{"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":273367,"song":"Working On The Highway","artist":"Bruce Springsteen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/273367-working-on-the-highway-chords-by-bruce-springsteen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/273367?type=chord","rating":4.89165,"votes":51,"content":"Working on the Highway - Bruce Springsteen\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFriday night's pay night guys fresh out of work[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTalking about the weekend scrubbing off the dirt[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSome heading home to their families some looking to get hurt[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSome going down to Stovell wearing trouble on their shirts[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI work for the county out on 95[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAll day I hold a red flag and watch the traffic pass me by[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn my head I keep a picture of a pretty little miss[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSomeday mister I'm gonna lead a better life than this[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWorking on the highway laying down the blacktop[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWorking on the highway all day long I don't stop[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWorking on the highway blasting through the bedrock             (x2)[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nWorking on the highway, working on the highway[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI met her at a dance down at the union hall[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                                         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe was standing with her brothers back up against the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSometimes we'd go walking down the union tracks[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOne day I looked straight at her and she looked straight back[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWorking on the highway laying down the blacktop[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWorking on the highway all day long I don't stop[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWorking on the highway blasting through the bedrock             (x2)            [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nWorking on the highway, working on the highway[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSaved up my money and I put it all away[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI went to see her daddy but we didn't have much to say[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Son can't you see that she's just a little girl[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe don't know nothing about this cruel cruel world\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe lit out down to Florida we got along all right[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                                            [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOne day her brothers came and got her and they took me in a black and white[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe prosecutor kept the promise that he made on that day[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the judge got mad and he put me straight away[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI wake up every morning to the work bell clang[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                N.[ch]C[/ch].\r\nMe and the warden go swinging on the Charlotte County road gang[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWorking on the highway laying down the blacktop[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWorking on the highway all day long I don't stop[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWorking on the highway blasting through the bedrock             (x2)            [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nWorking on the highway, working on the highway[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWorking on the highway laying down the blacktop[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWorking on the highway all day long I don't stop[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWorking on the highway blasting through the bedrock[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWorking on the highway, working on the highway[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  \r\n                   Ooooh[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  \r\n                   Ooooh[/tab]\r\n  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  \r\n  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"Working on the Highway - Bruce Springsteen\n\n\n[Intro]\n\nC C C C\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\n  F C   F C   F C   G C  \n  F C   F C   F C   G C","chords":["C","F","G","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}