strum)
And in the lonely cool before dawn 
                D (one strum)
You hear their engines roaring on 
              D                        A             Bm     A
But when you get to the porch they're gone on the wind
                     D   A                       Bm     A
It's town full of losers, it's a town full of losers
                                 D        A                               
We all come from towns full of losers, we come from towns full of losers
            Bm                  A                                    D
We come from towns full of losers, we come from towns full of losers 
                           A     Bm                  A
But we're pulling out of here to win and when I when I

I think of heaven

D, A

Bm         A                 D
Deliver me in a black-winged bird
              A             Bm
I think I think I think of dying
A                D                  A
Lay me down lay me down in a field of flame and heather
Bm           A             D                A
Render up my my my my body into the burning heart of God
                Bm             A
In the belly of a black-winged bird
Bm    G
Don't try to bleed me
Bm        G
I've been here before
    D           E
And I deserve a little more


chorus
A Bm    D       E              A
I belong in the service of the queen
A Bm    D    E              A
I belong anywhere but in between
A          Bm    D             E
She's been dying and I've been drinking
A     Bm     D          E
And I am the Rain King

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