The Thunder Rolls Chords
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| Difficulty: | intermediate |
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| Tuning: | E A D G B E |
| Capo: | no capo |
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The Thunder Rolls - Garth Brooks (Pat Alger & Garth Brooks)
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Original Official Video here - https://youtu.be/AiYEapQR1A0
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
A - x02220
Asus4 - x02230
[Intro]
Dm Dm7 Dm Dm7
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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---| (x2)
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
[Verse]
Dm Bb/F
Three-thirty in the morning, not a soul in sight
A Dm
The city's lookin' like a ghost town on a moonless summer night
Dm Bb/F
Raindrops on the windshield, there's a storm moving in
A Dm
He's headin' back from somewhere that he never should have been
Cadd9 G/B A A7sus4 A7 Dm Dm7 | Dm Dm7 |
And the thunder rolls, and the thunder rolls
[Verse 2]
Dm Bb/F
Every light is burnin' in a house across town
A Dm
She's pacin' by the telephone in her faded flannel gown
Dm Bb/F
Askin' for a miracle, hopin' she's not right
A Dm
Prayin' it's the weather that's kept him out all night
Cadd9 G/B A A7sus4 A7 Dm C Dm
And the thunder rolls, and the thunder rolls
[Chorus]
Bb C Dm C Dm
The thunder rolls and the lightnin' strikes
Bb C A A Asus4 A
Another love grows cold on a sleepless night
Bb C Dm C Dm
As the storm blows on out of control
Bb C Dm Dm7 | Dm Dm7 |
Deep in her heart the thunder rolls
[Verse 3]
Dm Bb/F
She's waitin' by the window when he pulls into the drive
A Dm
She rushes out to hold him thankful he's alive
Dm Bb/F
But on the wind and rain a strange new perfume blows
A Dm
And the lightnin' flashes in her eyes and he knows that she knows
Cadd9 G/B A A7sus4 A7 Dm C Dm Dm Dm Dm
And the thunder rolls, and the thunder rolls
[Chorus]
Bb C Dm C Dm
The thunder rolls and the lightnin' strikes
Bb C A A Asus4 A
Another love grows cold on a sleepless night
Bb C Dm C Dm
As the storm blows on out of control
Bb C Dm
Deep in her heart the thunder rolls (to outro on original version)
[Verse 4]
Dm Bb/F
She runs back down the hallway and through the bedroom door
A Dm
She reaches for the pistol kept in a dresser drawer
Dm Bb/F
Tells the lady in the mirror he won't do this again
A Dm
'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]
Bb C Dm C Dm
The thunder rolls and the lightnin' strikes
Bb C A A Asus4 A
Another love grows cold on a sleepless night
Bb C Dm C Dm
As the storm blows on out of control
Bb C Dm
Deep in her heart the thunder rolls
[Outro]
Dm Dm7 Dm Dm7
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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---| (x4 and fade
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| on last repeat)
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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[Verse]
Dm Bb/F
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Three-thirty in the morning not a soul in sight
A A Dm
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---2-----2---------2-----2-------|---2-----2-----------3---3-----3-|
G|-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-|-----2-----2---2---2---2---2-----|
D|-------------2---------------2---|-------------2---0-----------0---|
A|-0-----0---------0-----0---------|-0-----0-------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
The city's................................ summer night
Dm Bb/F
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Raindrops.........................storm moving in
A A
e|---------------------------------|------------------------|
B|---2-----2---------2-----2-------|----2--------2----------|
G|-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-|-------2--------2-----2-|
D|-------------2---------------2---|-------------------2----|
A|-0-----0---------0-----0---------|-0--------0-------------|
E|---------------------------------|------------------------|
He's headin'...........................................been
Dm Cadd9 G/B
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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---|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|-3-----------3---3-------2-------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A A7sus4 A7
e|-----------------0---------------|
B|-----2-------3---2---------------|
G|---2-------0-0---0---------------|
D|-------------2---2---------------| (Back to intro pattern
A|-0-----0-----0---0---------------| for two bars and then into Verse 2)
E|---------------------------------|
And the thunder rolls
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24 comments
nice tab, i just played it on the acoustic and everything sounded awesome. the only part that im not sure of is the
A-G-A chords in the chorus (like the Dm-C-Dm chords). i didnt play this along with the song so i could be dead wrong. 5
stars man keep up the good work.
+5
She runs back down the hallway
to the bedroom door
Reaches for the pistol
kept in the dresser drawer
tells the lady in the mirror he won't do this again
cause tonight will be the last time she'll wonder where he's been.
+4
I've never been fond of the A-based major barré-chords (in this song Bb) so I tried playing it based on A minor with capo at 5th fret, it actually worked well.
+3
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