{"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":827801,"song":"Balboa Park","artist":"Bruce Springsteen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/827801-balboa-park-chords-by-bruce-springsteen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/827801?type=chord","rating":4.8262,"votes":5,"content":"Balboa Park - Bruce Springsteen  \r\n\r\n[tab](Capo 3rd fred)\r\n [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nd--------0-------0-|-------0-----0---|---------0---|--------------|\r\nb------------------|---------------0-|-------0-----|------1-------|\r\ng------0-------0---|-----0-----------|-----2-----2-|----0-------0-|\r\nD----2-------0-----|---2-------0-----|---0---------|--2-------0---|\r\nA------------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------|\r\nE--3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-2-----------|-0------0-----|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe lay his blanket underneath the freeway [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nas the evening sky grew dark [/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\ntook a sniff of toncho from his coke can[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand headed through Balboa Park [/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhere the men in Mercedes [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\ncome nightly to employ [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nin the cool San Diego evening [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nthe services of the border boys [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe grew up near the zona norte [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwith the hustlers and smugglers he hung out with [/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nhe swallowed their balloons of cocaine [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nbrought 'em cross the 12th street strip [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nsleeping in a shelter [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nif the night got too cold [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nrunnin' from the migra [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nof the border patrol [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPast the Salvage yard 'cross the train tracks [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand in through the storm drain [/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthey stretched their blankets out neath the freeway [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand each one took a name [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthere was x-man and cochese [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nlittle spider his sneakers covered in river mud [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthey come north to California [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] \r\nend up with the poison in their blood [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em7[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe did what he had to do for money [/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nsometimes he sent home what he could spare [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em7[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthe rest went to hi-top sneakers and toncho [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand jeans like the gavatchos wear [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\none night the border patrol swept 12th street [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\na big car come fast down the boulevard [/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nspider stood caught in it's headlights [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\ngot hit and went down hard [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nas the car sped away spider held his stomach [/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nlimped to his blanket 'neath the underpass [/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nlie there tasting his own blood on his tongue [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nclosed his eyes and listened to the cars [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]  | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]\r\nrushin by so fast [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n-0--0--0--0--\r\n-1--0--3--0--\r\n-0--0--2--0--\r\n-2--0--0--0--\r\n-3--2-----2--\r\n----3-----0--[/tab]","plain_text":"Balboa Park - Bruce Springsteen","chords":["C","G","D","A","E","Em7"],"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]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}