{"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":1724083,"song":"Prodigal Son","artist":"Bruce Springsteen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1724083-prodigal-son-chords-by-bruce-springsteen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1724083?type=chord","rating":0.16373,"votes":0,"content":"[tab]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n                          Prodigal Son - Bruce Springsteen\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTabbed by: Nick V.\r\nE-mail: BlindTerry333@gmail.com[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnother lost classic from the '72 solo recordings.\r\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnWgW1-7ABQ\r\n\r\nTuning: EADGBe\r\n\r\nCirculating version is about a 1/4 step sharp.\r\n\r\n[tab]  Alt. C in instrumental sections\r\ne|-----3-------------------------|\r\nB|-----1-------------------------|\r\nG|-----0-------------------------|\r\nD|-----2-------------------------|\r\nA|-------------------------------|\r\nE|-------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn a place where outlaws are banned from the range[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOn a day that mountains have fallen to foes[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn a land where boys are forbidden to grow[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]C/B[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd metal is the only master[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere the highway ends and the desert breaks[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd buildings are bent from great earthquakes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStatesmen crawl on their bellies like snakes[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]C/B[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd feed off the public hunger[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn a land where skyscrapers scratch the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]C/B[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd delinquent daughters to their mothers still lie[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPapa stands on the corner he wants to beat the drum[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWelcome home my prodigal son[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen rivers run raging through city streets[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd great eagles have fallen from their lofty peaks[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd policemen moonlight as sideshow freaks[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C/B[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBefore the final crime is committed[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen presidents ride in Ford Mustangs[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the black man releases his Cadillac fangs[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd you're checked out in bed as the landlord bangs[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]C/B[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe young girl next door for the rent[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere telegraph wires are attached to your mind[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDelinquent daughters to their mothers still lie[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPapa stands on the corner waiting to beat the drum[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWelcome home my prodigal son[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen the telephone rings and falls off the hook[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd your legs have been stolen by some defense department crook[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd you're starting to think about writing a book[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]C/B[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut now you won't pledge allegiance to anything[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the maid comes in with coffee and cake[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn a low-cut dress she wore just for your sake[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou explain you're not dead, and she takes it as a compliment[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]C/B[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSticks out her tongue and asks for requests[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn a land where skyscrapers scratch the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]C/B[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd delinquent daughters to their mothers still lie[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPapa stands on the corner waiting to beat the drum[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWelcome home my prodigal son[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the mercury men with hydraulic joints[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey bribe with a smile and hold you up in the alley at pen point[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey ask you to bend over that they may anoint[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/B[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou with the holy water of your profession[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen the line between love and hate gets so thin[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd your body takes over when your mind gives in[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd your lady lover demands that you pin her to the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]C/B[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut it's too late, your reflexes are shot[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the man on the corner with the nervous twitch[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhispers, \"Hey, how'd you like to buy a nice bitch?[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe's a thirty-eight and I got her loaded in all six\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C/B[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe keeps talking and you just keep walking[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd you reach for the sky and get stuck on a steeple[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou reach out for love but you get lost in the people[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou run through the canyon screaming like an eagle[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd you fall face first in the mud[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn a land where skyscrapers scratch the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd delinquent daughters have their own children who lie[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]C/B[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPapa stands on the corner watching the parade he wants to beat the drum[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/B[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]  | [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWelcome home, welcome home my prodigal son[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWelcome home,  my prodigal son[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nQuestions, comments, insults...BlindTerry333","plain_text":"Another lost classic from the '72 solo recordings.\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnWgW1-7ABQ\n\nTuning: EADGBe\n\nCirculating version is about a 1/4 step sharp.\n\n\n\n[Intro]\n| G | C\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuestions, comments, insults...BlindTerry333","chords":["E","C","B","G","D","A","Bm","Am","C/B"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}