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Nebraska

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This is a cover dustin plays live that i heard.
Its called Nebraska and is originally played by Bruce Springsteen. Its an easy song just 
three chords but i love the way that it sounds.
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                               "Nebraska"
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Tuning: Standard
Intro:  E   A   E  A  
EI saw her standin on her fAront lawn stood twEirlin her batoAn
Me and Dher went for a rAide sir and Eten innocent people diAed
        E                  A                E
FArom the town of lincoln nebraska with a sawed-off .410 on my lap
       D                    A                     E
TAhrouEgh Ato the badlands of wyoming I killed everything in my path
I Ecant say that Im soArry for the thEings that Ive Adone
At leaDst for a little wAhile dear we hEad ourselves some Afun
  E                            A               E
The jury Abrought in a guilty verdict and the judge he sentenced me to death
   D                     A             E
AMidnight in a prison storeroom with leather straps across my chest
   E                              A                E
SheriAff when the man pulls that switch sir and snaps my poor neck back
You Dmake sure my pretty bAaby is sittin rEight there on my lAap
   EThey declared me unfit to lAive said into that grEeat void my sould
Be hAurled
         D~                A~
They wanted to know why I did what I did
                                            E~
Well sir I guess theres just a meanness in this world
~ Let Ring

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Nebraska

by Dustin Kensrue

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This is a cover dustin plays live that i heard.

Its called Nebraska and is originally played by Bruce Springsteen. Its an easy song just

three chords but i love the way that it sounds.

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"Nebraska"

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Tuning: Standard

E A E A

Intro:

E A E A

I saw her standin on her front lawn stood twirlin her baton

D A E A

Me and her went for a ride sir and ten innocent people died

E A E

From the town of lincoln nebraska with a sawed-off .410 on my lap

D A E

A E A

Through to the badlands of wyoming I killed everything in my path

E A E A

I cant say that Im sorry for the things that Ive done

D A E A

At least for a little while dear we had ourselves some fun

E A E

The jury brought in a guilty verdict and the judge he sentenced me to death

D A E

Midnight in a prison storeroom with leather straps across my chest

E A E

Sheriff when the man pulls that switch sir and snaps my poor neck back

D A E A

You make sure my pretty baby is sittin right there on my lap

E A E

They declared me unfit to live said into that great void my sould

Be hurled

D A

~ ~

They wanted to know why I did what I did

Well sir I guess theres just a meanness in this world

~ Let Ring

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