Jungleland Chords by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
- Key: F
- BPM: 128
- Capo: no capo
DOWNBEAT
JUNGLELAND CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] C Em7 G Dm7 Am7 Dm7 G Am7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ C Em7 Dm7 Am7 Dm G7 F C ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ F C F C F C F ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] C F The Rangers had a homecoming C F In Harlem late last night C F And the Magic Rat drove his sleek machine C F Over the Jersey state line C F Barefoot girl sitting on the hood of a Dodge C F Drinking warm beer in the soft summer rain Dm The Rat pulls into town rolls up his pants Dm Together they take a stab at romance F C F C And disappear down Flamingo Lane ■ ■ F C F ■ Well the Maximum Lawmen run down Flamingo C F Chasing the Rat and the barefoot girl C F And the kids 'round there live just like shadows C F Always quiet holding hands [Chorus] C F From the churches to the jails C F Tonight all is silence in the world Dm As we take our stand Dm7 Gsus4 Down in Jungleland C F C F ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Gsus4 C F The midnight gang's assembled C F G And picked a rendezvous for the night C F They'll meet 'neath that giant Exxon sign C F That brings this fair city light C F Man there's an opera out on the Turnpike G C F There's a ballet being fought out in the alley G C F C F Until the local cops CherryTops rips this holy night [Chorus] Dm Em F The street's alive as secret debts are paid G Em F Contacts made they flash unseen G Em F G ■ Kids flash guitars just like switchblades ■ Dm F Hustling for the record machine G Bb ■ The hungry and the hunted C Dm ■ Explode into rock 'n' roll bands Bb ■ That face off against each other out in the street Dm7 Gsus4 Down in Jungleland C Dm7 C F G C G7 F ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Solo] C F C F C F C F ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ G C F G C F ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Bb F C In the parking lot the visionaries dress in the latest rage G Bb Inside the backstreet girls are dancing F C7 To the records that the DJ plays Bb Lonelyhearted lovers struggle in dark corners F C Desperate as the night moves ■ on G Bb C Eb Just one look and a whisper and they're gone [Solo] Ab Abmaj7 Ebmaj7 Bb7 Eb Ab Abmaj7 Ebmaj7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Ab Abmaj7 Ab7 Eb Bb Bbsus4 Bb7 Eb ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Bb C Bb Ab Eb Bb Bbsus4 Bb ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Eb Bb C Ab Eb Bb Bbsus4 Bb ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Eb C Cm7 C Cm7 Ab Bb Eb ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Outro] Bb Db C Gsus4 G7 Abmaj7 Ab Bb7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Break] Eb C Bb C Bb Abmaj7 Bb Bb7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Ab Eb Eb Bb Bbsus4 Bb Bb7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Eb Beneath the city two hearts beat C Gm7 Bb Cm7 Soul engines running through a night so tender Bb Abmaj7 Bb7 Ab ■ In a bedroom locked ■ in whispers Ebsus4 Eb Bb Bbsus4 Bb Of soft refusal and then ■ surrender ■ Bb7 Eb Bb7 Eb Bb ■ In the tunnels uptown the Rat's own dream guns him down C G C As shots echo down them hallways in the night Ab Bb Bb7 Ab No one watches when the ambulance pulls away ■ Bb7 Bb7 C ■ Or as the girl shuts out the ■ bedroom light ■ G C F Gsus4 ■ Outside the street's on fire in a real death waltz [Chorus] Dm C F G Between what's flesh and what's fantasy ■ ■ Dm C F G And the poets down here don't write nothing at all Dm C They just stand back and let it all be F G7 Bb And ■ in the quick of a knife they reach for their moment Dm And try to make an honest stand ■ Bb But they wind up wounded not even dead [Inst] Bbmaj7 F C Am7 C Gsus4 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ C Tonight in Jungleland [Solo] Fsus4 Bb Dm G7 C G C ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Outro]