{"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":1470007,"song":"Fist Full Of Dollars","artist":"Bruce Springsteen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1470007-fist-full-of-dollars-chords-by-bruce-springsteen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1470007?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n                Fist Full of Dollars - Version 1 – Bruce Springsteen\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTabbed by: maguri\r\nTuning: Open D + capo 4th fret / Standard\r\n\r\nBruce Springsteen\r\nFist Full of Dollars - Version 1 (1982)\r\n(Bruce Springsteen)\r\n\r\nOuttake from “Nebraska”\r\n\r\nSpringsteen uses an open tuning for this demo recording which later evolved\r\ninto “Atlantic City”. I tabbed out shapes for standard tuning too, if you\r\ndon’t want to take the trouble of retuning. The sound of the open tuning is\r\ngreat, though – you should try it (no threat of breaking strings either:\r\nthe strings are tuned down, not up).\r\n\r\nThis recording represents a very early stage of the song. Springsteen\r\nactually fumbles around a lot, searching for words, breaking off lines when\r\nthey don’t feel right to him and immediately going a different way. This is\r\nwhy I don’t think it makes much sense to really write chords over the\r\nlyrics here. Below you are going to find the basic rhythm pattern that is\r\nplayed throughout the song.\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nWhatever your strumming pattern, make sure you include\r\nthe following rhythm:\r\n\r\nOpen D + capo 4th fret\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]A/C#[/ch]  [ch]Esus4/B[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +[/tab]\r\n[tab]d |----------------|----------------|\r\nA |----------------|----------------|\r\nF#|1-----1-----1---|----------------|\r\nD |0-----0-----0---|----0---0-------|\r\nA |2-----0-----0---|----0---0-------|\r\nD |----------------|----0---0-------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nStandard tuning + capo 2nd fret\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]A/C#[/ch]  [ch]Esus4/B[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +[/tab]\r\n[tab]e |----------------|----------------|\r\nB |2-----0-----0---|----0---0-------|\r\nG |2-----2-----2---|----1---1-------|\r\nD |2-----2-----2---|----2---2-------|\r\nA |4-----2-----2---|----2---2-------|\r\nE |----------------|----0---0-------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nCHORDS\r\n         Open D +              Standard +\r\n         capo 4th fret         capo 2nd fret\r\n         D-A-D-F#-A-D-----------------------|          E-A-D-G-B-E\r\nA/C#     x-2-0-1 -0-x          x-4-2-2-2(0)-|\r\nEsus4/B  x-0-0-1- 0-0          x-2-2-2-0-0--|\r\nE        0-0-0-0- 0-0          0-2-2-1-0-0--|\r\nA        x-2-0-1- 2-x          x-0-2-2-2-0--|\r\nB        x-0-2-3- 4-x          x-2-4-4-4-2--|[/tab]\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nThe main riff is played throughout the song, only the last line has different chords \r\n(some kind of turnaround). Enjoy!\r\n\r\nLYRICS (chord pattern: see above)\r\n\r\nWell they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night\r\nNow that town is in for a fight\r\nFrighten'd of the dice they roll\r\nWhere the highway ends and the sands turn to gold\r\nWhere the turnpike ends and turns to gold\r\nMe and my baby ...\r\nWell I drew my money from the Central Trust\r\nAnd I hopped with my guitar on a greyhound bus\r\nHeading down south money...guitar in my hand\r\nOn a one way ticket to the promised land\r\nOut where [unclear]\r\nDown where the [unclear] turn to rust\r\nAnd a weekend... a weeks pay baby\r\nAnd the weeks pay in a minute just turns to dust\r\nMe again baby I wouldn't leave\r\nAgain 'till I believe\r\nSome gonna stand man and some gonna fall\r\nSome ain't gonna get to play the game at all\r\nWhere they give you the worst and they take the best\r\nFor a fist full of dollars and a little bit less\r\n\r\nWell a book [unclear]\r\nAnd I took my guitar baby and put her in hock\r\nBaby what's a poor boy gonna do?\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA fist full of dollars and a little bit less[/tab]","plain_text":"---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n                Fist Full of Dollars - Version 1 – Bruce Springsteen\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTabbed by: maguri\nTuning: Open D + capo 4th fret / Standard\n\nBruce Springsteen\nFist Full of Dollars - Version 1 (1982)\n(Bruce Springsteen)\n\nOuttake from “Nebraska”\n\nSpringsteen uses an open tuning for this demo recording which later evolved\ninto “Atlantic City”. I tabbed out shapes for standard tuning too, if you\ndon’t want to take the trouble of retuning. The sound of the open tuning is\ngreat, though – you should try it (no threat of breaking strings either:\nthe strings are tuned down, not up).\n\nThis recording represents a very early stage of the song. Springsteen\nactually fumbles around a lot, searching for words, breaking off lines when\nthey don’t feel right to him and immediately going a different way. This is\nwhy I don’t think it makes much sense to really write chords over the\nlyrics here. Below you are going to find the basic rhythm pattern that is\nplayed throughout the song.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nWhatever your strumming pattern, make sure you include\nthe following rhythm:\n\nOpen D + capo 4th fret\n\n\n\n\n\nStandard tuning + capo 2nd fret\n\n\n\n\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nThe main riff is played throughout the song, only the last line has different chords \n(some kind of turnaround). Enjoy!\n\nLYRICS (chord pattern: see above)\n\nWell they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night\nNow that town is in for a fight\nFrighten'd of the dice they roll\nWhere the highway ends and the sands turn to gold\nWhere the turnpike ends and turns to gold\nMe and my baby ...\nWell I drew my money from the Central Trust\nAnd I hopped with my guitar on a greyhound bus\nHeading down south money...guitar in my hand\nOn a one way ticket to the promised land\nOut where [unclear]\nDown where the [unclear] turn to rust\nAnd a weekend... a weeks pay baby\nAnd the weeks pay in a minute just turns to dust\nMe again baby I wouldn't leave\nAgain 'till I believe\nSome gonna stand man and some gonna fall\nSome ain't gonna get to play the game at all\nWhere they give you the worst and they take the best\nFor a fist full of dollars and a little bit less\n\nWell a book [unclear]\nAnd I took my guitar baby and put her in hock\nBaby what's a poor boy gonna do?","chords":["D","A/C#","Esus4/B","E","A","F","B","G","A/C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}