{"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":823681,"song":"The Line","artist":"Bruce Springsteen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/823681-the-line-chords-by-bruce-springsteen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/823681?type=chord","rating":4.74314,"votes":15,"content":"This is from the Ghost of Tom Joad album. Hope it's more or less correct.\r\n\r\nThe Line - Bruce Springsteen  \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI got my discharge from Fort Irwin [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\ntook a place on the San Diego county line [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nfelt funny bein' a civilian again [/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nit'd been some time [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nmy wife had died a year ago [/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was still tryin' to find my way back whole [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI went to work for the INS on the line [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwith the California Border Patrol [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBobby Ramirez was a ten year veteran [/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand we became friends [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nhis family was from Guanajuato [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nso the job it was different for him [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nhe said' \"They risk death in the deserts and mountains\" [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\npay all they got to the smugglers rings, [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwe send 'em home and they come right back again [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCarl, hunger is a powerful thing.\" [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch] \r\nWell I was good at doin' what I was told [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nkept my uniform pressed and clean [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nat night I chased their shadows [/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthrough the arroyos and ravines [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\ndrug runners, farmers with their families, [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nyoung women with little children by their sides [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\ncome night we'd wait out in the canyons [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand try to keep 'em from crossin' the line [/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\nWell the first time that I saw her \r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nshe was in the holdin' pen [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOur eyes met and she looked away [/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthen she looked back again [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nher hair was black as coal [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nher eyes reminded me of what I'd lost [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nshe had a young child cryin' in her arms [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand I asked, \"Senora, is there anything I can do\" [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nThere's a bar in Tijuana [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nwhere me and Bobby drink alongside [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthe same people we'd sent back the day before [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am7[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwe met there she said her name was Louisa [/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nshe was from Sonora and had just come north [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am7[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwe danced and I held her in my arms [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand I knew what I would do [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nshe said she had some family in Madera county [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nif she, her child and her younger brother could just get through [/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\nAt night they come across the levy \r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nin the searchlights dusty glow [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwe'd rush 'em in our Broncos [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand force 'em back down into the river below [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nshe climbed into my truck [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nshe leaned towards me and we kissed [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nas we drove her brothers shirt slipped open [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand I saw the tape across his chest [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am7[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe were just about on the highway [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwhen Bobby's jeep come up in the dust on my right [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am7[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI pulled over and let my engine run [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand stepped out into his lights [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nI felt myself movin' [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nfelt my gun restin' 'neath my hand [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwe stood there starin' at each other [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nas off through the arroyo she ran [/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\nBobby Ramirez he never said nothin' \r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n6 months later I left the line [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI drifted to the central valley [/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand took what work I could find [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nat night I searched the local bars [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nand the migrant towns [/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLookin' for my Louisa [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwith the black hair fallin' down [/tab]","plain_text":"This is from the Ghost of Tom Joad album. Hope it's more or less correct.\n\nThe Line - Bruce Springsteen  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nWell the first time that I saw her \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nAt night they come across the levy \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nBobby Ramirez he never said nothin'","chords":["C","F","G","Am7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"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]}}}