DA
When I think of heaven
BmAD
Deliver me in a black-winged bird
ABmADA
I think of flying down into a sea of pens and feathers
BmADA
And all other instruments of faith and sex and God
BmA
In the belly of a black-winged bird.
BmG
Don't try to feed me
BmG
I've been here before
DE
And I deserve a little more
[chorus]
ABmDEA
I belong in the service of the Queen
ABmDEA
I belong anywhere but in between
ABmDE
She's been crying and I've been thinking
ABmDE
And I am the Rain King
[verse]
EDABmA
And I said mama, mama, why am I so alone?
DA
I can't go outside
BmA
I'm scared I might not make it home
DA
I'm alive, I'm alive
BmA
But I'm sinking in
DA
If there's anyone at home at your place, darling
BmA
Won' you please invite me in?
BmG
Don't try to bleed me
BmG
I've been there before
DE
And I deserve a little more
[chorus]
ABmDEA
I belong in the service of the Queen
ABmDEA
I belong anywhere but in between
ABmDE
She's been lying and I've been sinking
ABmDE
And I am the Rain King
[bridge]
BmDA
Hey, I only want the same as anyone
BmDABm
Henderson is waiting for the sun
DA
Oh, it seems night endlessly begins and ends
BmDA
After all the dreaming I come home again
(During guitar solo)
DABmA (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
DABmA
Well the screen door slams and Mary's dress sways
DABm
And like a vision she dances across the porch while the radio
ADA
Plays Roy Oribison singing for the lonely
BmADA
Hey that's me and uh, I want you, Only don't turn me home again
BmA
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 hero… 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
DABmA
But when you get to the porch they're gone on the wind
DABmA
It's town full of losers, it's a town full of losers
DA
We all come from towns full of losers, we come from towns full of losers
BmAD
We come from towns full of losers, we come from towns full of losers
ABmA
But we're pulling out of here to win and when I when I
I think of heaven
D, ABmAD
Deliver me in a black-winged bird
ABm
I think I think I think of dying
ADA
Lay me down lay me down in a field of flame and heather
BmADA
Render up my my my my body into the burning heart of God
BmA
In the belly of a black-winged bird
BmG
Don't try to bleed me
BmG
I've been here before
DE
And I deserve a little more
[chorus]
ABmDEA
I belong in the service of the queen
ABmDEA
I belong anywhere but in between
ABmDE
She's been dying and I've been drinking
ABmDE
And I am the Rain King