The Thunder Rolls - Garth Brooks (Pat Alger & Garth Brooks)
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Playing Notes
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The picking pattern in the intro can be repeated throughout the verses
(except for the A Asus4 A section
at the end) and two versions of the chords are given below. V1 for
picking if you want to play that
throughout and V2 for an easier strumming version. I have given a more
comprehensive tab at the bottom
of the chord sheet for anyone wanting to play a closer version of the
picking.
This gives way to mostly strumming in the choruses to provide the
dynamics between the
quieter (worried) verses and louder (angrier) choruses.
You can swap the barre chords in the chorus for open positions if that
is easier for you.
Verse 4 was not included in the original recording and was originally
only used during live shows but
it has since been included on remastered and some later released
versions.
V1 V2
Dm - xx023x - xx0231
Dm7 - xx021x - xx0211
Bb/F - xx333x - 113331
A - x0x220 - x02220
Cadd9 - x3x03x - x32033
G/B - x2x03x - x20033
A7sus4 - - x0203x
A7 - - x02020
Chorus chords
Bb - x1333X
C - x3555X
Dm - x5776X
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A - x02220
Asus4 - x02230
[Intro]
DmDm7DmDm7
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B|-----3---3-----3-----3---1-----1-|-----3---3-----3-----3---1-----1-|
G|---2---2---2-----2-----2---2-----|---2---2---2-----2-----2---2-----|
D|-0-----------0-----0---------0---|-0-----------0-----0---------0---|
A|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|E|---------
E|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|E|---------
e|-----|-----|
B|
G|
D| (x2)
A|-----|-----|
E|-----|-----|
[Verse]
DmBb/F
Three-thirty in the morning, not a soul in sight
ADm
The city's lookin' like a ghost town on a moonless summer night
DmBb/F
Raindrops on the windshield, there's a storm moving in
ADm
He's headin' back from somewhere that he never should have been
Cadd9G/BAA7sus4A7Dm
And the thunder rolls, and the thunder rolls
Dm7 | DmDm7 |
[Verse 2]
DmBb/F
Every light is burnin' in a house across town
ADm
She's pacin' by the telephone in her faded flannel gown
DmBb/F
Askin' for a miracle, hopin' she's not right
ADm
Prayin' it's the weather that's kept him out all night
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Cadd9G/BAA7sus4A7DmCDm
And the thunder rolls, and the thunder rolls
[Chorus]
BbCDmCDm
The thunder rolls and the lightnin' strikes
BbCAAAsus4A
Another love grows cold on a sleepless night
BbCDmCDm
As the storm blows on out of control
BbCDmDm7 | DmDm7 |
Deep in her heart the thunder rolls
[Verse 3]
DmBb/F
She's waitin' by the window when he pulls into the drive
ADm
She rushes out to hold him thankful he's alive
DmBb/F
But on the wind and rain a strange new perfume blows
ADm
And the lightnin' flashes in her eyes and he knows that she knows
Cadd9G/BAA7sus4A7DmC
And the thunder rolls, and the thunder rolls
DmDmDmDm
[Chorus]
BbCDmCDm
The thunder rolls and the lightnin' strikes
BbCAAAsus4A
Another love grows cold on a sleepless night
BbCDmCDm
As the storm blows on out of control
BbCDm
Deep in her heart the thunder rolls (to outro on original
version)
[Verse 4]
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DmBb/F
She runs back down the hallway and through the bedroom door
ADm
She reaches for the pistol kept in a dresser drawer
DmBb/F
Tells the lady in the mirror he won't do this again
ADm
'Cause tonight will be the last time she'll wonder where he's been
Cadd9 G/B A A7sus4 A7 Dm Dm Dm
Dm Dm Dm N.C.
And the thunder rolls, and the thunder rolls
[Chorus]
BbCDmCDm
The thunder rolls and the lightnin' strikes
BbCAAAsus4A
Another love grows cold on a sleepless night
BbCDmCDm
As the storm blows on out of control
BbCDm
Deep in her heart the thunder rolls
[Outro]
DmDm7DmDm7
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B|-----3---3-----3-----3---1-----1-|-----3---3-----3-----3---1-----1-|
G|---2---2---2-----2-----2---2-----|---2---2---2-----2-----2---2-----|
D|-0-----------0-----0---------0---|-0-----------0-----0---------0---|
A|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|E|---------
E|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|E|---------
e|-----|-----|
B|
G|
D| (x4 and fade
A|-----|-----| on last repeat)
E|-----|-----|
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[Verse]
DmBb/F
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B|-----3---3-----3-----3---3-------|---3---3-----3-----3----3------3-|
G|---2---2---2-----2-----2---2-----|-----3---3-----3-----3-----3-----|
D|-0-----------0-----0---------0---|-3---------3-----3-----------3---|
A|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|E|---------
E|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|E|---------
Three-thirty in the morning not a soul in sight
AADm
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B|---2-----2---------2-----2-------|---2-----2-----------3---3-----3-|
G|-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-|-----2-----2---2---2---2---2-----|
D|-------------2E|--------------|-2---|-------------2---0-----------0-
A|-0-----0---------0-----0---------|-0-----0E|--------------|---------
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The city's................................ summer night
DmBb/F
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B|-----3---3-----3-----3---3-------|---3---3-----3-----3----3------3-|
G|---2---2---2-----2-----2---2-----|-----3---3-----3-----3-----3-----|
D|-0-----------0-----0---------0---|-3---------3-----3-----------3---|
A|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|E|---------
E|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|E|---------
Raindrops.........................storm moving in
AA
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B|---2-----2---------2-----2-------|----2--------2----------|
G|-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-|-------2--------2-----2-|
D|-------------2E|--------------|-2---|E|--------------|-----2----|
A|-0-----0---------0-----0---------|-0--------0-------------|
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He's headin'...........................................been
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DmCadd9G/B
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B|-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-|-----3---3-----3-----3-------3---|
G|---2---2---2-------2---2---2-----|---0---0---0-------0---0---0---0-|
D|-0-----------0---0-----------0---|E|--------------|E|--------------|
A|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|-3-----------3---3-------2--
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AA7sus4A7
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B|-----2-------3---2E|--------------|-|
G|---2-------0-0---0E|--------------|-|
D|-------------2---2E|--------------|-| (Back to intro pattern
A|-0-----0-----0---0E|--------------|-| for two bars and then into
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B|
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A|Verse 2)
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And the thunder rolls