Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen

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DANCING IN THE DARK (acoustic)              -    Bruce Springsteen

*Capo IV
*G  = 3X0003
*G6 = 3X2003

[Intro]
              

[Verse 1]
             
 I get up in t

           
he evening    

             
 and I ain't g


ot nothin' to 

say
             
 I come home i

            
n the morning,

             
  I go to bed 

            
feeling the sa

   
me way
              
 I ain't nothi

           
ng but tired, 

             
  man I'm just

           
 tired and bor

          
ed with myself
            
 Hey there bab

             
y,      I coul

  
d use just a l

ittle help

[Chorus]
             
 You can't sta

              
rt a fire, you

              
 can't start a

              
 fire without 

  
a spark
              
 This gun's fo

          
r hire     eve

              
n if we're jus

           
t dancing in t

   
he dark

[Interlude]
()      

[Verse 2]
             
 Message keeps

            
 getting clear

             
er,      radio

              
's on and I'm 


moving round t

he place
             
 I check my lo

            
ok in the mirr

             
or,   I wanna 

            
change my clot

              
hes, my hair, 

   
my face
              
 Man I ain't g

           
etting nowhere

            
,   I’m just l

            
iving in a dum

       
p like this
              
 There's somet

              
hing happening

           
 somewhere,  b

           
aby I just kno

w that there i

s

[Chorus]
             
 You can't sta

              
rt a fire, you

              
 can't start a

              
 fire without 

  
a spark
              
 This gun's fo

          
r hire     eve

              
n if we're jus

           
t dancing in t

   
he dark

[Interlude]
()              

[Bridge]
            
 You sit aroun

             
d getting olde

             
r,   there's a

              
 joke here som

 
ewhere and it'

s on me
            
 I'll shake th

              
is world off m

             
y shoulders,  

             
   come on bab

      
y the laughs o

n me

[Verse 3]
             
 Stay on the s

              
treets of this

           
 town     and 

           
they'll be car

ving you up al

right
             
 They say you 

            
got to stay hu

             
ngry,  hey bab

            
y I'm just abo

              
ut starving to


night
              
 I'm dying for

           
 some action, 

             
 I'm sick of s

              
itting 'round 

           
here trying to

            
 write this bo

ok
              
 I need a love

           
 reaction,   c

              
ome on now bab

  
y gimme me jus

t one look

[Chorus]
             
 You can't sta

              
rt a fire, sit

              
ting 'round cr

              
ying over a br

     
oken heart
              
 This gun's fo

          
r hire     eve

              
n if we're jus

           
t dancing in t

   
he dark
              
 You can't sta

              
rt a fire, wor

              
ryin' about yo

              
ur little worl

           
d fallin' apar

t
              
 This gun's fo

          
r hire     eve

              
n if we're jus

           
t dancing in t

   
he dark

[Outro]
           
         Even 

              
if we're just 

            
dancing in the

 
 dark
           
         Even 

              
if we're just 

            
dancing in the

 
 dark
           
         Even 

              
if we're just 

            
dancing in the

 
 dark
           
              

              
              

            
              

 
     Hey baby
                                      

                                         (fade out)



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Extra:

[Chorus with Dsus4, just at the last upstroke before D]

             
 You can't sta

         
rt a     fire,

              
 you can't sta

         
rt a        fi

             
re without a s

park
              
 This gun's fo

          
r hire     eve

              
n if we're jus

           
t dancing in t

   
he dark