{"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":1677771,"song":"Blinded By The Light","artist":"Bruce Springsteen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1677771-blinded-by-the-light-chords-by-bruce-springsteen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1677771?type=chord","rating":4.85345,"votes":239,"content":"The style of the song and the way it was originally recorded, makes the timings very open to variation. \r\nIf you're familiar enough with the song, you'll figure it out. I've had to break a couple of lines in \r\nverses 5 and 6 because they extended outside the red margin when submitting\r\n\r\nThe end is also odd due to the backing and main lyric overlapping. The timings are pretty easy though.\r\n\r\nCapo on II\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]A7[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMadman drummers bummers and Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into his hat[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]A7[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith a boulder on my shoulder, feelin' kinda older I tripped the merry-go-round[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]A7[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith this very unpleasing, sneezing and wheezing, the calliope crashed to the ground[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]A7[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSome all-hot half-shot was headin' for a hot spot snappin' his fingers clappin' his hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd some fleshpot mascot was tied into a lover's knot with a whatnot in her hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]A7[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd now young Scott with a slingshot finally found a tender spot and throws his lover in the sand[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]A7[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd some bloodshot forget-me-not whispers, \"Daddy's within earshot, save the buckshot, turn up the band\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd she was blinded by the light[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, cut loose like a deuce another runner in the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch] \r\nBlinded by the light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe got down but she never got tight, but she'll make it alright[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSome brimstone baritone anti-cyclone rolling stone preacher from the east[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]                                                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe says, \"Dethrone the dictaphone, hit it in its funny bone, that's where they expect it least\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]                                                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd some new-mown chaperone was standin' in the corner all alone watchin' the young girls dance[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]                                                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd some fresh-sown moonstone was messin' with his frozen zone to remind him of the feeling of romance[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd she was blinded by the light[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, cut loose like a deuce another runner in the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch] \r\nBlinded by the light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHe got down but he never got tight, but he's gonna make it tonight[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                                         [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSome silicone sister with her manager's mister told me I got what it takes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]                                                          [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe said, \"I'll turn you on sonny, to something strong if you'll play that song with the funky break\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                                    [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd Go-cart Mozart was checkin' out the weather chart to see if it was safe to go outside[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                                  [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd little Early-Pearly came by in her curly-wurly and asked me if I needed a ride[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]                                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, some hazard from Harvard was skunked on beer playin' backyard bombardier[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]                                        \r\nYes and Scotland Yard was trying hard, they sent a dude with a calling card who said, [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"Do what you like, but don't do it here\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]                                                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, I jumped up, turned around, spit in the air, fell on the ground, asked him which was the way back home[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]                                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"Take a right at the light, keep goin' straight until night, and then, boys, you're on your own\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd now in Zanzibar a shootin' star was ridin' in a side car hummin' a lunar tune[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYes, and the avatar said, \"Blow the bar but first remove the cookie jar [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwe're gonna teach those boys to laugh too soon\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]                                                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd some kidnapped handicap was complainin' that he caught the clap from some mousetrap he bought last night[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]                                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell I unsnapped his skull cap, between his ears I saw a gap and figured he'd be all right[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was just blinded by the light[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                  \r\nCut loose like a deuce another runner in the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBlinded by the light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                      [ch]G[/ch]          \r\nMama always told me not to look into the sights of the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhoa , but mama that's where the fun is Ooh, yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\n(I was blinded) Oh my my, oh my my[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n(I was blinded) Oh my my[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]   \r\n(I was blinded) I was blinded by the light[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n(I was blinded) I was blinded by the light[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n(I was blinded) I was blinded by the light[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n(I was blinded) I was blinded by the light[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n(I was blinded) I was blinded[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n(I was blinded)[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n(I was blinded)[/tab]","plain_text":"The style of the song and the way it was originally recorded, makes the timings very open to variation. \nIf you're familiar enough with the song, you'll figure it out. I've had to break a couple of lines in \nverses 5 and 6 because they extended outside the red margin when submitting\n\nThe end is also odd due to the backing and main lyric overlapping. The timings are pretty easy though.\n\nCapo on II\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nG Bm\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D","G","A7","A","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]}}}