{"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":1452999,"song":"Highway Patrolman","artist":"Bruce Springsteen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11258936-highway-patrolman-chords-by-bruce-springsteen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1452999?type=chord","rating":4.66069,"votes":106,"content":"INTRO:  D    (Live in Dublin Version Capo 3 fret)\r\n \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy name is Joe Roberts I work for the state[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'm a sergeant out of Perrineville barracks number 8[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI always done an honest job as honest as I could[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI got a brother named Franky and Frank he ain't no good[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow ever since we was young kids it's been the same come down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI get a call on the shortwave Franky's in trouble downtown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell if it was any other man, I'd put him straight away[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]A[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut when it's your brother sometimes you look the other way[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS 1:\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYeah, me and Franky laughing and drinking nothing feels better than blood on blood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]                                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTakin' turns dancin' with Marie as the band played Night of the Johnstown Flood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI catch him when he's straying like any brother would[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMan turns his back on his family well he just ain't no good[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell Franky went in the army back in 1965 [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI got a farm deferment, settled down, took Maria for my wife[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                               [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut them wheat prices kept on dropping 'till it was like we were getting robbed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFranky came home in `68, and me, I took this job[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS 2:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYea we're laughing and drinking nothing feels better than blood on blood[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]                                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTakin' turns dancin' with Marie as the band played Night of the Johnstown Flood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI catch him when he's straying, teach him how to walk that line[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMan turns his back on his family he ain't no friend of mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell the night was like any other, I got a call `bout quarter to nine[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere was trouble in a roadhouse out on the Michigan line[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere was a kid lying on the floor lookin' bad bleedin' hard from his head[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere was a girl crying at a table and it was Frank, they said[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell I went out and I jumped in my car and I hit the lights[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut I must of done a hundred and ten through Michigan county that night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt was out at the crossroads, down round Willow bank[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSeen a Buick with Ohio plates behind the wheel was Frank[/tab]\r\n                    \r\nWell I chased him through them county roads \r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'till a sign said Canadian border five miles from here[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI pulled over to the side of the highway and watched his taillights disappear[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS 3:\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMe and Franky laughing and drinking nothing feels better than blood on blood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTaking turns dancing with Marie as the band played Night of the Johnstown Flood[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI catch him when he's straying like any brother would[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMan turns his back on his family well he just ain't no good[/tab]\r\n\r\n-----------------------------------------\r\nNOTES:\r\n\r\nTUNING: As with most of the songs from this album...it's slightly flat...not \r\nquite a full semitone. \r\n\r\n-----------------------------------------\r\nCHORDS:  EADGBE\r\n         ------\r\n[ch]D[/ch]        XX0232\r\n[ch]G[/ch]        320033\r\n[ch]A[/ch]        X02220","plain_text":"INTRO:  D    (Live in Dublin Version Capo 3 fret)\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                    \nWell I chased him through them county roads \n\n\n\n\nCHORUS 3:\n\n\n\n\n\n-----------------------------------------\nNOTES:\n\nTUNING: As with most of the songs from this album...it's slightly flat...not \nquite a full semitone. \n\n-----------------------------------------\nCHORDS:  EADGBE\n         ------\nD        XX0232\nG        320033\nA        X02220","chords":["D","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}