Chords for Bruce Springsteen Streets of Philadelphia Oscar 1994

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_ [G] For the movie Philadelphia, the [A] producers turned to a contemporary artist [N] who had never
written a song expressly for a feature film and asked him to create music and lyrics that
would reflect the power of the subject matter.
His maiden effort was so successful, it earned him an Oscar nomination.
[A] Here [N] to sing the fifth nominated original song is the writer of Streets of Philadelphia,
Mr.
Bruce Springsteen. _ _
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] On the window, no man's face, I'm gonna [Bm] _
leave wasting away on the streets of [C] Philadelphia.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Never knew till my legs felt like stone, I [Bm] heard voices of friends vanished and gone.
Now [G] I can hear the blood in my veins, [Bm] just as black and whispered as the rain on the streets of [C] Philadelphia.
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Ain't no angel gonna [Em] greet _ me, [C] just you and I [G] my friend.
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And my clothes [C] don't fit me no more, I [G] walked a thousand miles [D] just to slip this skin. _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ Night has fallen, I'm lying awake, [Bm] I feel myself fading away.
[G] So receive me brother, you _ faithless kids, or [Bm] will we leave each other alone like this on the streets of [G] Philadelphia. _ _ _ _
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On the streets [C] of Philadelphia.
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_ _ [D] On _ _ _ the streets of [C] Philadelphia.
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_ _ On the streets [N] _ of Philadelphia.
_ _ _ And _ _ _ _ the Oscar goes to_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
It goes to Bruce Springsteen for Streets of [Db] Philadelphia from Philadelphia. [F] Let's go. _
_ _ Bruce Springsteen, a very [Am] important character.
You see, in fact, Patty Schalfa, his wife, on his left, is the boss.
[F] Usually against the system, against the institutions,
he goes to one of the American institutional [Am] temples,
so on the stage of the Golden 100 Pavilion, Patty Schalfa,
[C] to win [Bb] the Oscar for Streets of Philadelphia.
[F] A beautiful song.
_ Bruce Springsteen, you get a flurry.
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Thank you.
This is a speech.
This is the first song I ever wrote for a motion picture,
[A] so I guess it's all downhill from [Bb] here.
[E] But, [Gm] _
[E] Neil, I got to share this with you.
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[N] _ _ _ _ _ You do your best work and you hope that it pulls out the best in your audience,
but some piece of it spills over into the real world and into people's everyday lives,
and it takes the edge off the fear
and allows us to recognize each other through our veil of differences.
[Bb] I always thought that was one of the things popular art was supposed to be about,
along with the merchandising and all the other [A] stuff.
[G] But [Gbm] I [A] just want to say thank you, [C] Jonathan, for having me as a part [Ab] of your picture.
_ [G] I'm glad my song has contributed [N] to its ideas and its acceptance.
_ Love you, Pats, and thank you all for inviting me to your party.