[Intro]
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[Strophe]
                            G 
I went to work for her that summer 
                          Em 
A teenage kid so far from home 
                       C 
She was a lonely widow woman 
                            D 
Hell-bent to make it on her own 
                              G 
We were a thousand miles from nowhere 
                               Em 
Wheat fields as far as I could see 
                                 C 
Both needing something from each other 
 D    Gsus2                       G 
Not knowing yet what that might be
[Strophe]
                            G 
'Til she came to me one evening 
                          Em 
Hot cup of coffee and a smile 
                       C 
In a dress that I was certain 
                            D 
She hadn't worn in quite a while 
                            G 
There was a difference in her laughter 
                          Em 
There was a softness in her eyes 
                       C 
And on the air there was a hunger 
 D    Gsus2              G 
Even a boy could recognize
[Refrain]
G                          D   C 
She had a need to feel the thunder 
                                G 
To chase the lightning from the skies 
                              C 
To watch a storm with all its wonder 
                       D 
Raging in her lover's eyes 
                            Em        D  C 
She had to ride the heat of passion 
                     G 
Like a comet burning bright 
                        C 
Rushing headlong in the wind 
                           D 
Now where only dreams have been 
                         G       Gsus2 G 
Burning both ends of the night
[Strophe]
                            G 
That summer wind was all around me 
                          Em 
Nothing between us but the night 
                       C 
When I told her that I'd never 
                            D 
She softly whispered that's alright 
                            G 
And then I watched her hands of leather 
                          Em 
Turn to velvet in a touch 
                       C 
There's never been a summer 
D            Gsus2              G 
When I have ever learned so much
[Refrain]
G                          D   C 
She had a need to feel the thunder 
                                G 
To chase the lightning from the skies 
                              C 
To watch a storm with all its wonder 
                       D 
Raging in her lover's eyes 
                            Em        D  C 
She had to ride the heat of passion 
                     G 
Like a comet burning bright 
                        C 
Rushing headlong in the wind 
                           D 
Now where only dreams have been 
                         G       Gsus2 G 
Burning both ends of the night
[Solo]
C   D   Gsus2   G
[Strophe]
                            G 
I often think about that summer 
                          Em 
The sweat, the moonlight and the lace 
                       C 
And I have rarely held another 
                            D 
When I haven't seen her face 
                            G 
And every time I pass a wheat field 
                          Em 
And watch it dancing with the wind 
                       C 
Although I know it isn't real 
                       D 
I just can't help but feel 
       Gsus2       G 
Her hungry arms again
[Refrain]
G                          D   C 
She had a need to feel the thunder 
                                G 
To chase the lightning from the skies 
                              C 
To watch a storm with all its wonder 
                       D 
Written in her lover's eyes 
                            Em        D  C 
She had to ride the heat of passion 
                     G 
Like a comet burning bright 
                        C 
Rushing headlong in the wind 
                           D 
Now where only dreams have been 
                         G       Gsus2 G 
Burning both ends of the night
[Outro]
                        C 
Rushing headlong in the wind 
                           D 
Now where only dreams have been 
                         G       Gsus2 G 
Burning both ends of the night 
 C        D        C  G/B Am