Racing In The Street

racing in the street by bruce springsteen

[ C ] i got a sixty – nine chevy with A 396
fuelie [ F ] heads and a hurst on the floor
[ Dm ] she’s waiting tonight down in the parking lot
outside the [ F ] seven – eleven [ C ] store

me and my [ C ] partner sonny built her straight out of scratch
and he [ F ] rides with me from town to town
we only [ Dm ] run for the money got no strings attached
we shut `em [ F ] up and then we shut `em [ C ] down

[ C ] tonight tonight the strip’s just right
i’m gonna [ F ] blow `em off in my first heat
[ Dm ] summer’s here and the time is right
for [ F ] racin’ in the C street

[ C we take all the action we can meet
and we [ F ] cover all the northeast states
when the [ Dm ] strip shuts down we run `em in the street
>from the [ F ] fire roads to the interstate

now [ [ ch ] C [ /Ch ] ] some guys they just give up living
and start dying [ F ] little by little piece by piece
some guys [ Dm ] come home from work and wash up
and go [ F ] racin’ in the street

[ C ] tonight tonight the strip’s just right
i’m gonna [ F ] blow `em all out of their seats
[ Dm ] calling out around the world
we’re going [ F ] racin’ in the street

[ C ] he met her on the strip three years ago
in A [ F ] camaro with this dude from l . A .
he [ Dm ] blew that camaro off his back
and he [ F ] drove that little girl away

but now there’s [ C ] wrinkles around his baby’s eyes
and she [ F ] cries herself to sleep at night
when [ Dm ] he comes home the house is dark
she says [ F ] baby make it all right

she [ C ] sits on the porch of her Daddy’s house
but [ F ] all her pretty dreams are torn
she [ Dm ] stares out alone into the night
with the eyes of [ F ] one who hates for just being born

for all the [ C ] shut – down strangers and hot rod angels
[ F ] rumbling through this promised land
[ Dm ] tonight my baby and me we’re gonna ride to the sea
and [ F ] wash these sins off our hands

[ C ] tonight tonight the highway’s bright
out of our [ F ] way mister you best keep
cause [ Dm ] summer’s here and the time is right
for [ F ] racin’ in the street [ C ]