Racing in the Street The Breakmen
by Bruce Springsteen
Arrangement: The Breakmen
Capo on 2. This is a really folky arrangement and very easy to play.
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[C]I got a sixty-nine Chevy with a 396
Fuelie [F]heads and a Hurst on the floor
She's [G]waiting tonight down in the parking lot
Outside the [F]Seven-Eleven [C]store
[C]Me and my partner Sonny built her straight out of scratch
And he [F]rides with me from town to town
We only [G]run for the money, got no strings attached
We shut 'em [F]up and then we [C]shut 'em down
[C]We take all the action we can meet
And we [F]cover all the northeast states
When the [G]strip shuts down we run 'em in the street
From the [F]fire roads to the [C]interstate
Chorus
[C]Tonight, tonight the strip's just right
I wanna [F]blow 'em off in my first heat
[G]Summer's here and the time is right
For [F]racin' in the [C]street
I [C]met her on the strip three years ago
In a [F]Camaro with this dude from L.A.
Well, [G]I blew that Camaro off my back,
and [F]I drove that little girl [C]away,
But now there's wrinkles around my baby's eyes
And she [F]cries herself to sleep at night
She [G]sits on the porch of her Daddy's house
She sighs, [F]"Baby did you make it [C]all right,"
Chorus
[C]Tonight, tonight the strip's just right
I wanna [F]blow 'em off in my first heat
[G]Summer's here and the time is right
For [F]racin' in the [C]street
[C]Some guys they just give up living
And start dying [F]little by little, piece by piece,
Some [G]guys get off work, go home and wash up,
And go [F]racin' in the [C]street.
[C]For all the shut down strangers and hot rod angels,
[F]Rumbling through this promised land
Tonight my [G]baby and me, we're gonna ride to the sea
And [F]wash these sins off our [C]hands.
Chorus
[C]Tonight, tonight the strip's just right
I wanna [F]blow 'em off in my first heat
[G]Summer's here and the time is right
For [F]racin' in the [C]street
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