{"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":2845841,"song":"Straight Time","artist":"Bruce Springsteen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2845841-straight-time-chords-by-bruce-springsteen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2845841?type=chord","rating":4.5562,"votes":12,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nGot out of prison back in '86 and I found me a wife[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI walked the clean and narrow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust tryin' to stay out and stay alive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]Dsus2[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nGot a job at the rendering factory, it ain't gonna make me rich[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIn the darkness before dinner comes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSometimes I can feel the itch[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI got a cold mind to go tripping across that thin line[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm sick of doin straight time[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]Dsus2[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nMy uncles at the evenin' table makes his living runnin' hot cars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSlips me a hundred dollar bill, says[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Charlie, you best remember who your friends are.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI got a cold mind to go tripping across that thin line[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI ain't makin' straight time[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEight years in, it feels like you're gonna die[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut you get used to anything[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSooner or later it becomes your life[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nKitchen floor in the evening, tossin' my little babies high[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nMary's smilin', but she watches me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOut of the corner of her eye[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nSeems you can't get any more than half free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI step out onto the front porch[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd suck the cold air deep inside of me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGot a cold mind to go tripping cross that thin line[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm sick of doin' straight time[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the basement, huntin' gun and a hacksaw[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSip a beer, and thirteen inches[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf barrel drop to the floor[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nCome home in the evening, can't get the smell from my hands[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nLay my head down on the pillow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd, go driftin' off into foreign lands[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD  Dsus2 D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nD  Dsus2 D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D","chords":["D","Dsus2","Bm","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]},"Dsus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,0],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}