These are the chords to the '78 version of
Racing In The Street from The Promise.
It's a terrific rendition of the song
and I searched and searched but
couldn't find the chords online.
Finally I picked up my guitar and
sounded them out. I hope this helps
anyone else whose been searching for
these chords.
Intro: F Dm C Bb
F Dm
I got a '32 Ford, she's a three-eighteen
C Bb
Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor
F Dm
And she's waiting tonight down in the parking lot
C Bb
Outside the 7-Eleven store
F Dm
Me and my partner Sonny built her straight out of scratch
C Bb
And he rides with me from town to town
F Dm
We only run for the money got no strings attached
C Bb
We shut 'em up and we shut 'em down
F Dm
Tonight, tonight the strip's just right
C Bb
I wanna blow 'em all out of their seats
F Dm
Come on out around the world
C Bb
We're going racing in the street
F Dm
We take all the action we can meet
C Bb
And we cover all the northeast states
F Dm
When the strip shuts down we run 'em in the street
C Bb
From the back roads to the turnpike gates
F Dm
Well now some guys they do it for the money
C Bb
Other guys do it 'cause they don't know what else they can do
F Dm
There just ain't nothing left at home
C Bb
Waking up in a world that somebody else owns
F Dm
Tonight, tonight the strip's just right
C Bb
I wanna blow 'em off in my first heat
F Dm
Now summer's here and the time is right
C Bb
For racing in the street
Here's where the violin starts and the key changes.
It moves up 3 half steps so F = G#, Dm = Fm, C = D#,
and Bb = C#. You can throw a capo on the third fret
and play all the chords like before, or you can just
play barre chords.
G# Fm
I met her on the strip three years ago
D# C#
In a Camaro with this dude from L.A.
G# Fm D# C#
I blew that Camaro off my back and stole that little girl away
G# Fm
Now there's wrinkles 'round my baby's eyes
D# C#
She cries herself to sleep at night
G# Fm
When I come home, the house is dark she sighs,
D# C#
"Baby did you make it all right?"
G# Fm
She sits on the porch of her daddy's house
D# C#
But honey your pretty dress is torn
G# Fm
She stares out alone into the night
D# C#
With the eyes of one who hates for just bein' born
G# Fm
For all the blown-off strangers and hot rod angels
D# C#
Stumbling through this promised land
G# Fm
Tonight my baby and me we're gonna ride to the sea
D# C#
And wash these sins off our hands
G# Fm
Tonight tonight the strip's just right
D# C#
I wanna blow 'em off in my first heat
G# Fm
Come on out the time is right
D# C#
We're goin' racing in the street
Also if you want, you can play E in the bass
of the F chord before changing to Dm. It sounds
fine if you don't, but it sounds more like
the recording if you do.
G# Fm D# C#
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