Garry's Corner, The tribute page to Garry W. Tallent

Song: Thunder Road
Artist: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
Album: Born to Run (1975).
Bassist: Garry W. Tallent
Info: It's very hard to follow the bass line in the studio album, so I have been working with live recordings. Different shows may have different bass lines, most of the tablature is from Pittsburgh 2000 show. The studio track has some little differences, I have transcribed a couple.

Transcribed by: Edgar Aguilera for Garry's Corner.

Fmajor key

NO BASS PART

Intro : F | Dm | ...

Screen.. F | Bb | ...

Run back F | Bb | ...

(1:11)                   C7 .   .   .    .   .   .   .
                     ----|----------------|----------------||
                     ----|----------------|----------------||
                     -3--|3---------------|--------------3-||
                     ----|----------------|----------------||
..and that's alright with me

VERSE (1:15)
F . . . Dm . . . F . . . Bb . . .
G ||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D ||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------3-0---|
A ||----------3---4-|5------5--3-----|----------------|--------------3-|
E ||1-----5---------|------------5-3-|1-----1---1-3-5-|6-----6---------|
hide... study.. crosses.. roses in..

F . . . Am . . . Bb . . . C7 . . .
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|------5---3-----|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------5-2-|
A|----------------|------------3---|------------5---|3---------------|
E|1-----1-----3-4-|5-----5—--3---5-|6-----6---5---6-|----------------|
Waste... praying.. saviour .. streets

F . . . Dm . . . F . . . Bb . . C7
|----------------|--------7-5-----|----------------|----------------|
|3---------------|------7-----7-5-|3-----3---------|----------------|
|----------3---4-|5---------------|----------5-3---|----------------|
|------5---------|----------------|--------------5-|6-----6-----8 / |1
no hero... redemption.. beneath..

F   .   .   .    Am .   .   .    Bb .   .   .    C7 .   .   .
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------5---3-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------5-2-|
|----------------|------------3---|------------5---|3---3-----------|
|1-----1---1-3-4-|5-----5---3---5-|6-----6---5---6-|----------------|
chance           good             what             now
(1:43)
F   .   .   .    Bb .   .   .    F   .   .   .    .   .   .   .
|----------------|------0---------|----------------|----------------|
|3-----0---------|----------3-0---|3-----0---------|------0---------|
|----------3-0---|1-------------3-|----------3-0---|----------3-0---|
|--------------1-|----------------|--------------3-|1-------------3-|
roll down        let              back
(1:50)
.   .   .   .    Am .   .   .    Bb .   .   .    .   .   .   .
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|------5---3-----|------5---3-----|
|----------------|------------3---|------------5-3-|------------5-3-|
|1-----1---1-3-4-|5-----5---3---5-|6---------------|6---------------|
night             two lines..      any-             where.    We got..
STUDIO (1:56)
.   .   .   .    C7? .   .   .    F   .   .   .    Bb .   .   .
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|------5-----7---|8---------------|
|------3-----5---|------5-----7---|8---------------|------8---------|
|6---------------|8---------------|----------------|------------6---|
one             real             trade           wheels
THE SAME LAST 4 BARS AS PLAYED LIVE
.   .   .   .    C7? .   .   .    F   .   .   .    Bb .   .   .
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|------------5---|3---------------|----------0/   8|
|------------5---|3-----3---3---3-|------3---0-----|1-----1---------|
|6-----6---5---6-|----------------|------------3-1-|----------------|
one             real             trade           wheels

F   .   .   .    C   .   .   .    C7 .   .   .    .   .   .   .
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|8-----7-----5---|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|---------------0|8-----7-----5---|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|---------------0|8-----6----0-5-0|8---6---5---3--0||
climb

CHORUS (2:10)
F   .   .   .    Dm .   .   .    F   .   .   .    Bb .   .   .
||----------------|--------7-5-----|----------------|----------------|
||----------------|------7-----7-5-|3-----3---0-----|----------------|
||------0---3---4-|5---------------|------------3-0-|1-----1---3-1---|
||1---------------|----------------|----------------|--------------0-|
oh               take             riding           case

F   .   .   .    Am .   .   .    Bb .   .   .    C7 .   .   .
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------5---2-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------5-2-|
|----------------|------------3---|------------5---|3---------------|
|1-----1-----3-4-|5-----5---3---5-|6-----6---5---6-|----------------|
oh               thunder          thunder          thunder
(2:23)
F   .   .   .    Dm .   .   .    F   .   .   .    Bb .   .   .
|----------------|--------7-5-----|----------------|----------------|
|3---------------|------7-----7-5-|3-----3---0-----|----------------|
|------0---3---4-|5---------------|------------3-0-|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|6-----6---6 / 0-|
lying            killer           I Know           make

F   .   .   .    Am .   .   .    Bb .   .   .    C7 .   .   .
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|------8-------8-|------10------10|
|----------------|------------3-0-|----8-------8---|----10------10--|
|1-----1---1-3-4-|5-----5---3---5-|6---------6-----|8---------8-----|
oh               thunder          tight            hold

F   .    .   .    .   .   .   . Bb
|------10---7-----|----------------||
|----10-------10--|----------------||
|8----------------|8---r-----------||
|-----------------|--------3-5-R-6-||
Road                       Well I got..

VERSE 2
(2:40)
Bb . . . C7 . . . F . . . F . . .
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
||----------------|------------5-2-|3-----0---------|----------------|
||------------5---|3-----3---3-----|----------3-0---|------0---3---4-|
||------6---5---6-|----------------|--------------3-|1---------------|
.this guitar ..learned how ... it talk

Dm .   .   .    .   .   .   .    Bb .   .   .    C   .   .   .
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|5---3-5-----3---|5---3-5-----3---|------------5---|3-----3-----3---|
|--5-------5---5-|--5-------3---5-|6-----6---5---6-|----------3---5-|
car's                             long             walk

Bb .   .   .    C   .   .   .    Am .   .   .    Dm .   .   .
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------3---|------2-----5---|7---------------|----------------|
|------5---------|3---------3-----|----------12/ 7-|5-----5---------|
|6---------6-----|----------------|------5---------|----------3-R-5-|
front            seat             open             free

Bb .   .   .    Gm .   .   .    C7 .   .   .    .   .    .    .
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|----------------|3---3-3---3-3-3/|15—15-15---15-15-15/
|6-----6-5-----5-|3-----3-1-----1-|----------------|-------------------|
know ...        I ain't sp..   ..tonight..

C7 .   .   .    .   .   .   .      F   .   .   .    Bb .   .   .
|--- two extra bars only live! ----||----------------|------0---------|
|----------------|-----------------||-----0----------|----------3-0---|
|3---3-3---3-3-3/|15------/13/12/10||----------3-0-3-|1-------------3-|
|----------------|-----------------||1---------------|----------------|
promises ..     broken             .ghosts         ..all boys..      sent

(3.46)
F   .   .   .    .   .   .   .    F   .   .   .    Am .   .   .
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|3-----0---------|------0---------|----------------|----------------|
|----------3-0---|----------3-0---|----------------|------------3---|
|--------------3-|1-------------3-|1-----1---1-3-4-|5-----5---3---5-|
away                              dusty..       ..skeleton..

Bb .   .   .    .   .   .   .    .   .   .   .    C   .   .   .
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------5---3-----|------5---3-----|----------------|------------5-2-|
|------------5-3-|------------5-3-|----------------|3-----3---3-----|
|6---------------|6---------------|6-----6---6-5-3-|----------------|
burned..                     .. scream..        .. street..

F   .   .   .    Bb .   .   .
|----------------|----------------|
|3---------------|----------------|
|------------3-0-|------------8---|
|------1---1-----|6-----6---6---6-|
gown..        .. feet    and in the
(3:27)
Am .   .   .    .   .   .   .    Bb .   .   .    .   .   .   .
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------7---7---7-|------7---7---7-|------8---8---8-|------8---8-----|
|----7-------7---|----7-------7---|----8-------8---|----8-----------|
|5-5-------------|5-5-------------|6-6-------------|6-6-------------|
Lonely cool before dawn you ..    engines roaring   on   but when you

    Gm .   .   .    C   .   .   .    Bb .   .   .    .   .   .   .
   |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
   |5---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
   |----8---7---5---|8---------------|----------------|----------------|
   |----------------|----6---5---3---|6---------------|----------------|
Get to the porch ...             the wind                  So Mary climed

Gm .   .   .    .   .   .   .
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|--------------0-|
|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
in                         It’s a

Bb .   .   .    C7 .   .   .    F   .   .   .    .   .   .   .
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|3-0-------------|----------------||
|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|------3---0-----|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|--------------3-|1---------------||
Town full .. .. pulling ..    to win

OUTRO – Sax solo (3:50)
F   .   .   .    C   .   .   .    F   .   .   .    Bb .   .   .
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
||3-----3-3-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
||----------------|3-----3-3-------|--------------0-|1-----1-1---3---|
||----------------|----------------|1-----1-1-------|----------------|

F . . . C . . . Bb . . . C . . .
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------5-2-||
|----------------|3-----3-3-------|------------5---|3-3---3---3-----||
|1-----1-1-----1-|--------------5-|6-6---6---5---6-|----------------||

F   .   .   .    C   .   .   .    F   .   .   .    Bb .   .   .
||----------------|------------5---|----------------|----------------|
||3---------------|--------5-------|3-----3-3-0-----|----------------|
||----------0-----|3-----3---------|--------------0-|1-----1-1-0-----|
||------1-1-----1-|----------------|----------------|------------3-0-|

F   .   .   .    C   .   .   .    Bb .   .   .    C? .   .   .
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|3-----3-----3---|----------------|----------------|
|1-----1-1-----1-|--------3-5---5-|6-----6-5-----5-|3-----3-1-----1-|

.   .   .   .    .   .   .__3._
|----------------|--------|--|--|-||
|----------------|----------------||
|3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-|0-0-0-0----0----||
|----------------|--------3-----3-||

(4.21)
F   .   .   .    C   .   .   .    F   .   .   .    Bb .   .   .
||----------------|----------5-----|----------------|----------------|
||----------------|--------5-----2-|3-----3-3-0-----|----------------|
||----------0-----|3-----3---------|--------------3-|1-----1-1-0-----|
||1-----1-1-----1-|----------------|----------------|------------3---|

F   .   .   .    C   .   .   .    Bb .   .   .    C?   .   .   .
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|--------3-2-----|----------------|----------------|--------------2-||
|------3-------5?|3-----3---------|----------------|3-----3-3-5-----||
|1---------------|--------3---5---|6-6---6---6-5-3-|----------------||

FADE
F   .   .   .    C   .   .   .    F   .   .   .    Bb .   .   .
||----------------|----------5-----|----------------|----------------|
||3---------------|--------5-----2-|3-----3-3-0-----|----------------|
||----------0-----|3-----3---------|--------------3-|1-----1-1-0-----|
||------1-1-----1-|----------------|----------------|------------3-0-|

F   .   .   .    C   .   .   .    Bb .   .   .    .   .   .   .
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------3-2-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------3-------5?|3-----3-----3-0-|1-----1-0-----0-|----------------|
|1---------------|--------3-------|----------------|3-----3-1-----1-|

.   .   .   .    .   .   .__3._
|----------------|--------|--|--|-||
|----------------|----------------||
|3-----3-1-----1-|0-0---0----0----||
|----------------|--------3-----3-||

END (LIVE)
F   .   .   .    Dm .   .   .    Bb .   .   .    F   .   .   .
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
||----------------|5---------------|1---------------|----------------||
||1---------------|----------------|----------------|1----------vvvvv||