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Racing In The Street by Bruce Springsteen - Guitar Chords

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            These are the chords to the '78 version of 
Racing In The Street from The Promise. 
It's a terrific rendition of the song 
and I searched and searched but 
couldn't find the chords online. 
Finally I picked up my guitar and 
sounded them out. I hope this helps 
anyone else whose been searching for 
these chords.



Intro: F Dm C Bb
 

         F                Dm 
I got a '32 Ford, she's a three-eighteen
       C                       Bb
Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor
          F                          Dm
And she's waiting tonight down in the parking lot
            C              Bb
Outside the 7-Eleven store
          F                        Dm
Me and my partner Sonny built her straight out of scratch
       C                          Bb
And he rides with me from town to town
        F                        Dm
We only run for the money got no strings attached
            C                  Bb
We shut 'em up and we shut 'em down

 F                      Dm
Tonight, tonight the strip's just right
          C                       Bb
I wanna blow 'em all out of their seats
 F              Dm
Come on out around the world
            C                Bb
We're going racing in the street

     F                 Dm
We take all the action we can meet
       C                       Bb
And we cover all the northeast states
         F                      Dm
When the strip shuts down we run 'em in the street
         C                          Bb
From the back roads to the turnpike gates
         F                            Dm
Well now some guys they do it for the money
                             C                            Bb
Other guys do it 'cause they don't know what else they can do
      F                          Dm
There just ain't nothing left at home
               C                        Bb
Waking up in a world that somebody else owns

 F                     Dm
Tonight, tonight the strip's just right
           C                     Bb
I wanna blow 'em off in my first heat
    F                             Dm
Now summer's here and the time is right
    C              Bb
For racing in the street

 Here's where the violin starts and the key changes.
It moves up 3 half steps so F = G#, Dm = Fm, C = D#, 
and Bb = C#. You can throw a capo on the third fret 
and play all the chords like before, or you can just 
play barre chords. 
  


   G#                        Fm
I met her on the strip three years ago
      D#                        C#
In a Camaro with this dude from L.A.
  G#               Fm                D#                   C#
I blew that Camaro off my back and stole that little girl away
            G#                   Fm
Now there's wrinkles 'round my baby's eyes
     D#                       C#
She cries herself to sleep at night
    G#                Fm     
When I come home, the house is dark she sighs,
 D#                       C#
"Baby did you make it all right?"
     G#                      Fm
She sits on the porch of her daddy's house
               D#                C#
But honey your pretty dress is torn
       G#               Fm      
She stares out alone into the night
                 D#                          C#
With the eyes of one who hates for just bein' born
            G#                        Fm
For all the blown-off strangers and hot rod angels
  D#                            C#
Stumbling through this promised land
           G#                      Fm
Tonight my baby and me we're gonna ride to the sea
     D#                     C#
And wash these sins off our hands

 G#                        Fm
Tonight tonight the strip's just right
        D#                       C#
I wanna blow 'em off in my first heat
  G#               Fm
Come on out the time is right
            D#             C#
We're goin' racing in the street


Also if you want, you can play E in the bass
of the F chord before changing to Dm. It sounds
fine if you don't, but it sounds more like
the recording if you do.




     G#      Fm      D#      C#  
    -4--    -1--    -3--    -4-- 
    -4--    -1--    -4--    -6--
    -5--    -1--    -3--    -6--
    -6--    -2--    -5--    -6--
    -6--    -2--    -6--    -4--
    -4--    -1--    -3--    -4--
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