{"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":203732,"song":"Matamoros Banks","artist":"Bruce Springsteen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/203732-matamoros-banks-chords-by-bruce-springsteen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/203732?type=chord","rating":4.58949,"votes":36,"content":"Intro: [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor two days the river keeps you down[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen you rise to the light without a sound         [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPast the playgrounds and empty switching yards[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe turtles eat the skin from your eyes, so they lay open to the stars[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                  \r\nYour clothes give way to the current and river stone[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Till every trace of who you ever were is gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the things of the earth they make their claim[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat the things of heaven may do the same[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nGoodbye, my darling, for your love I give God thanks,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMeet me on the Matamoros[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMeet me on the Matamoros[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMeet me on the Matamoros banks[/tab]\r\n  \r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOver rivers of stone and ancient ocean beds[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI walk on twine and tire tread[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]     \r\nMy pockets full of dust, my mouth filled with cool stone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe pale moon opens the earth to its bones[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI long, my darling, for your kiss, for your sweet love I give God thanks[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe touch of your loving fingertips[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMeet me on the Matamoros[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMeet me on the Matamoros[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMeet me on the Matamoros banks    [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYour sweet memory comes on the evenin' wind[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI sleep and dream of holding you in my arms again[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe lights of Brownsville, across the river shine[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA shout rings out and into the silty red river I dive[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI long, my darling, for your kiss, for your sweet love I give God thanks[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA touch of your loving fingertips[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMeet me on the Matamoros[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nMeet me on the Matamoros[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMeet me on the Matamoros banks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMeet me on the Matamoros[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMeet me on the Matamoros[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMeet me on the Matamoros banks[/tab]","plain_text":"Intro: D A D","chords":["D","A","G"],"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]}}}