{"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":1506852,"song":"American Skin 41 Shots","artist":"Bruce Springsteen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1506852-american-skin-41-shots-chords-by-bruce-springsteen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1506852?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":11,"content":"American Skin (41 shots) - Acoustic Version\r\nBruce Springsteen\r\n(As performed by Bruce Springsteen on Elvis Costello's Spectacular)\r\n\r\nNote: For this performance Springsteen played an eighth-note rhythm\r\nin the low end and emphasized the movement of the bass line. He muted\r\nthe high end, especially in the verses. He might have played the A/x to \r\nAsus4/x chord pattern in the verses, but I couldn't hear it. I charted\r\nit as if he didn't. But you can play the pattern if you want to.\r\n\r\n\r\n| [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Asus4[/ch] | [ch]Asus4[/ch] | [ch]A/F#[/ch] [ch]Asus4/F#[/ch] | [ch]Asus4/F#[/ch] | \r\n| [ch]A/E[/ch] [ch]Asus4/E[/ch] | [ch]Asus4/E[/ch] | [ch]Dmaj7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] |\r\n\r\n[tab]| [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Asus4[/ch] | [ch]Asus4[/ch]   | [ch]A/F#[/ch]      [ch]Asus4/F#[/ch] | [ch]Asus4/F#[/ch] |   \r\n  Forty one shots   . . . .   Forty one shots      . . . .[/tab]\r\n[tab]| [ch]A/E[/ch]       [ch]Asus4/E[/ch] | [ch]Asus4/E[/ch] | [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]    | [ch]D[/ch]       |\r\n  Forty one shots     . . . .   Forty one shots  . . . .[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Asus4[/ch]            [ch]Asus4/F#[/ch]      \r\nForty one shots, and we'll take that ride  [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Asus4/E[/ch]                 [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cross this bloody river to the other side[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Asus4[/ch]   [ch]Asus4/F#[/ch]\r\nForty one shots . cut through the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Asus4/E[/ch]               [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou're kneeling over his body in the vestibule prayin' fer his life [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]D/C#[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]D/C#[/ch]\r\nIs it a gun? . Is it a knife? . Is it a wallet? . This is your life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]D/C#[/ch] [ch]D/B[/ch]  | [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D/C#[/ch] [ch]D/B[/ch] |\r\nIt ain't no se———cret  [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]D/C#[/ch] [ch]D/B[/ch]  | [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D/C#[/ch] [ch]D/B[/ch] |    [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]D/C#[/ch] [ch]D/B[/ch]\r\nIt ain't no se———cret                No secret my friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]D/C#[/ch] [ch]D/B[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch] <>            |[ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Asus4[/ch] |\r\nYou can get killed just fer liv- vin' in your American skin[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]| [ch]Asus4[/ch]   | [ch]A/F#[/ch]      [ch]Asus4/F#[/ch] | [ch]Asus4/F#[/ch] |   \r\n  . . . .   Forty one shots      . . . .[/tab]\r\n[tab]| [ch]A/E[/ch]       [ch]Asus4/E[/ch] | [ch]Asus4/E[/ch] | [ch]Dmaj7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch]       |\r\n  Forty one shots     . . . .   . . . .   . . . .[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Asus4[/ch]                    [ch]Asus4/F#[/ch]\r\nForty one shots, Lena gets her son ready for school[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Asus4/E[/ch]          \r\nShe says, \"On these streets, Charles,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou've got to understand the rules.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Asus4[/ch]                        [ch]Asus4/F#[/ch]\r\nIf an officer stops you, promise me you'll always be polite,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Asus4/E[/ch]\r\nAnd that you'll never ever run away[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPromise Mama you'll keep your hands in sight.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]D/C#[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]D/C#[/ch]\r\nIs it a gun? . Is it a knife? . Is it a wallet? . This is your life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]D/C#[/ch] [ch]D/B[/ch]  | [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D/C#[/ch] [ch]D/B[/ch] |\r\nIt ain't no se———cret  [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]D/C#[/ch] [ch]D/B[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]D/C#[/ch] [ch]D/B[/ch]\r\nIt ain't no se———cret, no secret my friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch] <>             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou can get killed just fer livin' in your American skin[/tab]\r\n\r\n| [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Asus4[/ch] | [ch]Asus4[/ch] | [ch]A/F#[/ch] [ch]Asus4/F#[/ch] | [ch]Asus4/F#[/ch] | \r\n| [ch]A/E[/ch] [ch]Asus4/E[/ch] | [ch]Asus4/E[/ch] | [ch]Dmaj7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] |\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]D/C#[/ch]\r\n. Is it a gun? . Is it a knife?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]D/C#[/ch]\r\n. Is it in your heart? . Is it in your eyes?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]D/C#[/ch] [ch]D/B[/ch]  | [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D/C#[/ch] [ch]D/B[/ch] |\r\nIt ain't no se———cret[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]D/C#[/ch] [ch]D/B[/ch]  | [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D/C#[/ch] [ch]D/B[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch] \r\nIt ain't no se———cret                It ain't no secret[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Asus4[/ch]            [ch]Asus4/F#[/ch]      \r\nForty one shots, and we'll take that ride  [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Asus4/E[/ch]                 [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cross this bloody river to the other side[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Asus4[/ch]               [ch]Asus4/F#[/ch]\r\nForty one shots, got my boots caked with this mud[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Asus4/E[/ch]                         [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe're baptized in these waters and in each other's blood[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]D/C#[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]D/C#[/ch]\r\nIs it a gun? . Is it a knife? . Is it a wallet? . This is your life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]D/C#[/ch] [ch]D/B[/ch]  | [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D/C#[/ch] [ch]D/B[/ch] |\r\nIt ain't no se———cret  [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]D/C#[/ch] [ch]D/B[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]D/C#[/ch] [ch]D/B[/ch]\r\nIt ain't no se———cret, no secret my friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch] <>             \r\nYou can get killed just for living in[/tab]\r\n        n/c\r\nYou can get killed just for living in\r\n[tab]        n/c                                        |[ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Asus4[/ch] | \r\nYou can get killed just for living in your American skin[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]| [ch]Asus4[/ch]   | [ch]A/F#[/ch]      [ch]Asus4/F#[/ch] | [ch]Asus4/F#[/ch] |   \r\n  . . . .   Forty one shots      . . . .[/tab]\r\n[tab]| [ch]A/E[/ch]       [ch]Asus4/E[/ch] | [ch]Asus4/E[/ch] | [ch]Dmaj7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] <>    |\r\n  Forty one shots     . . . .   Forty one shots[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCharted by Dexex\r\n\r\n(My chord charts are intended to show how, as a rhythm guitarist, I play\r\nsongs. I don't claim they are the \"right\" way. They are not tabs, which\r\nnotate precisely how a song was played on a recording.)","plain_text":"American Skin (41 shots) - Acoustic Version\nBruce Springsteen\n(As performed by Bruce Springsteen on Elvis Costello's Spectacular)\n\nNote: For this performance Springsteen played an eighth-note rhythm\nin the low end and emphasized the movement of the bass line. He muted\nthe high end, especially in the verses. He might have played the A/x to \nAsus4/x chord pattern in the verses, but I couldn't hear it. I charted\nit as if he didn't. But you can play the pattern if you want to.\n\n\n| A Asus4 | Asus4 | A/F# Asus4/F# | Asus4/F# | \n| A/E Asus4/E | Asus4/E | Dmaj7 D | D |\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| A Asus4 | Asus4 | A/F# Asus4/F# | Asus4/F# | \n| A/E Asus4/E | Asus4/E | Dmaj7 D | D |\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n        n/c\nYou can get killed just for living in\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCharted by Dexex\n\n(My chord charts are intended to show how, as a rhythm guitarist, I play\nsongs. I don't claim they are the \"right\" way. They are not tabs, which\nnotate precisely how a song was played on a recording.)","chords":["A","Asus4","A/F#","Asus4/F#","A/E","Asus4/E","Dmaj7","D","D/C#","D/B","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Asus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,3,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,2,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}