Bruce Springsteen - Backstreets
Originally in G, lots of 1 in the chorus, but it’s supposed to sound like you’re working hard, so on a good day I’ll do this in G, on a bad day in D capo 2
Intro, piano only
GEmGEm
GEmDC
CDGC
CDGD
Build
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Band enters
GEmx8
Vox on the 3 on “soft”
One Gsoft infested summer, me and EmTerry became friends
Trying in Gvain to breathe the fire we was Emborn in
Catching Grides to the outskirts, tying Emfaith between our teeth
Sleeping in that Dold abandoned beach house, getting Cwasted in the heat, yeah
Vox on the 1 on “hiding”
GHiding on the Cbackstreets
GHiding on the Cbackstreets
With a Glove so hard and Cfilled with deGfeat D→ Em
Running for our Clives at night on them backGstreets
GEmx4
Slow Gdancing in the dark on the Embeach at Stockton’s Wing
Where Gdesperate lovers park, we sat with the Emlast of the Duke Street Kings
DHuddled in our cars, Cwaiting for the bells that ring
In the Amdeep heart of the night we got Cloose of everyDthing
To go Grunning on the Cbackstreets
GRunning on the Cbackstreets
Terry, you Gswore we’d Clive forGever D→ Em
CTaking it on them backstreets togGether
GEmx4
Vox on the 3 of the chord on “endless”
AEndless juke joints and F#mValentino drag
Where Adancers scraped the tears up off the F#mstreets dressed down in rags
ARunning into the darkness, some hurt F#mbad, some really dying
At Enight sometimes it seemed you could hear the Dwhole damn city crying
Blame it on the lAies that killed us, blame it on the Etruth that ran us down
You can Ablame it all on me, Terry, it don’t Dmatter to me now
When the Dbreakdown hit at midnight, there was Enothing left to say
But I Ahated him, and I Ehated you when you went aF#mway
F#mWhoa-B7whoa, whoa-Dwhoa
GEmGEmGEmGC
GLaying here in the dark, you’re like an Emangel on my chest
Just aGnother tramp of hearts crying Emtears of faithlessness
ReDmember all the movies, Terry, Cwe’d go see
Trying to Amlearn how to walk like the heroes we Cthought we had to Dbe
And Emafter all this time, to find we’re Bmjust like all the rest
Stranded Cin the park and Cforced to conDfess
To Ghiding on the Cbackstreets
GHiding on the Cbackstreets
Where we Gswore forAmever Gfriends D→ Em
On the Cbackstreets until the Gend
Quiet
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Hiding on the Gbackstreets
Hiding on the Gbackstreets
Hiding on the Gbackstreets
Hiding on the Gbackstreets