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Born To Run

by Bruce Spingsteen · posted by WaltP

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BORN TO RUN
By Bruce Springsteen

Intro:
6 -4-7 7* 5* 6 -6* 6
6 -4-7 7* 5* 6 -6* 
In the day we sweat it out on the streets
-3 -3  -3  3*  -2*  2  -3  3*  3*  -2* 
of a run-a-way A-mer-i-can dream 
2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2   -2*
At night we ride through man-sions
-3  -3   3* -2*     2     -3  3*
of glo-ry in su-i-cide ma-chines 
3* -2* 2  2  4* 4* 4*  -4   -4
Sprung from cag-es on high-way 9, 
-5*     6    6  6  6  -5*   6  6    
Chrome wheeled, fuel in-ject-ed,
6        -5*     6   6   6   6
and step-pin' out o-ver the line 
6    6    6    6  5* 5*  5*  5*   
Oh, Ba-by this town rips 
-6* -6* 6  6     6   6   
the bones from your back 
6    -5*   6    6    6
It's a death trap, it's a su-i-cide rap 
6    6   6    5*   -4  5* 6  6  5*   5* 
We got-ta get out while we're young 
5*  5* 5*  5* -4   -4    -4    5*
`Cause tramps like us, 
6        6     6  6 66
ba-by  we were born to run 
-6*-6*-6*  -6*  6   -5* 6

-4-7 7* 5* 6 -6* 6
-4-7 7* 5* 6 -6*
 
Wen-dy let me in  I wan-na be your friend 
-3  -3 -3  3* -2*-2* 2  -3 -3  3*   -2*
I wan-na guard your dreams and vis-ions 
-2* 2 2    2    2     2     2  -2*  -2*   
Just wrap your legs 'round these vel-vet rims 
-3    -3   3*  -2*   -2*     2   -3   3* -2*
and strap your hands 'cross my en-gines 
2    4*    4*   4*     -4   -4 -4  -4
To-geth-er we could break this trap 
-5* -5* 6  6    6    -5*   6    6

We'll run till we drop, 
6     -5*  6   6    6
And ba-by we'll nev-er go back 
6   6  6    6    5* 5* 5*  5*
Oh, Will ya walk with me out on the wire 
-6*  -6* -6* -6*  6   5*  6  6   6  -5*
`Cause ba-by I'm just a scared 
6      6  6   6   5*  5*  5*   
and lone-ly rid-er
-4    6  -5* 5* 5*      
But I got-ta know how it feels 
5*  5* 5* -4  -4   -4 -4  5* 
I want to know if love is wild 
6  6   6   6   6    6  6   6
Babe I want to know if love is real 
6    6  -6* -6* -6* -6*-6*6 -5*  6

-4-7 7* 5* 6 -6* 6
-4-7 7* 5* 6 -6*
(Spoken) Oh, come and show me 

Be-yond the Pal-ace hem-i-pow-ered drones 
-3  -3  -3  -3  -3   -3-3 -3  -3    -3
scream down the bou-le-vard 
4       -4  -4   -4 -4  -4
Girls comb their hair in rear-view mir-rors 
4*     4*   -4     4* -4  4*   4*   4*  4*
And the boys try to look so hard 
4*   4*  4    4  4    4  4   4
The a-muse-ment park ris-es bold and stark 
3   3  -3   -3   -3  3   -3  -3   -3   -3   
As kids are hud-dled on the beach in a mist 
4   4    4   4    4  -4 -4   -4   -4 -4 -33
I wan-na die with you Wen-dy on the 
4* 4* 4*  -5  4*   4*  4* 4* 4* 4*    
street to-night in an ev-er-last-ing kiss 
4       4  4    4  4  -5 -5  -5   -5  -5
1-2-3-4! 

The high-way's jammed with brok-en her-oes 
-3   -3   3*    -6*     6   -3  3* -6* -6*
on a last chance pow-er drive 
6  6   6    6     6  6   -6*
Ev-‘ry-bod-y's out on the run to-night 
-3  -3 -3  3*  -6* 6   -3 -3  3*  -6*
but there's no place left to hide 
6     6     4*   4*   4*  -4  -4
To-geth-er Wen-dy we can live with the sad-ness 
-5*-5*  6   6  6   6 6   -5*    6   6   6   6
I'll love you with all the mad-ness in my soul 
6    -5*   6   6    6   6   6   6   5* 5*  5*
h-Oh, Some-day girl I don't know when 
-6*   -6*   6   5*  6 -5*     6   6
we're gon-na get to that place 
6      6  6   6  6  5*   5*
Where we real-ly wan-na go 
-4    5*  6    6  5* 5* 5*
and we'll walk in the sun 
-4   -4    -4  -4  -4  5*
But till then tramps like us 
6    6     6    6     6  6
Ba-  by  we were  born to run 
-6* -6* -6*  -6*  -6*6 -5* 6

Mr. Springsteen;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6se50rFN1qI
 


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