Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen (ukulele tutorial by MUJ)

Thunder Road, by Bruce Springsteen, 1975; performed/taught here on ukulele by Al Foster.
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LYRICS:
The screen door slams - Mary’s dress sways
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the ra-dio plays
Roy Orbison singin for the lonely
hey, that's me, and I want you only
Don't turn me home again, I just can't face myself alone again
Don't run back inside, darling you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinkin that
maybe we ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
you ain't a beauty but, hey, you're alright
Oh, and that's alright 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
Well now I'm no hero, that's understood
all the redemption I can offer, girl is beneath this dirty hood
With a chance to make it good somehow
hey, what else can we do now?
Except roll down the window and let the wind
blow back your hair
Well, the night's bustin open
these two lanes will take us a-ny-where
We got one last chance to make it real
to trade in these wings on some wheels
Climb in back, heaven's waitin down on the tracks
O-oh, come take my hand
we're ridin out tonight to - case the promised land
O-o-o-oh Thunder Road - oh Thunder Road - oh Thunder Road
Lyin out there like a killer in the sun
hey, I know it's late, we can make it on the run
O-o-o-oh, Thunder Road sit tight - take hold - Thunder Road
Well, I got this ukulele* and I learned how to make it talk
And my car's out back if you're ready to take that lo - o-ong walk
From your front porch to my front seat
the door's open but the ride ain't free
And I know you're lonely for words that I ain't spoken
but tonight we'll be free, all the promises'll be 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
They scream your name at night in the street
your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
And in the lonely cool before dawn
you hear their engines roaring on
When you get to the porch they're gone - on the wind
so Mary, climb in
It's a town full of losers - and we’re pullin out of here to win

[@marzafra6357]

I've been trying to find a proper tutorial for this tune for months! Thank you thank you thank you 💜

[@mizzo9]

I’m building a uke and this is a favorite. Great job - thank you!

[@innerlightmoonoracle]

marvelous! thank you!

[@timwilson9243]

An all-time Holy Grail track for me Al, and you really brought it! Thanks so much for working all of this out, including the sax solo! I love everything about this!

[@MorristownUkeJam]

Thanks! I’m a Jersey guy - gotta do the Bruce song right!

[@timwilson9243]

@@MorristownUkeJam Of course, seeing the theme for this songbook, is it too late to request Born to Run? Another Holy Grail tune lacking a proper tutorial, right up that Jersey alley! In any case, I'm digging all of these, and am forever grateful to you, Marco, and the whole MUJ gang!