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Darlington County chords *
 G   C   G4x
 C   F   C2x
 G   C   G2x 
GDriving into CDarlington GCounty,
Me and Wayne on the CFourth of JuGly
Driving into CDarlington GCounty,
Looking for some work on the Ccounty Gline
 CWe drove down from FNew York CCity,
Where the girls are pretty but they just want to Fknow your Cname
 GDriving into CDarlington GCity,
Got a union connection with an Cuncle of GWayne's
We drove Deight hundred miles without seeing a cop,
We got rock and roll music Cblasting off the t-top
C G D C
GSha la la la la la Cla la Gla, GSha la la la Cla la Gla  2x
GHey little girl, Cstanding on the Gcorner,
Today's your lucky day for Csure, all Gright
Me and my buddy, we're from CNew York GCity,
We got two hundred dollars, we want to Crock all Gnight
 CGirl, you're looking at Ftwo big Cspenders,
Why, the world don't know what me and FWayne might Cdo
 GOur pa's each own one of the CWorld Trade GCenters,
For a kiss and a smile I'll give mine Call to Gyou,
Come on baby, take a Dseat on the fender, it's a long night
Tell me, what else were you going Cdo?
Just me and you, 
C G D C
we could 
GSha la la la la la Cla la Gla, GSha la la la Cla la Gla  2x
C F C  C F C  G C G
GLittle girl, Csitting in the Gwindow,
Ain't seen my buddy in Cseven Gdays
County man tells me the Csame Gthing,
He don't work, and he Cdon't get Gpaid
 CLittle girl, you're Fso young and Cpretty,
Walk with me and you can Fhave your Cway
 GThen we'll leave this CDarlington GCity,
For her ride down that CDixie HighGway
GDriving out of CDarlington GCounty,
I seen the glory of the Ccoming of the GLord.
Driving out of CDarlington CCounty,
Seen Wayne handcuffed to the bumper of a Gstate trooper's CFord.
GSha la la la la la Cla la Gla, GSha la la la Cla la Gla  4x
Capo III
 G= E  
 C= A  
 F= D  
 D= B  

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Darlington County

by Bruce Springsteen

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Darlington County chords *

G C G

C F C

G C G

Driving into Darlington County,

C G

Me and Wayne on the Fourth of July

C G

Driving into Darlington County,

C G

Looking for some work on the county line

C F C

We drove down from New York City,

F C

Where the girls are pretty but they just want to know your name

G C G

Driving into Darlington City,

C G

Got a union connection with an uncle of Wayne's

We drove eight hundred miles without seeing a cop,

We got rock and roll music blasting off the t-top

C G D C

G C G G C G

Sha la la la la la la la la, Sha la la la la la la 2x

G C G

Hey little girl, standing on the corner,

C G

Today's your lucky day for sure, all right

C G

Me and my buddy, we're from New York City,

C G

We got two hundred dollars, we want to rock all night

C F C

Girl, you're looking at two big spenders,

F C

Why, the world don't know what me and Wayne might do

G C G

Our pa's each own one of the World Trade Centers,

C G

For a kiss and a smile I'll give mine all to you,

Come on baby, take a seat on the fender, it's a long night

Tell me, what else were you going do?

Just me and you,

C G D C

we could

G C G G C G

Sha la la la la la la la la, Sha la la la la la la 2x

C F C C F C G C G

G C G

Little girl, sitting in the window,

C G

Ain't seen my buddy in seven days

C G

County man tells me the same thing,

C G

He don't work, and he don't get paid

C F C

Little girl, you're so young and pretty,

F C

Walk with me and you can have your way

G C G

Then we'll leave this Darlington City,

C G

For her ride down that Dixie Highway

G C G

Driving out of Darlington County,

C G

I seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.

C C

Driving out of Darlington County,

G C

Seen Wayne handcuffed to the bumper of a state trooper's Ford.

G C G G C G

Sha la la la la la la la la, Sha la la la la la la 4x

Capo III

G E

C A

F D

D B

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