Outlaw Pete

artist : bruce springsteen
song : outlaw pete
album : working on a dream
transcribed by hugo kleinhans ( hugotahell )

Am D
he was born a little baby on the appalachian trail
E Am
at six months old he’d done three months in jail
Am D
here at the bank in his diapers and his little bare baby feet
E Am
all he said was “folks , my name is outlaw pete . ”

chorus
C
i’m outlaw pete!
G
i’m outjaw pete!
Am
can you hear me?
D
doo , doo , doo , doo doo

Am D
at twenty – five a mustang pony he did steal
E Am
and they rode around and ’round on heaven’s wheel
Am D
father jesus , i’m an outlaw killer and a thief
E Am
and i slowed down only to saw my grief

C
i’m outlaw pete!
G
i’m outlaw pete!
Am
can you hear me?
D
doo , doo , doo , doo doo

F C
they cut his trail of tears across the countryside
G D E
and where he went , women wept and men died

Am D
one night he woke from a vision of his own death
E Am
saddled his pony and rode her deep into the west
Am D
married a navajo girl and settled down on the res
E Am
and as the smoke fell he held that beautiful daughter to his chest

C
i’m outlaw pete!
G
i’m outlaw pete!
Am
can you hear me?
D
can you hear me?
C
can you hear me?

instrumental break : C – F – Am – F x2

F C
out of the east on an irish stallion came bounty hunter dan
G Am
his heart quickened and burned by the need to get his man
F C
he found pete peacefully fishing by the river , pulled his gun and got the drop
G D F E
he said , “pete , you think you’ve changed , but you have not . ”

Am D
he cocked his pistol , pulled the trigger and shot him ?let it start?
E Am
he drew a knife from his boot and pierced dan through the heart
Am D
dan smiled as he laid in his own blood dying in the sun
E Am
and whispered in pete’s ear , “we cannot undue these things we’ve done . ”

C
you’re outlaw pete!
G
you’re outlaw pete!
Am
can you hear me?
D
can you hear me?
E
can you hear me?

Am D
for forty days and nights pete rode and did not stop
E Am
till he sat high upon an icy mountain top
Am D
he watched the hawk on a desert updraft slip and slide
E Am
moved to the edge and dug his spurs deep into his pony’s side

instrumental break :
C – Am – C – Am
G – Am – G – F – E – Am

Am D
some say pete and his pony vanished over the edge
E Am
some say they remain frozen high upon that icy ledge
] Am Dm E Am
and braids a piece of pete’s buckskin chaps into her hair

C
outlaw pete!
G
outjaw pete!
Am
can you hear me?
D
can you hear me?
E
can you hear me?
Am
can you hear me?
D
can you hear me?
C
can you hear me?
F
can you hear me?
Am
can you hear me?
F
can you hear me?
C
can you hear me?
F
can you hear me?
Am
can you hear me?
F
can you hear me?

C – F – Am – F ( repeat couple of times and end on C )