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            [Intro]
D G A   D G A
 
[Verse]
        D                                      G               A
In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American dream
    D                                             G           A
At night we ride through the mansions of glory in suicide machines
   G                 F#m
Sprung from cages on highway 9
        Em                         F#m                    D      D7
Chrome wheeled, fuel injected, and steppin' out over the line... OOOH!
G                        F#m
Baby this town rips the bones from your back
        Em                F#m
It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap
         D                   Bm
We gotta get out while we're young
           G            A                     D   G   A    D    G   A
'Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run
      D
Wendy let me in I wanna be your friend
          G                     A
I want to guard your dreams and visions
     D
Just wrap your legs 'round these velvet rims
    G                          A
and strap your hands 'cross my engines
   G              F#m
Together we could break this trap
      Em                   F#m                 D       D7
We'll run till we drop and baby we'll never go back... OOOH!
        G                        F#m
Will you walk with me out on the wire
       Em                         F#m
'Cause baby I'm just a scared and lonely rider
       D                Bm
But I gotta know how it feels
          G
I want to know if love is wild
       A                       D   G   A             D   G  A
Babe I want to know if love is real       Oh can you show me...
   C                                  F
Beyond the Palace hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard
        G
Girls comb their hair in rearview mirrors
        Bb
And the boys try to look so hard
    C
The amusement park rises bold and stark
         F
Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist
        G
I wanna die with you Wendy on the street tonight
      Bb
In an everlasting kiss
    D                                         G                A
The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive
    D
Everybody's out on the run tonight
            G                A
but there's no place left to hide
G                     F#m
Together Wendy we can live with the sadness
     Em                    F#m            D      D7
I'll love you with all the madness in my soul... OOOH!
 G             F#m
Someday girl I don't know when
            Em
we're gonna get to that place
         F#m           D
Where we really want to go
                      Bm
and we'll walk in the sun
                G
But till then tramps like us
A                     D     G
baby we were born to run
A                     D     G
baby we were born to run
A        D
Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh