The Promise Chords & Lyrics - Bruce Springsteen

1.[F]Johnny works in a factory, Bil[Bb]ly works downtow[F]n
[Dm]Terry works in a rock'n'roll band lookin' [Gm]for that million[F/A] -dollar [Bb]sound
[F]I got a job down in Darlington[Bb] but some nights I do[F]n't go
[Dm]Some nights I go to the drive-in and [Gm]some nights[F/A] I stay [Bb]home

([Bb]) [F]
I followed that dream just like those guys do way up on the
[Bb]screen I drove[F] my Challenger down route 9
through the dead[Bb] ends and all the bad [F]scenes
And when the [C]promise was broken I cashed in a few of my own [F]dreams

2.Well, [F]I built that Challenger by myself
but I needed [Bb]money and so I s[F]old it
I lived a [Dm]secret I should-a kept to myself
But I got [Gm]drunk one night a[F/A]nd I [Bb]told it
[Dm]All my life I've [Am]fought that fight
a fi[Gm]ght that you[F/A] can never w[Bb]in
[F]Every day it just gets [C]harder to live the dream you're believing i[F]n

Thunder [Gm]Roa[Am]d__[Bb]__ oh baby you[C] were so righ[F]t
Thunder [Gm]Roa[Am]d__[Bb]__ there's something dying down on th[C]e highway [F]tonight

3.Well [F]I won big once and I hit the coast
Oh but [Bb]I paid the big cost[F]
Inside I [Dm]felt like I was carryin' broken spirits
of [Gm]all the other [F/A]ones who [Bb]lost
When the[Dm] promise is broken you [Am]go on livin'
but it [Gm]steals something from[F/A] down in your[Bb] soul
Like when the [F]truth is spoken and it don't [C]make no difference
something in your heart runs c[F]old

[Bb]I followed that dream, through the southwestern tracks
the dea[F]d ends and the two-bit ba[Bb]rs
When the [C]promise was broken I was far away from home
sleeping in the backseat of a borrowed ca[F]r

Thunder [Gm]Roa[Am]d__[Bb]__ here's for the lost lovers and [C]all the fixed [F]games
Thunder [Gm]Roa[Am]d__[Bb]__ here's for the tires rushing [C]by in the [F]rain
Thunder [Gm]Roa[Am]d__[Bb]__ remember Billy what we'd [C]always [F]say
Thunder [Gm]Roa[Am]d__[Bb]__ we were gonna take it all and throw it[C] all a[F]way