The Thunder Rolls - Garth Brooks (Pat Alger & Garth Brooks) E|E|--------------|E|--------------|E|--------------|E|--------------|---| Playing Notes E|--------------| 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|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|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|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----| E|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|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|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|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|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----| on last repeat) E|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----| E|E|--------------|E|--------------|E|--------------|E|--------------|---|E|--------------|E|--------------|E|--------------|-- [Verse] Dm Bb/F e|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|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|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----| E|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----| Three-thirty in the morning not a soul in sight A A Dm e|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|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|-------------2E|--------------|-2---|-------------2---0-----------0---| A|-0-----0---------0-----0---------|-0-----0E|--------------|-----------| E|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----| The city's................................ summer night Dm Bb/F e|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|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|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----| E|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----| Raindrops.........................storm moving in A A e|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|----------| 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-------------| E|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|----------| He's headin'...........................................been Dm Cadd9 G/B e|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|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---|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----| A|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|-3-----------3---3-------2-------| E|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----| A A7sus4 A7 e|E|--------------|---0E|--------------|-| 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 Verse 2) E|E|--------------|E|--------------|-----| And the thunder rolls