Bruce Springsteen - Highway Patrolman

intro : D ( live in dublin version capo 3 fret )

D G D
my name is joe roberts i work for the state
A
i’m a sergeant out of perrineville barracks number 8
D G D
i always done an honest job as honest as i could
A D
i got a brother named franky and frank he ain’t no good
G D
now ever since we was young kids it’s been the same come down
A
i get a call on the shortwave franky’s in trouble downtown
D G D
well if it was any other man , i’d put him straight away
A D
but when it’s your brother sometimes you look the other way

chorus 1 :
G D A G D
yeah , me and franky laughing and drinking nothing feels better than blood on blood
A G D A
takin’ turns dancin’ with marie as the band played night of the johnstown flood
D G D
i catch him when he’s straying like any brother would
A D
man turns his back on his family well he just ain’t no good

G D
well franky went in the army back in 1965
A
i got a farm deferment , settled down , took maria for my wife
D G D
but them wheat prices kept on dropping ’till it was like we were getting robbed
A D
franky came home in `68 , and me , i took this job

chorus 2 :
G D A G D
yea we’re laughing and drinking nothing feels better than blood on blood
A G D A
takin’ turns dancin’ with marie as the band played night of the johnstown flood
D G D
i catch him when he’s straying , teach him how to walk that line
A D G A D
man turns his back on his family he ain’t no friend of mine

G D
well the night was like any other , i got a call `bout quarter to nine
A
there was trouble in a roadhouse out on the michigan line
D G D
there was a kid lying on the floor lookin’ bad bleedin’ hard from his head
A D
there was a girl crying at a table and it was frank , they said
G D
well i went out and i jumped in my car and i hit the lights
A
but i must of done a hundred and ten through michigan county that night
D G D
it was out at the crossroads , down round willow bank
A D
seen a buick with ohio plates behind the wheel was frank

well i chased him through them county roads
G D
’till a sign said canadian border five miles from here
A D
i pulled over to the side of the highway and watched his taillights disappear

chorus 3 :
G D A G D
me and franky laughing and drinking nothing feels better than blood on blood
A G D A
taking turns dancing with marie as the band played night of the johnstown flood
D G D
i catch him when he’s straying like any brother would
A D G D
man turns his back on his family well he just ain’t no good

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notes :

tuning : as with most of the songs from this album . . . it’s slightly flat . . . not
quite a full semitone .

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chords : eadgbe
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D xx0232
G 320033
A x02220