Bruce Springsteen - Take Em As They Come

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take ’em as they come – bruce springsteen
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one of bruce’s best , recorded in 1979 but no released until the “tracks” box set twenty years later .

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one . . one , two , three , four!

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last night i dreamed he was runnin’ through the outlands
G
tears streaming , your pretty face all a wreck
Bm
i held your Daddy’s gun in my trembling hands
G
down the highway another stranger comes
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you gotta take ’em baby when they come

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little girl put on your best dress
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cause we’re going out on the town tonight
Bm
better bring along your switchblade
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’cause for sure some fool’s gonna wanna fight
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you’ve got to take ’em baby as they come

G
you gotta take ’em , take ’em as they come girl
Bm G
take ’em as they come girl , take ’em as they come girl
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take ’em baby as they come

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god , save the rider in the black night
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save the man who taught that it was right
Bm
to do what they have done , girl
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to become what we have become
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you gotta take ’em baby when they come

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little girl gone are the days
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faded away into a clear blue night
Bm
and all the vows we made
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lie shattered and broken in the morning light
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you gotta take ’em baby when they come

G
you gotta take ’em , take ’em as they come girl
Bm G
take ’em as they come girl , take ’em as they come girl
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take ’em baby as they come

Em G
i know your heart is breaking , i can feel it too girl
Em A
though my finger on the trigger’s shakin’
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here , i swear to you girl

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if i could take all your sorrow
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so that you’d never cry , girl , or be blue
Bm G
come tomorrow , that’s what i’d do for you , little one
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i swear i’ll take ’em baby as they come

G
take ’em , take ’em as they come girl
Bm G
take ’em as they come girl , take ’em as they come girl
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take ’em baby as they come
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take ’em , take ’em as they come girl
Bm G
take ’em as they come girl , take ’em as they come girl
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take ’em baby as they come

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take ’em , take ’em as they come girl
Bm G
take ’em as they come girl , take ’em as they come girl
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take ’em baby as they come

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