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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":747310,"song":"The Hitter","artist":"Bruce Springsteen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/747310-the-hitter-chords-by-bruce-springsteen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/747310?type=chord","rating":4.87461,"votes":18,"content":"3/4  | G / / | G / / | G / /| G / / |\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCome to the door, Ma, and unlock the chain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was just passin' through and got caught in the rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's nothin' I want, nothin' that you need say[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust let me lie down for a while and I'll be on my way[/tab]\r\n\r\n          \r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI was no more than a kid when you put me on the Southern Queen[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith the police on my back I fled to New Orleans[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI fought in the dockyards and with the money I made[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI knew the fight was my home and blood was my trade[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBaton Rouge, Poncitoula, and Lafayette town[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell they paid me their money, Ma, I knocked the men down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI did what I did well it come easily[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch] |\r\nRestraint and mercy, Ma, were always strangers to me[/tab]\r\n\r\nHARP SOLO\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] |[ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Em[/ch] | [ch]Em[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI fought champion Jack Thompson in a field full of mud[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRain poured through the tent to the canvas and mixed with our blood[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the twelfth I slipped my tongue over my broken jaw[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI stood over him and pounded his bloody body into the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell the bell rang and rang and still I kept on[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Till I felt my glove leather slip 'tween his skin and bone[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen the women and the money came fast and the days I lost track[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe women red, the money green, but the numbers were black[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI fought for the men in their silk suits to lay down their bets[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI took my good share, Ma, I have no regrets[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen I took the fix at the state armory with big John McDowell[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFrom high in the rafters I watched myself fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                            [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAs he raised his arm my stomach twisted and the sky it went black[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI stuffed my bag with their good money and I never looked back[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nUnderstand, in the end, Ma, every man plays the game[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you know me one different then speak out his name[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMa if my voice now you don't recognize[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen just open the door and look into your dark eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI ask of you nothin', not a kiss not a smile, [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust open the door and let me lie down for a while[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow the gray rain's fallin' and my ring fightin's done[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo in the work fields and alleys I take all who'll come[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you're a better man than me then just step to the line[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShow me your money and speak out your crime[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow there's nothin' I want, Ma, nothin' that you need say[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust let me lie down for a while and I'll be on my way[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTonight in the shipyard a man draws a circle in the dirt[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI move to the center and I take off my shirt[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI study him for the cuts, the scars, the pain, Man, nor time can erase[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI move hard to the left and I strike to the face[/tab]","plain_text":"3/4  | G / / | G / / | G / /| G / / |\n\n\n\n\n\n\n          \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHARP SOLO\n| G | G | G | C |C | Em | Em | G | C | C | C | G | G | G | G","chords":["G","C","D","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}