Born To Run Chords

by Bruce Springsteen
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Difficulty: advanced
Capo: no capo
Author kinney2k [a] 102. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014
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Chords

E
A
B
Amaj7
F#m
B4
Cm#7
C
C#m7
Em9
G4
A4
C4
Em
G
F4
F
F#

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E
In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a ______     
         A        B
runaway American dream
E                          A
At night we ride through mansions of glory in                 
A        B
suicide  machines
 
 
A                       Amaj7                F#m               Amaj7
Sprung from cages on Highway 9 chrome wheeled, fuel injected and, steppin' 
 
out over __ (to 1)
A                            Amaj7
Oh  Baby this town rips the bones from your back, 
       F#m                     Amaj7
it's a death trap,  ______   it's a suicide rap.We 
E   B4
 
E                              Cm#7                            A
 
get out while              we're young                  'Cause tramps like us
B                E
baby we were born run.
 
 
 
E
Hey Wendy, let me in, I wanna be your friend,
 
             A                                 B
I wanna guard your dreams and visions.
 
      E
Just wrap your legs 'round these velvet rims,
 
         A                                    B
And strap your hands across my engines.
 
        A                           Amaj7
And Together we could break this trap,
 
       F#m                          Amaj7                   E         B4
We'll run till we drop and, baby we'll never go back.
 
 
                    A                                Amaj7
Oh will you walk with me out on the wire?
 
 
             F#m                        Amaj7
Girl, I'm just a scared and a lonely rider,
 
        C
But I gotta know how it feels,
 
      C#m7
I want to know if love is wild, baby,
 
    A                    B4
I want to know if love is real.
 
(CHORUS)
 
(sorry for the instrumental : I'll see to it one day)
 
 
Chord Key for this section
 
Em9   : 024000
G4     : 320013
A4    :  X02240
C4    :  X35563
 
 
  Em    Em9           Em       Em9                G4    G    G4      G
Beyond the palace hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard
 
  A4       A         A4          A
Girls comb their hair in rear-view mirrors
 
             C4     C        C4    C
and the boys try to look so hard
 
        Em    Em9           Em       Em9
The amusement park rises bold and stark
 
   G4    G    G4      G
Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist
 
             A4       A         A4          A
I wanna die with you Wendy on the street tonight
 
         C4     C        C4    C
In an everlasting kiss
 
 
This is the guitar for the instrumental
 
             F4          F                 C4         C        G4           G
                  F#
E  +---6------5----------------------8---+--7----12-11-10--9-8-7-7----6---------+
B  +---6------6-....----6-----5------8---+--8----13-12-11-10-9-8-8----7---------+
G  +---5------5---------5-----5------7---+--7----12-11-10--9-8-7-7----6---------+
D  +--------------------5-----5----------+----------------------------8---------+
A  +--------------------3-----3----------+----------------------------9---------+
E  +-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
 
For the last verse  the lead guitar plays the main riff
 
                E
Well, The highways jammed with broken heroes
 
          A                          B
On a last chance power drive
 
 E
Well  everybody's out on the run tonight
 
                 A                    B
But there's no place left to hide
 
    A                                 Amaj7
Together, Wendy, we can live with the sadness
 
    F#m                         Amaj7              E     B4
I'll love you with all the madness in my soul
 
         A                            Amaj7                            F#m
Oh someday girl, I don't know when, we're gonna get to that place
 
          Amaj7                E
Where we really wanna go
 
             C#m7
And we'll walk in the sun
 
               A
Till then tramps like us
 
B4                                E
Baby we were born to run.
 
 
Enjoy!
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drekkie
A few corrections: The Pre-Chorus to Chorus is: A E/G# Sprung from cages out on highway nine, F#m E/G# E Chrome wheeled, fuel injected and steppin' out over the line D6 A E/G# Woooah- Baby this town rips the bones from your back F#m E/G# It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap E C#m We gotta get out while we're young A Bsus B E `Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run Also, the first notes in the break down part "Beyond the Palace" are: Dsus D Dsus D
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ctamb
this is AWEFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wienerslap
Nice chords, Can'y wait to try them out!
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