Chords for Racing in the Street - Bruce Springsteen (live at the Capital Centre, Landover 1978)
Tempo:
91.55 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
F
Gm
C
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Start Jamming...
Here's racing in the street.
[C] [F] [Bb]
[C] [F]
[Bb]
[C] [F]
Let's follow the Washington Carbird.
[Bb]
[Dm]
[Gm]
[C]
[F] [Dm]
[F] [Bb]
[F] [Dm]
[F] [Bb]
I got a [F] 69 [C] Chevy with a 396
in [Bb] the heads and her stoned for four.
She's [G] waiting tonight [Gm] down in the parking lot
outside [Bb] the 7-Eleven store.
Me [F] and my partner Sonny
going straight out of scratch.
And he rides with [Bb] me from town [F] to town.
[Gm] We only run for the money,
got no strings attached.
[F] We shut him up and we shut him down.
[Bb] [F] Tonight, tonight, the strip just right.
I [Bb] want to blow more out of the seats.
[Bb] [Gm] [C] Summer's here and [Gm] the time is right.
[Bb] Racing in the street.
[F]
[Bb]
[G] [Gm]
[Bb]
[F] We take all the action we can.
We [Bb] cover all the northeast states.
[Gm] When the strip shuts down, we're on a memory stream.
On [Bb] the fire roads to the out of state.
[F] Now some guys, they just give up living.
They [Bb] start dying little by little, piece by piece.
She [Gm] has to hold the work and wash up.
Let [Bb] go of racing in the street.
[F] Tonight, tonight, the strip's just right.
I want to [Bb] blow more for my first team.
[F] [Gm] We're calling out around the world.
We're going racing in the street.
[Eb] [Cm]
[F] [Ab]
[Eb] [Gm] [Cm]
[F] [Bb]
Well, [F] I met a [Bb] man, a Camaro with his new family.
Yeah, [Gm] I blew that Camaro off my back.
But
[Bb] now there's wrinkles [F] around my baby's eyes.
And she cries herself to sleep at night.
When I come home, [Gm] the house is dark.
She [C] says, baby, you make it [Bb] all right.
[F] She just sits on the porch of her daddy's house.
[Bb] Now all her pretty dreams been torn.
[G] She stays [C] off her lawn [G] until the night.
[C] With the eyes of dawn, she just be [Bb] gone.
For [F] all the shut down strangers, and hot rod angels.
[Bb] Rumbling through this promised land.
[F] [Gm] Tonight, my baby [Bb] and me, we're [Gm] gonna ride to the sea.
And wash [Bb] these sins off [Gm] our hands.
[Bb] Tonight, tonight, the high.
[Gm]
[Bb]
[F]
[Am]
[Gm] [G]
[Bb] [F]
[Gm]
[Dm] [Bb]
[F]
[Dm]
[Gm]
[Bb] [F]
[N]
[C] [F] [Bb]
[C] [F]
[Bb]
[C] [F]
Let's follow the Washington Carbird.
[Bb]
[Dm]
[Gm]
[C]
[F] [Dm]
[F] [Bb]
[F] [Dm]
[F] [Bb]
I got a [F] 69 [C] Chevy with a 396
in [Bb] the heads and her stoned for four.
She's [G] waiting tonight [Gm] down in the parking lot
outside [Bb] the 7-Eleven store.
Me [F] and my partner Sonny
going straight out of scratch.
And he rides with [Bb] me from town [F] to town.
[Gm] We only run for the money,
got no strings attached.
[F] We shut him up and we shut him down.
[Bb] [F] Tonight, tonight, the strip just right.
I [Bb] want to blow more out of the seats.
[Bb] [Gm] [C] Summer's here and [Gm] the time is right.
[Bb] Racing in the street.
[F]
[Bb]
[G] [Gm]
[Bb]
[F] We take all the action we can.
We [Bb] cover all the northeast states.
[Gm] When the strip shuts down, we're on a memory stream.
On [Bb] the fire roads to the out of state.
[F] Now some guys, they just give up living.
They [Bb] start dying little by little, piece by piece.
She [Gm] has to hold the work and wash up.
Let [Bb] go of racing in the street.
[F] Tonight, tonight, the strip's just right.
I want to [Bb] blow more for my first team.
[F] [Gm] We're calling out around the world.
We're going racing in the street.
[Eb] [Cm]
[F] [Ab]
[Eb] [Gm] [Cm]
[F] [Bb]
Well, [F] I met a [Bb] man, a Camaro with his new family.
Yeah, [Gm] I blew that Camaro off my back.
But
[Bb] now there's wrinkles [F] around my baby's eyes.
And she cries herself to sleep at night.
When I come home, [Gm] the house is dark.
She [C] says, baby, you make it [Bb] all right.
[F] She just sits on the porch of her daddy's house.
[Bb] Now all her pretty dreams been torn.
[G] She stays [C] off her lawn [G] until the night.
[C] With the eyes of dawn, she just be [Bb] gone.
For [F] all the shut down strangers, and hot rod angels.
[Bb] Rumbling through this promised land.
[F] [Gm] Tonight, my baby [Bb] and me, we're [Gm] gonna ride to the sea.
And wash [Bb] these sins off [Gm] our hands.
[Bb] Tonight, tonight, the high.
[Gm]
[Bb]
[F]
[Am]
[Gm] [G]
[Bb] [F]
[Gm]
[Dm] [Bb]
[F]
[Dm]
[Gm]
[Bb] [F]
[N]
Key:
Bb
F
Gm
C
Dm
Bb
F
Gm
Here's racing in the street.
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Let's follow the Washington Carbird.
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_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
I got a [F] 69 [C] Chevy with a 396
in [Bb] the heads and her stoned for four.
_ _ She's [G] waiting tonight [Gm] down in the parking lot
outside [Bb] the 7-Eleven store.
_ Me [F] and my partner Sonny
going straight out of scratch.
And he rides with [Bb] me from town [F] to town.
_ [Gm] We only run for the money,
got no strings attached.
[F] We shut him up and we shut him down.
[Bb] _ _ [F] Tonight, tonight, the strip just right.
I [Bb] want to blow more out of the seats.
_ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ [C] Summer's here and [Gm] the time is right.
_ [Bb] Racing in the street.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] We take all the action we can.
We _ [Bb] cover all the northeast states.
_ [Gm] When the strip shuts down, we're on a memory stream.
On [Bb] the fire roads to the out of state.
_ [F] Now some guys, they just give up living.
_ They [Bb] start dying little by little, piece by piece.
She [Gm] has to hold the work and wash up.
Let [Bb] go of racing in the street.
_ _ [F] Tonight, tonight, the strip's just right.
I want to [Bb] blow more for my first team.
_ [F] _ [Gm] We're calling out around the world.
We're going racing in the street. _
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_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ Well, [F] I met _ _ _ a [Bb] man, a Camaro with his new family.
_ _ Yeah, [Gm] I blew that Camaro off my back.
_ _ _ But _
[Bb] _ _ now there's wrinkles [F] around my baby's eyes.
And she cries herself to sleep at night.
_ _ When I come home, [Gm] the house is dark.
She [C] says, baby, you make it [Bb] all right.
_ [F] _ She just sits on the porch of her daddy's house.
[Bb] Now all her pretty dreams been torn.
_ [G] She stays [C] off her lawn [G] until the night.
[C] With the eyes of dawn, she just be [Bb] gone.
_ For [F] all the shut down strangers, and hot rod angels.
[Bb] Rumbling through this promised land.
[F] _ [Gm] Tonight, my baby [Bb] and me, we're [Gm] gonna ride to the sea.
And wash [Bb] these sins off [Gm] our hands.
[Bb] _ _ Tonight, tonight, the high. _ _ _ _ _
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Let's follow the Washington Carbird.
[Bb] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
I got a [F] 69 [C] Chevy with a 396
in [Bb] the heads and her stoned for four.
_ _ She's [G] waiting tonight [Gm] down in the parking lot
outside [Bb] the 7-Eleven store.
_ Me [F] and my partner Sonny
going straight out of scratch.
And he rides with [Bb] me from town [F] to town.
_ [Gm] We only run for the money,
got no strings attached.
[F] We shut him up and we shut him down.
[Bb] _ _ [F] Tonight, tonight, the strip just right.
I [Bb] want to blow more out of the seats.
_ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ [C] Summer's here and [Gm] the time is right.
_ [Bb] Racing in the street.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] We take all the action we can.
We _ [Bb] cover all the northeast states.
_ [Gm] When the strip shuts down, we're on a memory stream.
On [Bb] the fire roads to the out of state.
_ [F] Now some guys, they just give up living.
_ They [Bb] start dying little by little, piece by piece.
She [Gm] has to hold the work and wash up.
Let [Bb] go of racing in the street.
_ _ [F] Tonight, tonight, the strip's just right.
I want to [Bb] blow more for my first team.
_ [F] _ [Gm] We're calling out around the world.
We're going racing in the street. _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ Well, [F] I met _ _ _ a [Bb] man, a Camaro with his new family.
_ _ Yeah, [Gm] I blew that Camaro off my back.
_ _ _ But _
[Bb] _ _ now there's wrinkles [F] around my baby's eyes.
And she cries herself to sleep at night.
_ _ When I come home, [Gm] the house is dark.
She [C] says, baby, you make it [Bb] all right.
_ [F] _ She just sits on the porch of her daddy's house.
[Bb] Now all her pretty dreams been torn.
_ [G] She stays [C] off her lawn [G] until the night.
[C] With the eyes of dawn, she just be [Bb] gone.
_ For [F] all the shut down strangers, and hot rod angels.
[Bb] Rumbling through this promised land.
[F] _ [Gm] Tonight, my baby [Bb] and me, we're [Gm] gonna ride to the sea.
And wash [Bb] these sins off [Gm] our hands.
[Bb] _ _ Tonight, tonight, the high. _ _ _ _ _
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