Bruce Springsteen - Backstreets

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backstreets chords *
bruce springsteen * *

G Em 3
xd C C D G C C D G D C D

G Em 4

x G Em
one soft infested summer , me and terry became friends
G Em
trying in vain to breathe the fire we was born in
G Em
catching rides to the outskirts , tying faith between our teeth
D C
sleeping in that old abandoned beach house , getting wasted in the heat , yeh

G C
hiding on the backstreets
G C
hiding on the backstreets
G Am G Em
with a love so hard and filled with defeat
C G
running for our lives at night on them backstreets

G Em 2

x G Em
slow dancing in the dark on the beach at stockton’s wing
G Em
where desperate lovers park , we sat with the last of the duke street kings
D C
huddled in our cars , waiting for the bells that ring
Am C D
in the deep heart of the night they set us loose of everything

G C
to go running on the backstreets
G C
running on the backstreets
G Am G Em
terry , you swore we’d live forever
C G
taking it on them backstreets together

G Em 2
x
A F#m
endless juke joints and valentino drag
A F#m
where dancers scraped the tears up off the street , dressed down in rags
A F#m
running into the darkness , some hurt bad , some really dying
E D
at night sometimes it seemed you could hear the whole damn city crying
A E
blame it on the lies that killed us , blame it on the truth that ran us down
A D
you can blame it all on me , terry , it don’t matter to me now
D E
when the breakdown hit at midnight , there was nothing to say
A E F#m
but i hated him , and i hated you when you went away

B7 D B7 D7 D
wa ah wa ah

G Em 4

xg Em
laying here in the dark , you’re like an angel on my chest
G Em
just another tramp of hearts crying tears of faithlessness
D C
remember all the movies , terry , we’d go see
Am C D
trying to learn to walk like the heroes we thought we had to be
Em Bm
and after all this time , to find we’re just like all the rest
C C6 D
stranded in the park and forced to confess

G C
to hiding on the backstreets
G C
hiding on the backstreets
G Am G Em
where we swore forever friends
C G
on the backstreets until the end

G Em 2

x G
hiding on the backstreets
Em
hiding on the backstreets
G
hiding on the backstreets
Em
hiding on the backstreets . . .
C6
hiding on the backstreets
Am
hiding on the backstreets

G
hiding on the backstreets
C
hiding on the backstreets
G
hiding on the backstreets
C
hiding on the backstreets . . .

G C C D

G D G D G
* courtesy of bruce springsteen complete

* * alternate :

capo iii

G = E
Em = C#m
D = B
C = A
D7 = B7
Am = F#m
A = G
F#m = Em
E = C
Bm = G#m

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