Chords for Bruce Springsteen - Highway Patrolman ( Lyrics )

_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ My name is _ Jewel Roberts, _ _ _
[F#] _ _ I work for [C#] the state. _
_ _ I'm a sergeant at a burden base, _ _ _ barracks number [G#] 8.
_ _ _ [C#] _
_ I've always done an honest job, _ [F#] _ as honest as I [C#] could.
_ _ _ _ I got a brother [G#] named Frankie, _ Frankie ain't [C#] no good. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Now ever since we was young kids, [F#] it's been [C#] the same come down. _ _ _ _
I get a call on the _ shortwave, _ _ Frankie's in trouble _ [G#]
downtown.
_ _ _ [C#] _ If it was any other man, _ [F#] _ _
I'd put him straight [C#] away. _ _
_ _ _ But when it's your [G#]
brother, sometimes you [C#] look the other _ way.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] Me and Frankie laughing and [C#] drinking, _ _
[G#] nothing [F#] feels better than blood on [C#] blood.
_ [G#] _ [F#] Taking turns dancing with _ [C#] Maria, as a band played night at the _ [G#] Johnstown club.
_ _ [C#] I catch him when he's straight, _ _ _ _ [F#] _ like any brother _ [C#] would. _ _ _
_ Man turns his back [G#] on his family, _ well he [C#] just ain't no good. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Well Frankie went in the Army, _ back [F#] in _ _ 1965.
[C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ I got a farm to farm, _ _ settled down to be a fur [G#] my wife.
_ [C#] But then wheat prices kept on dropping, _ _ _ [F#] till it was like we were getting [C#] _
robbed.
_ _ _ Frankie came home [G#] in 68, and me I took [C#] this job. _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] Yeah, we're laughing [C#] and drinking, _ nothing _ [F#] feels better than blood [C#] on blood.
_ _ [G#] Taking [F#] turns dancing [C#] with Maria, _ as a band played night at the _
[G#] Johnstown club.
_ [C#] I catch him when he's straight, _ _ _ _
[F#] _ teach him how to [C#] walk. _ _
_ _ _ _ Man turns his back on his [G#] family, _ [C#] he ain't no friend of mine. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Well the night was like yesterday, _ [F#] but I got a call about a [C#] quarter to nine.
_ _ There was trouble _ in a road house, _ _ out on the Michigan _ line.
There was a kid lying on the floor looking back, [F#] bleeding hard from [C#] his head.
_ _ There was a girl _ crying at a table, _ and it was Frankie he said. _ _ _ _
_ Well I went out and I jumped in my car, _ [G#m] _ [F#] then I hit [C#] the lights.
_ Well I must have _ done a hundred and ten, through Michigan County that night.
_ It was out at the _ _ crossroads, [F#] _
down round _ [C#] Willow Bank. _
Seen a Buick with a high plate, behind the wheel was Frank.
_ _ _ _ _ Well I chased him through them county roads,
there was [F#] a sign that said Canadian border [C#] five miles from here.
_ _ I pulled over to the side of the highway and watched his taillights _ disappear. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Me and [F#] Frankie laughing and [C#] drinking, _ _ nothing [F#] feels better than blood on [C#] blood.
_ _ _ [F#]
Taking turns dancing with [C#] Marie, _ _ as the band plays Night [F#] of the _ [C#]
[G#] Johnstown _ _ Flood.
[C#] _ _
I catch him when he's straight, _ _ _ _
[F#] like [C#] any brother would. _ _
_ _ _ Man turns his back on [G#] his family, _ cause he [C#] just ain't no brother.
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