{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1042979,"song":"Backstreets","artist":"Bruce Springsteen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1042979-backstreets-chords-by-bruce-springsteen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1042979?type=chord","rating":4.73399,"votes":164,"content":"Backstreets chords *\r\nBruce Springsteen   1975 **\r\n\r\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backstreets\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] 3x\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] 4x\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOne soft infested summer, me and Terry became friends[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTrying in vain to breathe the fire we was born in[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nCatching rides to the outskirts, tying faith between our teeth[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSleeping in that old abandoned beach house, getting wasted in the heat, yeh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHiding on the backstreets[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHiding on the backstreets[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWith a love so hard and filled with defeat[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRunning for our lives at night on them backstreets[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] 2x\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSlow dancing in the dark on the beach at Stockton's Wing[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhere desperate lovers park, we sat with the last of the Duke Street Kings[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch] \r\nHuddled in our cars, waiting for the bells that ring[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the deep heart of the night they set us loose of everything[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo go running on the backstreets[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRunning on the backstreets[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTerry, you swore we'd live forever[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTaking it on them backstreets together[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] 2x\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nEndless juke joints and Valentino drag[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                                    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWhere dancers scraped the tears up off the street, dressed down in rags[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]F#m[/ch]  \r\nRunning into the darkness, some hurt bad, some really dying[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAt night sometimes it seemed you could hear the whole damn city crying[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBlame it on the lies that killed us, blame it on the truth that ran us down[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou can blame it all on me, Terry, it don't matter to me now[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]E[/ch]                      \r\nWhen the breakdown hit at midnight, there was nothing to say[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]F#m[/ch]  \r\nBut I hated him, and I hated you when you went away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWa ah Wa Ah[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] 4x\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]Em[/ch]       \r\nLaying here in the dark, you're like an angel on my chest[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nJust another tramp of hearts crying tears of faithlessness[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRemember all the movies, Terry, we'd go see[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTrying to learn to walk like the heroes we thought we had to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd after all this time, to find we're just like all the rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]C6[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStranded in the park and forced to confess[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo hiding on the backstreets[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHiding on the backstreets[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhere we swore forever friends[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the backstreets until the end[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] 2x\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHiding on the backstreets[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHiding on the backstreets[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHiding on the backstreets[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHiding on the backstreets . . .[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nHiding on the backstreets[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHiding on the backstreets[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHiding on the backstreets[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHiding on the backstreets[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHiding on the backstreets[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHiding on the backstreets . . .[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  \r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n** Alternate:\r\n\r\nCapo III\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]   = [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  = [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]   = [ch]B[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   = [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]D7[/ch]  = [ch]B7[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  = [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]   = [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]F#m[/ch] = [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]   = [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch]  = [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\n\r\nSet8","plain_text":"Backstreets chords *\nBruce Springsteen   1975 **\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backstreets\n\nG Em 3x\nD C  C D  G C  C D  G D  C D\n\nG Em 4x\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG Em 2x\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG Em 2x\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG Em 4x\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG Em 2x\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG C  C D  \n\nG D  G D    G\n\n** Alternate:\n\nCapo III\n\nG   = E\nEm  = C#m\nD   = B\nC   = A\nD7  = B7\nAm  = F#m\nA   = G\nF#m = Em\nE   = C\nBm  = G#m\n\nSet8","chords":["G","Em","D","C","Am","A","F#m","E","B7","D7","Bm","C6","C#m","B","G#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}