Highway Patrolman Chords by Bruce Springsteen

Tempo:
156.05 bpm
Chords used:

C#

F#

G#

D#

G#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Bruce Springsteen - Highway Patrolman chords
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My name is do I
[F#] work for the [C#] state?
I'm a sergeant
at a bird
barracks number
[G#] [D#] I [C#] always done an honest job
[F#] As honest as [C#] I could I got a brother named [G#] Frank
[C#] no good
100%  ➙  156BPM
C#
12341114
F#
134211112
G#
134211114
D#
12341116
G#m
123111114
C#
12341114
F#
134211112
G#
134211114
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To start learning Bruce Springsteen - Highway Patrolman chords, delve into these chords sequence to get the song's feel: F#, G#, C#, F# and C#. Set your pace at 52 BPM initially and then sync up with the song's BPM of 104. To match your vocal range and chord inclination, adjust the capo in line with the key: D Major.

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_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ My name is do _ _ _ I _
_ [F#] _ _ _ work for the [C#] state? _ _ _
I'm a sergeant _
at a bird _ _ _
_ _ barracks number
_ [G#] _ _ _ [D#] I [C#] _ _ _ always done an honest job _ _
[F#] _ As honest as [C#] I could _ _ I _ got a brother named [G#] Frank
_ _ Funky [C#] no good _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ I
Ever since we was young kid _ _
[F#] It's been [C#] the same
come down I _
_ Get a call on the short way _ _ _
Frankie's in trouble _ _
[G#] _ _ _ If [C#] _
_ it was any other _ _ _ _ [F#]
I'd put him straight _ [C#] away _ _ _ _ _
_ But when it's [G#] your brother sometimes you feel
[C#] _ _ If _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] me and Frankie laughing [C#] drinking
_ _ [G#m] Nothing [F#] feels better than blood on blood
[C#] _ _ _ [F#] Taking turns dancing with [C#] Maria _ as a band played night of the _ _
[G#] Johnstown _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ I
Will _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Frankie _ _ _ _ _ _ _ went _ _ _ _ back in _ _ _ _ _
I _ _ _ _ _ _ got a farm to firm _ _ settle down
_ [D#] _ _ _
[G#] Wow, _ _ but then we [C#] prices kept on dropping _ till [F#] it was like
[C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ Frankie came home and [G#] 60 _ and me I [C#] took his job _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#]
Yeah _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ Nothing _
[F#] feels better than blood on [C#] blood
_ [G#] _ Taking [F#] _ turns dancing [C#] with Maria _ as a band played night of the _
[G#] Johnstown _ _ _ _
[C#] _ I'll catch him when he's straight _ _ teach _ _ him how to walk _ _ _ _ _
_ Man turns his back on
[G#] _ _ He [C#] no friend _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I _ _
_ _ _ _ _
[F#] Got a call
_ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ There's trouble _ _
_ _ _ _ _
Out on [D#] the _ _
[G#] _ _ _ Was _ [C#] a kid lying on the floor _ _ _ _ bleeding
Hard from his head _ _ _
Was a girl _ crying at [G#] a table _ and it was [C#] Frankie said _ _
_ _ _ _ Well, I went out and I jumped in [D#] my car _ _
_ And I [C#] hit the line
_ _ Well, I must have done _ _
110 _ through Michigan _ County
[G#] Now _ _ _ it [C#]
was out at the crossroads _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ In a Buick with
_ [G#] _ _
_ Behind the [C#] wheel was
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Well, I chased him through
_ The _ _ _ _ signs _ Canadian border _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
Pulled over [G#] the side of the highway and watched his taillights [C#] disappear _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
Me and Frankie laughing and drinking
_ _ Nothing feels better than [F#] blood on [C#] blood
_ _ _ [F#] Taking _ turns dancing with [C#]
Marie
_ _ That's a band plays [F#] night of the John _
[D#] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
Get _ your win streak _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ Man turns his back on [G#] him.
_ He just [C#] ain't no
_ you _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was composed by Bruce Springsteen.

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