Racing in the Street
by Bruce Springsteen
Arrangement: The Breakmen
Capo on 2. This is a really folky arrangement and very easy to play.
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C
I got a sixty-nine Chevy with a 396
F
Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor
G
She's waiting tonight down in the parking lot
F C
Outside the Seven-Eleven store
C
Me and my partner Sonny built her straight out of scratch
F
And he rides with me from town to town
G
We only run for the money, got no strings attached
F C
We shut 'em up and then we shut 'em down
C
We take all the action we can meet
F
And we cover all the northeast states
G
When the strip shuts down we run 'em in the street
F C
From the fire roads to the interstate
Chorus
C
Tonight, tonight the strip's just right
F
I wanna blow 'em off in my first heat
G
Summer's here and the time is right
F C
For racin' in the street
C
I met her on the strip three years ago
F
In a Camaro with this dude from L.A.
G
Well, I blew that Camaro off my back,
F C
and I drove that little girl away,
But now there's wrinkles around my baby's eyes
F
And she cries herself to sleep at night
G
She sits on the porch of her Daddy's house
F C
She sighs, "Baby did you make it all right,"
Chorus
C
Tonight, tonight the strip's just right
F
I wanna blow 'em off in my first heat
G
Summer's here and the time is right
F C
For racin' in the street
C
Some guys they just give up living
F
And start dying little by little, piece by piece,
G
Some guys get off work, go home and wash up,
F C
And go racin' in the street.
C
For all the shut down strangers and hot rod angels,
F
Rumbling through this promised land
G
Tonight my baby and me, we're gonna ride to the sea
F C
And wash these sins off our hands.
Chorus
C
Tonight, tonight the strip's just right
F
I wanna blow 'em off in my first heat
G
Summer's here and the time is right
F C
For racin' in the street
