Chords for Townes Van Zandt - Racing in the Streets - Roadsongs
Tempo:
122.95 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
A
F#m
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
I got a 69 Chevy with a 396,
[G] few lay heads and a hearse on the floor.
[F#m] She's a-waitin' for me in the [A] parking lot,
[G] down by the 7-Eleven [D]
store.
Me and my partner Sonny,
we built her straight outta scratch,
[G] now we run her from town to town.
[F#m] All we go for the money, [A] no strings attached,
we [G] shut them up and then we shut [D] them down.
All we take all the action we can get,
[G] and we cover all the Northeast states.
And [F#m] when the strip shuts down,
we [A] run them in the streets,
[G] from the fire road to the [D] interstate.
Oh, tonight, tonight, the strip's just right,
[G] I'm gonna blow them all outta their seats.
[Em] [F#m] Summer's here and [A] the time is right
[G] for racing in [D] the streets.
I met her on the strip three years ago,
in [G] his Camaro with a dude from L.A.
[Em] [A] Well, I blew that Camaro off my back,
and [G] I drove that little girl [D]
away.
But now there's wrinkles all around my baby's eyes,
[G] she cries herself to sleep at night.
[F#m] She just sits on the [A] porch of her daddy's house,
[G] says, babe, you make it home [D] all right.
Oh, tonight, tonight, the strip's just right,
[G] I'm gonna blow them off in my first heat.
[Em] [F#m] Summer's here [A] and the time is right
[G] for racing [D] in the streets.
Well, some guys, they just give up livin',
start [G] dyin' little by little, piece by piece.
[F#m] Some guys get off work, [A] go home,
and wash up in the [G] old racing in the [D]
streets.
So all you shut down strangers and hot rod angels
[G] rumblin' through this promised land,
[Em] [F#m] my baby and me, [A] we're gonna drive to the sea
[G] to wash these sins [D] off our hands.
Oh, tonight, tonight, the strip's just right,
[G] I'm gonna blow them all out of their seats.
[A] Summer's here and the time is right
[G] for racing in the [D] streets.
Oh, oh, oh.
[G] [A]
[G] [D]
[N]
I got a 69 Chevy with a 396,
[G] few lay heads and a hearse on the floor.
[F#m] She's a-waitin' for me in the [A] parking lot,
[G] down by the 7-Eleven [D]
store.
Me and my partner Sonny,
we built her straight outta scratch,
[G] now we run her from town to town.
[F#m] All we go for the money, [A] no strings attached,
we [G] shut them up and then we shut [D] them down.
All we take all the action we can get,
[G] and we cover all the Northeast states.
And [F#m] when the strip shuts down,
we [A] run them in the streets,
[G] from the fire road to the [D] interstate.
Oh, tonight, tonight, the strip's just right,
[G] I'm gonna blow them all outta their seats.
[Em] [F#m] Summer's here and [A] the time is right
[G] for racing in [D] the streets.
I met her on the strip three years ago,
in [G] his Camaro with a dude from L.A.
[Em] [A] Well, I blew that Camaro off my back,
and [G] I drove that little girl [D]
away.
But now there's wrinkles all around my baby's eyes,
[G] she cries herself to sleep at night.
[F#m] She just sits on the [A] porch of her daddy's house,
[G] says, babe, you make it home [D] all right.
Oh, tonight, tonight, the strip's just right,
[G] I'm gonna blow them off in my first heat.
[Em] [F#m] Summer's here [A] and the time is right
[G] for racing [D] in the streets.
Well, some guys, they just give up livin',
start [G] dyin' little by little, piece by piece.
[F#m] Some guys get off work, [A] go home,
and wash up in the [G] old racing in the [D]
streets.
So all you shut down strangers and hot rod angels
[G] rumblin' through this promised land,
[Em] [F#m] my baby and me, [A] we're gonna drive to the sea
[G] to wash these sins [D] off our hands.
Oh, tonight, tonight, the strip's just right,
[G] I'm gonna blow them all out of their seats.
[A] Summer's here and the time is right
[G] for racing in the [D] streets.
Oh, oh, oh.
[G] [A]
[G] [D]
[N]
Key:
G
D
A
F#m
Em
G
D
A
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I got a 69 Chevy with a _ 396,
[G] few lay heads and a hearse on the floor.
_ [F#m] She's a-waitin' for me in the [A] parking lot,
[G] down by the 7-Eleven [D]
store.
_ Me and my partner Sonny,
we built her straight outta scratch,
[G] now we run her from town to town.
_ [F#m] All we go for the money, [A] no strings attached,
we [G] shut them up and then we shut [D] them down.
_ All we take all the action we can get,
[G] and we cover all the Northeast states.
And [F#m] when the strip shuts down,
we [A] run them in the streets,
[G] from the fire road to the [D] interstate.
_ _ Oh, tonight, tonight, the strip's just right,
[G] I'm gonna blow them all outta their seats.
_ [Em] _ [F#m] _ Summer's here and [A] the time is right
[G] for racing in [D] the streets.
_ _ I met her on the strip three years ago,
in [G] his Camaro with a dude from L.A.
_ [Em] [A] Well, I blew that Camaro off my back,
and [G] I drove that little girl [D]
away.
But now there's wrinkles all around my baby's eyes,
[G] she cries herself to sleep at night.
[F#m] She just sits on the [A] porch of her daddy's house,
_ [G] says, babe, you make it home [D] all right.
_ _ Oh, tonight, tonight, the strip's just right,
[G] I'm gonna blow them off in my first heat.
_ [Em] _ [F#m] _ _ Summer's here [A] and the time is right
[G] for racing [D] in the streets.
_ Well, some guys, they just give up livin',
start [G] dyin' little by little, piece by piece.
[F#m] Some guys get off work, [A] go home,
and wash up in the [G] old racing in the [D]
streets.
So all you shut down strangers and hot rod angels
[G] rumblin' through this promised land,
_ [Em] [F#m] my baby and me, [A] we're gonna drive to the sea
[G] to wash these sins [D] off our hands.
Oh, tonight, tonight, the strip's just right,
[G] I'm gonna blow them all out of their seats.
_ _ [A] _ Summer's here and the time is right
[G] for racing in the [D] streets.
_ _ _ Oh, _ _ oh, oh.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ I got a 69 Chevy with a _ 396,
[G] few lay heads and a hearse on the floor.
_ [F#m] She's a-waitin' for me in the [A] parking lot,
[G] down by the 7-Eleven [D]
store.
_ Me and my partner Sonny,
we built her straight outta scratch,
[G] now we run her from town to town.
_ [F#m] All we go for the money, [A] no strings attached,
we [G] shut them up and then we shut [D] them down.
_ All we take all the action we can get,
[G] and we cover all the Northeast states.
And [F#m] when the strip shuts down,
we [A] run them in the streets,
[G] from the fire road to the [D] interstate.
_ _ Oh, tonight, tonight, the strip's just right,
[G] I'm gonna blow them all outta their seats.
_ [Em] _ [F#m] _ Summer's here and [A] the time is right
[G] for racing in [D] the streets.
_ _ I met her on the strip three years ago,
in [G] his Camaro with a dude from L.A.
_ [Em] [A] Well, I blew that Camaro off my back,
and [G] I drove that little girl [D]
away.
But now there's wrinkles all around my baby's eyes,
[G] she cries herself to sleep at night.
[F#m] She just sits on the [A] porch of her daddy's house,
_ [G] says, babe, you make it home [D] all right.
_ _ Oh, tonight, tonight, the strip's just right,
[G] I'm gonna blow them off in my first heat.
_ [Em] _ [F#m] _ _ Summer's here [A] and the time is right
[G] for racing [D] in the streets.
_ Well, some guys, they just give up livin',
start [G] dyin' little by little, piece by piece.
[F#m] Some guys get off work, [A] go home,
and wash up in the [G] old racing in the [D]
streets.
So all you shut down strangers and hot rod angels
[G] rumblin' through this promised land,
_ [Em] [F#m] my baby and me, [A] we're gonna drive to the sea
[G] to wash these sins [D] off our hands.
Oh, tonight, tonight, the strip's just right,
[G] I'm gonna blow them all out of their seats.
_ _ [A] _ Summer's here and the time is right
[G] for racing in the [D] streets.
_ _ _ Oh, _ _ oh, oh.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
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