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            DANCING IN THE DARK (acoustic)              -    Bruce Springsteen
*Capo IV
*G  = 3X0003
*G6 = 3X2003
[Intro]
G  G6  G  G6  G  G6  G  G6
[Verse 1]
G                G6       G              G6
 I get up in the evening     and I ain't got nothin' to say
G                   G6       G            G6               C
 I come home in the morning,  I go to bed feeling the same way
                     Am7     C             Am7                    G
 I ain't nothing but tired,   man I'm just tired and bored with myself
           Em     G           Em
 Hey there baby,      I could use just a little help
[Chorus]
D                                                         C
 You can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a spark
                Am7    C                    Am7            G
 This gun's for hire     even if we're just dancing in the dark
[Interlude]
(G)  G6  G  G6
[Verse 2]
G                      G6          G                    G6
 Message keeps getting clearer,      radio's on and I'm moving round the place
G                       G6        G                 G6                   C
 I check my look in the mirror,   I wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face
                     Am7      C          Am7                   G
 Man I ain't getting nowhere,   I’m just living in a dump like this
                             Em        G             Em
 There's something happening somewhere,  baby I just know that there is
[Chorus]
D                                                         C
 You can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a spark
                Am7    C                    Am7            G
 This gun's for hire     even if we're just dancing in the dark
[Interlude]
(G)  G6  G  G6  G  G6  G  G6
[Bridge]
Em                      G       C                        D
 You sit around getting older,   there's a joke here somewhere and it's on me
Em                            G             C                 D
 I'll shake this world off my shoulders,     come on baby the laughs on me
[Verse 3]
G                            G6      G               G6
 Stay on the streets of this town     and they'll be carving you up alright
G                         G6      G             G6                    C
 They say you got to stay hungry,  hey baby I'm just about starving tonight
                    Am7     C                           Am7                       G
 I'm dying for some action,  I'm sick of sitting 'round here trying to write this book
                 Em       G                 Em
 I need a love reaction,   come on now baby gimme me just one look
[Chorus]
D                                                            C
 You can't start a fire, sitting 'round crying over a broken heart
                Am7    C                    Am7            D
 This gun's for hire     even if we're just dancing in the dark
                                                                   C
 You can't start a fire, worryin' about your little world fallin' apart
                Am7    C                    Am7            G
 This gun's for hire     even if we're just dancing in the dark
[Outro]
G6     G                    G6             G
         Even if we're just dancing in the dark
G6     G                    G6             G
         Even if we're just dancing in the dark
G6     G                    G6             G
         Even if we're just dancing in the dark
G6     G                    G6             G
                                               Hey baby
G6     G                    G6             G
G6     G                    G6             G   (fade out)
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Extra:
[Chorus with Dsus4, just at the last upstroke before D]
D                 Dsus D                      Dsus    D              C
 You can't start a     fire, you can't start a        fire without a spark
                Am7    C                    Am7            G
 This gun's for hire     even if we're just dancing in the dark