Tag Archives: Bruce Springsteen

Youre Missing

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Chords and lyrics for Youre Missing by Bruce Springsteen

F 
Am 
 
*
 
F 
Shirts in the closet,  
Am 
shoes in the hall
F 
Mama’s in the kitchen,  
Am 
baby and all
Bb 
Everything is ever
C 
ything
Bb 
Everything is ever
C 
ything
 
But you’re  
F 
missing
F 
Am 
 
F 
Coffee cups on the counter,  
Am 
jackets on the chair
F 
Papers on the doorstep, but  
Am 
you’re not there
Bb 
Everything is ever
C 
ything
Bb 
Everything is ever
C 
ything
 
But you’re  
F 
missing
F 
Am 
 
F 
Pictures on the nightstand,  
Am 
TV’s on in the den
F 
Your house is waiting,  
Am 
your house is waiting
Bb 
For you to walk
C 
in,
Bb 
for you to wal
C 
k 
 
in
 
But you re  
F 
missing, you re  
F 
missing
 
But you’re  
Bb 
missing, when I
Dm 
shut out th
Bb 
e 
 
lights
 
You’re  
F 
missing, when I  
Bb 
close 
 
my
Dm 
eyes
 
You’re  
Bb 
missing, when I
Dm 
see the su
Bb 
n 
 
rise
 
You’re  
C 
missing
 
Dm 
Children are asking if
Bb 
it’s 
 
 
Dm 
alright
 
Will  
Bb 
you be in our
C 
arms 
 
tonight?
 
F 
Morning is morning,  
Am 
the evening falls I got
F 
Too much room in my bed,  
Am 
too many phone calls
Bb 
How’s everything, ever
C 
ything?
 
Every
Bb 
thing, 
 
ever
C 
ything
 
You’re  
F 
missing
F 
, 
 
 
Am 
you’re
F 
missin
F 
g
Am 
 
F 
God’s drifting in heaven,  
Dm 
devil’s in the mailbox
F 
I got dust on my shoes,  
Dm 
nothing but teardrops
 
F 
Am =  
E 
Abm
C 
Dm =  
B 
C#m
 
F 
Am =  
D 
F#m
C 
Dm =  
A 
Bm

Your Own Worst Enemy

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Chords and lyrics for Your Own Worst Enemy by Bruce Springsteen

F 
You 
 
c
Aadd9 
an’t sleep at night
C#m 
You 
 
 
Badd9 
can’t dream your dream
F 
Yo
Aadd9 
ur fingerprints on file
C#m 
Left
Badd9 
clumsily at the scene
 
F#m 
Your own worst enemy h
F 
as come to town
A 
F#m 
Your own worst enemy h
F 
as come to town
A 
C#m 
 
F 
But everything is upside down
B 
F#m 
Your own worst enemy  
F 
has come to town
A 
C#m 
F 
There’s a face you know
A 
A 
Staring back from the shop window
F 
F 
The condition you’re in
A 
A 
Now you just can’t get out of this skin
Badd9 

Youngstown

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Chords and lyrics for Youngstown by Bruce Springsteen

Dm 
Here in northeast Ohio, back in 1803
Cadd9 
James and Dan Heaton found the ore that was lining Yel
Dm 
low 
 
Creek.
Dm 
They built a blast furnace here along the shore,
Cadd9 
And they made the cannonballs that helped the Union win  
Dm 
the 
 
war.
 
Here in  
Cadd9 
Youngstown
 
Here in  
Dm 
Youngstown
 
My sweet  
F 
Jenny I’m sinkin’  
C 
down
 
Here darlin’ in  
Dm 
Youngstown
 
Well, my  
F 
daddy come on the O
C 
hio 
 
works
 
When he come home from World War  
Dm 
Two.
 
Now the  
Cadd9 
yard’s just scrap and rubble
 
He said “Them big boys did what Hitler  
Dm 
couldn’t 
 
do.”
 
These  
F 
mills they built the  
C 
tanks and bombs
 
That won this country’s  
Dm 
wars.
 
Now we’re wondering what they were  
Dm 
dying 
 
for.
 
When I  
F 
die I don’t want no part of  
C 
heaven
 
I would not do heaven’s work  
Dm 
well
 
I pray the  
Cadd9 
devil comes and takes me to stand
 
In the fiery furna
Dm 
ces of hell.

Youll Be Coming Down

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Chords and lyrics for Youll Be Coming Down by Bruce Springsteen

A 
White roses and misty blue eyes
D 
Red mornin’s and  
E 
nothin’ but grey skies
A 
A cup of coffee, your heart shot clean through
D 
Jacket you bought me gone  
E 
dazy 
 
grey-blue
D 
You’re smilin’ now b
E 
ut you’ll find out
A 
They’ll use you up and  
D 
spit you out now
D 
Your head’s spinnin’  
E 
in diamonds and clouds
A 
But pretty soon it  
E 
turns 
 
out
 
D 
You’ll be comin’ down n
E 
ow 
 
baby
A 
You’ll be comin’  
D 
down
D 
What goes around it com
E 
es around and
A 
You’ll be comin’  
D 
down
 
D 
You’ll be comin’ down n
E 
ow 
 
baby
A 
You’ll be comin’  
D 
down
D 
What goes around it com
E 
es around and
A 
You’ll be comin’  
D 
down
 
BREAK 
G 
 
D 
 
For  
A 
while you’ll go sparklin’ by
 
Just another pretty thing on hi
B 
gh…
 
SAX 
E 
 
A 
 
B 
E 
 
A 
 
B 
G 
 
D 
 
E 

You Can Look But Better Not Touch

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Chords and lyrics for You Can Look But Better Not Touch by Bruce Springsteen

 
Yester
C 
day I went shopping buddy
F 
down to the m
C 
all
 
Looking for something pretty I could h
F 
ang on my  
C 
wall
 
I knocked over a lamp before it h
F 
it the floor I caug
C 
ht 
 
it
 
A salesman turned around said, “boy you  
F 
break that thing you  
C 
bought 
 
it”
 
You can l
F 
ook but you better not  
C 
touch 
 
boy
 
You can l
F 
ook but you better not  
C 
touch
 
Mess aro
F 
und and you’ll end up in  
Am 
dutch 
 
boy
 
You can l
C 
ook but you be
F 
tter not,  
C 
oh no you  
F 
better not,  
C 
oh no you b
F 
etter not t
G 
ouch
 
Well I c
C 
ame home from work and I s
F 
witched to Channel  
C 
5
 
There was a pretty little girly looking s
F 
traight into my e
C 
yes
 
Well I watched as she wiggled back and f
F 
orth across the s
C 
creen
 
She didn’t get me excited she just
F 
made me feel m
C 
ean
 
You can l
F 
ook but you better not  
C 
touch 
 
boy
 
You can l
F 
ook but you better not  
C 
touch
 
Mess aro
F 
und and you’ll end up in  
Am 
dutch 
 
boy
 
You can l
C 
ook but you be
F 
tter not,  
C 
oh no you  
F 
better not,  
C 
oh no you b
F 
etter not t
G 
ouch
 
Well I c
C 
alled up Dirty Annie on the
F 
teleph
C 
one
 
I took her out to the drive-in just to
F 
get her al
C 
one
 
I found a lover’s rendezvous, the music
F 
low, set to p
C 
ark
 
I heard a tapping on the window and a  
F 
voice in the d
C 
ark
 
You can l
F 
ook but you better not  
C 
touch 
 
boy
 
You can l
F 
ook but you better not  
C 
touch
 
Mess aro
F 
und and you’ll end up in  
Am 
dutch 
 
boy
 
You can l
C 
ook but you be
F 
tter not,  
C 
oh no you  
F 
better not,  
C 
oh no you b
F 
etter not t
G 
ouch
 
You can l
F 
ook but you better not t
C 
ouch 
 
boy
 
You can l
F 
ook but you better not t
C 
ouch
 
Mess aro
F 
und and you’ll end up in  
Am 
dutch 
 
boy
 
You can lo
C 
ok but you be
F 
tter not,  
C 
oh no you b
F 
etter not,  
C 
oh no you be
F 
tter 
 
not
C 
Oh no you b
F 
etter not,  
C 
oh no you b
F 
etter not,  
C 
oh no you b
F 
etter 
 
not
C 
F 
G 
 
-
C 
0–
F 
1–
G 
3–
Am 
0-

Wreck On The Highway

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Chords and lyrics for Wreck On The Highway by Bruce Springsteen

A 
Last night I was
A 
out 
 
dr
Asus4 
iv
A 
ing,
 
Coming home at the end of the working  
E 
day
Esus4 
 
E 
 
I was  
A 
riding alone through the drizzling rain,
 
On a de
D 
serted stretch of a county two-lane,
 
When I  
A 
came upon a  
E 
wreck on the high
A 
way
Asus4 
A 
 
And there was nobody there but  
E 
me 
 
 
Esus4 
E 
 
As the  
A 
rain tumbled down hard and cold,
 
I seen a  
D 
young man lying by the side of the road,
 
He cried  
A 
mister, 
 
 
E 
won’t you help me,  
A 
pleas
Asus4 
e
A 
 
Asus2 
An ambulance fina
A 
lly came  
Asus4 
an
A 
d took him to Riverside,
 
I watched as they drove him a
E 
way
Esus4 
 
E 
 
And I  
A 
thought of a girlfriend or a young wife,
 
And a  
D 
state trooper knocking in the middle of the night,
 
To say your  
A 
baby died in a  
E 
wreck on the high
A 
way
Asus4 
A 
 
Asus2 
Someti
A 
mes I si
Asus4 
t 
 
 
A 
up in the darkness,
 
And I watch my baby as she  
E 
slee
Esus4 
ps 
 
 
E 
 
Then I  
A 
climb in bed and I hold her tight,
 
I just  
D 
lay there awake in the middle of the night,
A 
Thinking ’bout the  
E 
wreck on the high
A 
way
Asus4 
A 

Worlds Apart

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Chords and lyrics for Worlds Apart by Bruce Springsteen

 
Li li li li l
Em 
i, li li li li li, li li li  
D 
li, li li li li  
Em 
li,
 
Li li li li l
Em 
i, li li li li li, li li li  
D 
li, li li li li  
Em 
li,
 
I hold you in my  
Em 
arms, yeah that’s when it starts,
 
I see faith in your k
D 
iss, and comfort in your he
Em 
art,
 
I taste the seed upon your l
Em 
ips, lay my tongue upon your scars,
 
But when I look in your ey
D 
es, we stand worlds ap
Em 
art,
 
Li li li li l
Em 
i, li li li li li, li li li  
D 
li, li li li li  
Em 
li,
 
Li li li li l
Em 
i, li li li li li, li li li  
D 
li, li li li li  
Em 
li,
 
Where the distant oceans s
Em 
ing, and rise to the plain,
 
In this dry and troubled co
D 
untry, your beauty rema
Em 
ins,
 
Down from the mountain ro
Em 
ads, where the highway rolls to dark,
 
‘Neath Allah’s blessed ra
D 
in, we remain worlds ap
Em 
art,
 
Li li li li l
Em 
i, li li li li li, li li li  
D 
li, li li li li  
Em 
li,
 
Li li li li l
Em 
i, li li li li li, li li li  
D 
li, li li li li  
Em 
li,
 
Sometimes the truth just ain’t en
Em 
ough, or it’s too much in times like these,
 
Let’s throw the truth aw
D 
ay, we’ll find it in this k
Em 
iss,
 
In your skin upon my skin
Em 
, in the beating of our hearts,
 
May the living let us  
D 
in, before the dead tear us ap
Em 
art,
 
Li li li li l
Em 
i, li li li li li, li li li  
D 
li, li li li li  
Em 
li,
 
Li li li li l
Em 
i, li li li li li, li li li  
D 
li, li li li li  
Em 
li,
 
We’ll let blood build a bri
Em 
dge, over mountains draped in stars,
 
I’ll met you on the ridg
D 
e, between these worlds apa
Em 
rt,
 
We’ve got this moment now
Em 
to live, then it’s all dust and dark,
 
Let’s let love give what it g
D 
ives, let’s let love give what it g
Em 
ives,
 
Let’s let love give what it g
Em 
ives,
D 
Em 
 
Let’s let love give what it g
Em 
ives,
D 
Em 
 
Let’s let love give what it g
Em 
ives,
D 
Em 
 
Let’s let love give what it g
Em 
ives,
D 
Em 
 
Let’s let love give what it g
Em 
ives,
D 
Em 

Working On The Highway

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Chords and lyrics for Working On The Highway by Bruce Springsteen

 
|  
C 
| 
 
 
C 
| 
 
 
C 
| 
 
 
C 
|
 
C 
Friday night’s pay night guys  
F 
fresh out of w
C 
ork
F 
C 
F 
 
Tal
C 
king about the weekend scr
G 
ubbing off the di
C 
rt
F 
C 
F 
 
Some h
C 
eading home to their families some loo
F 
king to get hu
C 
rt
F 
C 
F 
 
Some  
C 
going down to Stovell wearing  
G 
trouble on their s
C 
hirts
F 
C 
F 
 
I  
C 
work for the county out on
F 
9
C 
5
F 
C 
F 
 
Al
C 
l day I hold a red flag and watch the t
G 
raffic pass me b
C 
y
F 
C 
F 
 
In  
C 
my head I keep a picture of a  
G 
pretty little m
C 
iss
F 
C 
F 
C 
Someday mister I’m gonna lead a b
G 
etter life than t
C 
his
 
F 
Working on the highway la
G 
ying down the blackt
C 
op
 
Wo
F 
rking on the highway all d
G 
ay long I don’t st
C 
op
 
Wo
F 
rking on the highway blast
G 
ing through the bed
C 
rock | 2x |
 
Wor
F 
king on the highway, worki
G 
ng on the highw
C 
ay
F 
C 
F 
C 
F 
C 
G 
C 
 
I  
C 
met her at a dance down at t
F 
he union h
C 
all
F 
C 
F 
 
S
C 
he was standing with her brothers back up  
G 
against the wa
C 
ll
F 
C 
F 
 
So
C 
metimes we’d go walking dow
F 
n the union trac
C 
ks
F 
C 
F 
 
On
C 
e day I looked straight at her and s
G 
he looked straight b
C 
ack
F 
C 
F 
 
F 
Working on the highway la
G 
ying down the blackt
C 
op
 
Wo
F 
rking on the highway all d
G 
ay long I don’t st
C 
op
 
Wo
F 
rking on the highway blast
G 
ing through the bed
C 
rock | 2x |
 
Wor
F 
king on the highway, worki
G 
ng on the highw
C 
ay
F 
C 
F 
C 
F 
C 
G 
C 
 
Am 
Saved up my money and I
C 
put it all away
 
I  
Am 
went to see her daddy but we
C 
didn’t have much to say
 
“
Am 
Son can’t you see that she’s
C 
just a little girl
 
She  
F 
don’t know nothing about this  
G 
cruel cruel world”
 
W
C 
e lit out down to Florida we got  
F 
along all  
C 
right
F 
C 
F 
 
On
C 
e day her brothers came and got her and they  
G 
took me in a black and w
C 
hite
F 
C 
F 
 
T
C 
he prosecutor kept the promise that he  
F 
made on that  
C 
day
F 
C 
F 
 
And t
C 
he judge got mad and he pu
G 
t me straight aw
C 
ay
F 
C 
F 
 
I
C 
wake up every morning to the  
F 
work bell clan
C 
g
F 
C 
F 
 
M
C 
e and the warden go swinging on the Charlotte County road gang
 
F 
Working on the highway la
G 
ying down the blackt
C 
op
 
Wo
F 
rking on the highway all d
G 
ay long I don’t st
C 
op
 
Wo
F 
rking on the highway blast
G 
ing through the bed
C 
rock | 2x |
 
Wor
F 
king on the highway, worki
G 
ng on the highw
C 
ay
F 
C 
F 
C 
F 
C 
G 
C 
 
F 
Working on the highway la
G 
ying down the blackt
C 
op
 
Wo
F 
rking on the highway all d
G 
ay long I don’t st
C 
op
 
Wo
F 
rking on the highway blast
G 
ing through the bed
C 
rock
 
Wor
F 
king on the highway, worki
G 
ng on the highw
C 
ay
 
|  
F 
 
C 
| 
 
 
F 
 
C 
| 
 
 
F 
 
C 
| 
 
 
G 
 
C 
|
 
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F 
 
C 
| 
 
 
F 
 
C 
| 
 
 
F 
 
C 
| 
 
 
G 
 
C 
|

Working On A Dream

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Chords and lyrics for Working On A Dream by Bruce Springsteen

 
Out here the nights a
A 
re long, the days are lonely
 
I think of you and I’m working on a dream
E 
 
I’m working on a dream
A 
 
Now the cards I
A 
‘ve drawn’s a rough hand, darling
 
I straighten the back and I’m working on a dream
E 
 
I’m working on a dream
A 
 
I’m working on a dream
D 
 
Though sometimes it feels so far away
A 
 
I’m working on a dream
D 
 
And I know it will be mine someday
Esus 
E 
 
A 
Rain pourin’ down, I swing my hammer
 
My hands are rough from working on a dream
E 
 
I’m working on a dream
A 
 
I’m working on a dream  
D 
 
Though trouble can feel like it’s here to stay
A 
 
I’m working on a dream
D 
 
Well our love will chase trouble away
Esus 
E 
 
I’m working on a dream
D 
 
Though it can feel so far away
A 
 
I’m working on a dream
D 
 
Our love will make it real someday
Esus 
E 
 
A 
The sun rise up, I climb the ladder
 
The new day breaks and I’m working on a dream
E 
 
I’m working on a dream
A 
 
I’m working on a dream
D 
 
Th
A 
ough it can feel so far away
 
I
D 
‘m working on a dream
 
O
Esus 
ur
E 
love will make it real someday
 
I
D 
‘m working on a dream
 
Tho
A 
ugh it can feel so far away
 
I
D 
‘m working on a dream
 
A
Esus 
nd our love wil
E 
l make it real someday

With Every Wish

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Chords and lyrics for With Every Wish by Bruce Springsteen

 
|  
E 
| 
 
 
E 
| 
 
 
E 
| 
 
 
E 
 
When I was a kid my only wish ws to get my line in  
B 
him
 
Skipped  
A 
church one Sund
E 
ay rowed out and  
A 
throw’d in my  
E 
line
 
Jim took that  
A 
hook pole and  
E 
me right  
A 
over 
 
 
E 
the 
 
 
B 
side
 
Went driftin’  
A 
down past old  
E 
tires and rus
A 
ty cans of  
E 
beer
 
The  
A 
angel of the  
E 
lake whispered  
A 
in 
 
 
E 
my 
 
 
B 
ear
 
“Before you  
A 
choose your  
E 
wish 
 
son
 
You  
A 
better think  
E 
first
 
With  
A 
every 
 
 
C#m 
wish 
 
ther
A 
e 
 
come
B 
s 
 
a
E 
curse.”
 
She was the prettiest thing this old town’d ever s
B 
een
 
I  
A 
courted 
 
h
E 
er and I m
A 
ade her m
E 
ine
 
But I grew j
A 
ealous whenever  
E 
another 
 
 
A 
man’d
 
Come walkin’ d
E 
own the l
B 
ine
 
And my jeal
A 
ousy made me t
E 
reat her h
A 
ard and crue
E 
l
 
She sighed, “B
A 
obby oh B
E 
obby you’re  
A 
such 
 
 
E 
a 
 
 
B 
fool.
 
Don’t you know before you  
A 
choose your  
E 
wish
 
You’d b
A 
etter think f
E 
irst
 
‘Cause with e
A 
very 
 
 
C#m 
wish 
 
ther
A 
e 
 
come
B 
s 
 
a
E 
curse.”
E 
 
(Trumpet solo) |  
A 
| 
 
 
A 
| 
 
 
E 
| 
 
 
E 
| 
 
 
A 
| 
 
 
A 
| 
 
 
E 
| 
 
 
E 
| 
 
 
A 
| 
 
 
A 
|
 
|  
C#m 
| 
 
 
C#m 
| 
 
 
B 
| 
 
 
E 
| 
 
 
E 
 
But on the far banks there’s always another forest where a man can get  
B 
lost
 
Well  
A 
there in the  
E 
high trees love’s  
A 
bluebird 
 
g
E 
lides
 
Guiding us ‘
A 
cross to a
E 
nother river on  
A 
the 
 
 
E 
other 
 
 
B 
side
 
And there som
A 
eone is  
E 
waitin’ with a l
A 
ook in her  
E 
eyes
 
And though my h
A 
eart’s grown  
E 
weary
 
And more than a  
A 
little 
 
 
E 
bit 
 
 
B 
shy
 
Tonight I’ll d
A 
rink from her w
E 
aters to q
A 
uench my t
E 
hirst
 
With  
A 
every 
 
 
C#m 
wish
 
|  
C#m 
 
A 
 
B 
| 
 
 
E 
| 
 
 
E 
| 
 
 
A 
| 
 
 
A 
| 
 
 
E 
| 
 
 
E 
| 
 
 
A 
| 
 
 
A 
|
 
|  
E 
| 
 
 
E 
| 
 
 
A 
| 
 
 
A 
| 
 
 
E 
| 
 
 
E 
| 
 
 
B 
| 
 
 
B 
| 
 
 
E 
| 
 
 
E 
 
-
E 
0–
A 
0–
B 
2–
C#m 
4–