Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
Originally in E, I play in D
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Vox in on the 4 on “day”
In the dDay we sweat it out in the streets
Of a rGunaway American drAeam
At nDight we ride through mansions of glory
In sGuicide machAines
SprGung from cages out on hG/F#ighway 9
Chrome whEmeeled, fuel injected
Leave out the vocal “oh”
And stG/F#eppin’ out over the linDe, D9oh
BGaby this town rips the bG/F#ones from your back
It’s a dEmeath trap, it’s a sG/F#uicide rap
We gotta gDet out while we’re yBmoung
‘Cause trGamps like us
BAaby we were born to rDun
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Wendy lDet me in I wanna be your friend
I wanna gGuard your dreams and vAisions
Just wrDap your legs ‘round these velvet rims
And strGap your hands ‘cross my Aengines
TogGether we could bG/F#reak this trap
We’ll Emrun till we drop
G/F#Baby we’ll never go bDack, D9oh
Will you wGalk with me out on the G/F#wire?
‘Cause Embaby I’m just a scared and G/F#lonely rider
But I gDotta know how it Bmfeels
I want to knGow if love is wild
Babe I wAant to know if love is rDeal
Skip right to the vi after one line here if there’s
no solo.
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Solo if appropriate
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BmBmDAm7
All chords sus4→major, everything other than C
as 6th-string barres.
Vox on the 5 of the chord on “beyond”
BeyCond the Palace hemi-powered drones
ScFream down the boulevard
The girls Gcomb their hair in rearview mirrors
And the A#boys try to look so hard
The amuCsement park rises bold and stark
Kids are Fhuddled on the beach in a mist
I wanna Gdie with you Wendy on the streets tonight
Hit this as a 6th-string barre, you’re about to do
a lot of suspensions.
In an A#everlasting kiss
I skip the breakdown, and do 4 beats each on...
A#sus4A#
Asus4A
Then riff for a while on...
Gsus4G
Then ritard and fade, and count back in...
Vox back in on the 3
The hDighway’s jammed with broken heroes on a
LGast chance power dArive
EverybDody’s out on the run tonight but there’s
NGo place left to Ahide
TogGether Wendy we’ll lG/F#ive with the sadness
I’ll lEmove you with all the G/F#madness in my sDoul, D9oh
SGomeday girl I G/F#don’t know when we’re gonna
EmGet to that place
Where we rG/F#eally want to gDo
And we’ll walk in the Bmsun
But till then trGamps like us bAaby we were born to rDunBm
Ah honey trGamps like us bAaby we were born to rDunBm
Come on Wendy trGamps like us bAaby we were born to rDun
Until end, with “whoa”
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