[Verse] GC G The screen door slams,Christie's dress waves F C G Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays C G Roy Orbison singing for the lonely, F C hey that's me babe and I want you only G C G Don't turn me home again, I just can't face myself alone again tonight C G Don't run back inside, baby, you know just what I'm here for F So you're scared and you're thinking that C G Maybe we ain't that young any more C G Woman, there's magic in the night F C You ain't a beauty but hey you're all right D Oh and that's alright with me GC/G D You can hide beneath your covers and study your pain, G C Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain G D C D Waste your summer praying in vain for a savior to rise from these streets G C/G D Well I aint no hero that's understood G C All the redemption I can offer babe is beneath this old hood GD With one last chance to make it good somehow C D hey what else can you do now except G C G Roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair D C Well the night's busting open and these two lanes can take us anywhere D We got one last chance to make it real GC to trade in these wings for some wheels GD Climb in back, it's waiting down on the tracks G C/G D Well I tried hard Christie to understand G C I'm ridin' out tonight to case the promised land G D Babe, if you're born with nothin' in your hands C D Hey It's your only chance G C/G D Well It's lyin' out there like a killer in the sun G C Yeah I know it's late, but we can make it if we run G D C Oh I wish you could come, so leave what you've lost D G Leave what's grown old, on thunder road Em C Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk G 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 G C D Hey door's open but the ride ain't free GCG Well there were ghosts in the eyes of the boys you sent away D They haunt this dirty beach road in the skeleton remains of C burned-out Chevrolets G They scream to you at night from the street F C Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet G G/C D And in the lonely cool before dawn GG/C D From your room you hear their engines roar on GC D But when you get to the porch, they're gone lost in the wind A/E so Christie climb in C D G It's a town full of losers I'm pulling out of here to win [Outro] It definitely has errors, but it isn't terrible.
