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Darkness On The Edge Of Town

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 G   C2x
Well they're Gstill racing out at the Ctrestles
But that Gblood it never burned in their Cveins
Now I Ghear she's got a house up in CFairview
And a Gstyle she's trying to mainCtain
GWell if she Cwants to Gsee meEm  
You can Gtell her that CI'm easily GfoundEm  
GTell her there's a Cspot out beneath GAbram's EmBridge
And tell her Dthere's a darkness on the Dm7edge of Ctown
DThere's a darkness on the CedgGe of Ctown
Now Geverybody's got a Csecret Sonny
Just Gsomething that they just can't Cface
Some folks they Gspend their whole lives trying to Ckeep it
They carry it Gwith them every step that they Ctake
Till Gsomeday Cthey just cut it GlooseEm  
Cut it Gloose or let it Cdrag 'em GdownEm  
Where no one Gasks any Cquestions or looks too Glong in your Emface
DIn the darkness on the Dm7edge of Ctown
DIn the darkness on the CedgGe of Ctown
G   C   G   Em   G   C   G   Am
G   C   G   Em   D   Dm7 C   D   C  G  C
Now Gsome folks are born into a Cgood life
Other folks Gget it anyway anyChow
Well me, I Glost my money and I Clost my wife
Them things don't Gseem to matter much to me Cnow
Tonight I'll Gbe on that Chill 'cause GI can't Emstop
I'll Gbe on that Chill with Geverything I Emgot
GLives on the Cline where dreams are Gfound and Emlost
I'll Gbe there on Ctime and I'll Gpay the Emcost
For Gwanting Cthings that can Gonly be Cfound
DIn the darkness on the Dm7edge of Ctown
DIn the darkness on the CedgGe of Ctown
G   C   G   Em   G   C   G   Am
G   C   G   Em   D   Dm7 C   D   C  G  C
G  C   G  C   G  C
Capo III
   G= E  
   C= A  
  Em= C#m  
  Am= F#m  
   D= B  
 Dm7= Bm7  

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Darkness On The Edge Of Town

by Bruce Springsteen

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dm7

C#m

F#m

Bm7

Darkness At The End of Town chords

G C

Well they're still racing out at the trestles

G C

But that blood it never burned in their veins

G C

Now I hear she's got a house up in Fairview

G C

And a style she's trying to maintain

G C G Em

Well if she wants to see me

G C G Em

You can tell her that I'm easily found

G C G Em

Tell her there's a spot out beneath Abram's Bridge

D Dm7 C

And tell her there's a darkness on the edge of town

D C G C

There's a darkness on the edge of town

G C

Now everybody's got a secret Sonny

G C

Just something that they just can't face

G C

Some folks they spend their whole lives trying to keep it

G C

They carry it with them every step that they take

G C G Em

Till someday they just cut it loose

G C G Em

Cut it loose or let it drag 'em down

G C G Em

Where no one asks any questions or looks too long in your face

D Dm7 C

In the darkness on the edge of town

D C G C

In the darkness on the edge of town

G C G Em G C G Am

G C G Em D Dm7 C D C G C

G C

Now some folks are born into a good life

G C

Other folks get it anyway anyhow

G C

Well me, I lost my money and I lost my wife

G C

Them things don't seem to matter much to me now

G C G Em

Tonight I'll be on that hill 'cause I can't stop

G C G Em

I'll be on that hill with everything I got

G C G Em

Lives on the line where dreams are found and lost

G C G Em

I'll be there on time and I'll pay the cost

G C G C

For wanting things that can only be found

D Dm7 C

In the darkness on the edge of town

D C G C

In the darkness on the edge of town

G C G Em G C G Am

G C G Em D Dm7 C D C G C

G C G C G C

Capo III

G E

C A

Em C#m

Am F#m

D B

Dm7 Bm7

About Darkness On The Edge Of Town Chords by Bruce Springsteen

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The chords for "Darkness On The Edge Of Town" show the original chord names (including G, C, Em, D, Dm7, Am). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.