Racing in the Street Chords by Bruce Springsteen
- Key: Bb
- BPM: 87
- Capo: no capo
DOWNBEAT
RACING IN THE STREET CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] F Dm Csus4 Bb F Dm ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Bb Csus4 Bb ■ ■ ■ [Verse] F I got a 'sixtynine Chevy with a three hundred and ninetysix Bb Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor Gm She's waiting tonight down in the parking lot Bb Outside the sevenELEVEn store F Me and my partner Sonny built her straight out of scratch F Bb And he rides with me from town to town Gm We only run for the money got no strings attached Bb We shut 'em up and then we shut 'em down F Tonight tonight the strip's just right Bb I wanna blow 'em off in my first heat Gm Summer's here and the time is right Bb For racin' in the street F We take all the action we can meet Bb And we cover all the northeast state Gm When the strip shuts down we run 'em in the street Bb From the fire roads to the interstate F Now some guys they just give up living Bb And start dying little by little piece by piece Gm Some guys come home from work and wash up Bb And go racin' in the street [Chorus] F Tonight tonight the strip's just right Bb I wanna blow 'em all out of their seats Gm We're calling out around the world Bb We're going racin' in the street [Solo] Eb Cm Eb Ab Eb Cm F Bb ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] F I met her on the strip three years ago Bb In a Camaro with this dude from LA Gm I blew that Camaro off my back Bb And drove that little girl away F But now there's wrinkles around my baby's eyes Bb And she cries herself to sleep at night Gm7 Gm When I come home the house is dark Bb She sighs Baby did you make it alright F She sits on the porch of her daddy's house Bb But all her pretty dreams are torn Gm7 She stares off alone into the night Bb With the eyes of one who hates for just being born [Chorus] F For all the shutdown strangers and hot rod angels Bb Rumbling through this promised land Gm7 Tonight my baby and me we're gonna ride to the sea Bb Fsus4 And wash these sins off our hands F Tonight tonight the highway's bright Bb Out of our way mister you best keep Gm 'cause summer's here and the time is right Bb For racin' in the street [Inst] F Bb Bb Gm Bb F Bb Gm7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Intro] [Solo] Bb F Bb Gm7 Gm Gm7 Bb F ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Bb Gm7 Bb F Bb Gm7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Bb F Bb ■ ■ ■ [End]