Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen

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BORN TO RUN
Bruce Springsteen


[Intro]

      
(x2 played wit


h Riff 1)


[Riff 1]

            
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[Verse 1]

         
In the day we 

              
sweat it out i

              
n the streets 

         
of a runaway A

         
merican dream
             
At night we ri

              
de through man

              
sions of glory

         
 in suicide ma

 
chines


[Pre-Chorus]

             
Sprung from ca

            
ges out on hig


hway nine,
           
Chrome wheeled

              
, fuel injecte

        
d and steppin'

              
 out over the 

  
line
          
Oh- Baby this 

              
town rips the 

 
bones from you

r back
           
It's a death t

             
rap, it's a su

#
icide rap
             
We gotta get o

              
ut while we're

  
 young
          
Cause tramps l

          
ike us, baby w

              
e were born to

  
 run

      
     Yes girl 

 (
we were       

   (Wendy)


[Verse 2]

  
Wendy let me i

n I wanna be y

our friend
          
I want to guar

             
d your dreams 

      
and visions
      
Just wrap your

 legs 'round t

hese velvet ri

ms
         
and strap your

              
 hands ‘cross 

     
my engines


[Pre-Chorus]

             
Together we co

              
uld break this

  
 trap
           
We'll run till

          
 we drop, baby

            
 we'll never g

         
o back    Oh
             
Will you walk 

              
with me out on

     
 the wire
           
Cause baby I'm

              
 just a scared

      
 and lonely ri

der
             
But I gotta kn

          
ow how it feel


s
          
I want to know

              
 if love is wi

            
ld, babe I wan

            
t to know if l

         
ove is real

      
              

 (
Oh can you sho

w me


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[Bridge]

         
Beyond the Pal

          
ace hemi-power

             
ed drones scre

         
am down the bo

  
ulevard
          
Girls comb the

             
ir hair in rea

    
r view mirrors
            
And the boys t

           
ry to look so 

   
hard
          
The amusement 

           
park rises bol

     
d and stark
            
as kids are hu

           
ddled on the b

           
each in the mi

  
st
          
I wanna die wi

             
th you Wendy o

          
n the street t

 
onight
         
in an ever las

        
ting kiss     

Huh!


[Interlude]

Keyboard arranged for guitar

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Walkdown  /  /  /  /  /   /   ////  ////  (hold  for 3 measures (12 beats))

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ghway's)…


[Verse 3]

             
Highway's jamm

              
ed with broken

             
 heroes on a l

          
ast chance pow

    
er drive
             
Everybody's ou

              
t on the run t

              
onight, but th

         
ere's no place

          
 left to hide


[Pre-Chorus]

             
Together Wendy

       
 we'll live wi

th the sadness
           
I'll love you 

             
with all the m

#         
adness in my s

     
oul   Oh
             
Someday girl I

        
 don't know wh

              
en, we're gonn

  
a get to that 

place
         
Where we reall

#            
y want to go, 

              
and we'll walk

       
 in the sun
              
But till then 

          
tramps like us

          
   baby we wer

           
e born to run
      
Ah honey tramp

           
s like us, bab

             
y we were born

     
 to run
          
    Come on We

          
ndy tramps lik

          
e us, baby we 

             
were born to r

 (  ////
un...

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Whoa oh oh oh

   ////

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Mmmmm hmm m   

        /
Oh oh, oh...  

///       
   oh oh oh oh

////
  ruh uh ah


 //// ////   
Ohh ooh ohh   

    //// 
   Mmmmmum   h

   ////
mmm

 //// ////   
Whoh oh oh oh 

    //// 
   oh oh oh   

   ////
Ruh huh hu ha

 //// ////
Ohh ohhh...


Here are some of the chords

Bsus (x 2 4 4 0 0)    Asus2 (x x 2 2 0 0)   C#m/G# (2 2 4 4 3 0)
Fsus (x 8 10 10 11 x) Csus  (x 3 5 5 6 x)   D/E    (0 x 2 2 3 2)
C#m7 (x 4 2 4 0 0)    E/A   (x 0 2 1 0 0)   Bsus   (x x 4 4 0 0)
Gsus (3 x 0 0 1 3)    Dsus  (x 0 0 2 3 3)


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