Outlaw Pete

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Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Song: Outlaw Pete
Album: Working on a Dream
Transcribed by Hugo Kleinhans (hugotahell)
Am D
He was born a little baby on the Appalachian Trail
E Am
At six months old he'd done three months in jail
Am D
He robbed a bank in his diapers and his little bare baby feet
E Am
All he said was "Folks, my name is Outlaw Pete."
Chorus
C
I'm Outlaw Pete!
G
I'm Outlaw Pete!
Am
Can you hear me?
D
Doo, doo, doo, doo doo
Am D
At twenty-five a mustang pony he did steal
E Am
And they rode around and 'round on heaven's wheel
Am D
Father Jesus, I'm an outlaw killer and a thief
E Am
And I slowed down only to sow my grief
C
I'm Outlaw Pete!
G
I'm Outlaw Pete!
Am
Can you hear me?
D
Doo, doo, doo, doo doo
F C
They cut his trail of tears across the countryside
G D E
And where he went, women wept and men died
Am D
One night he awoke from a vision of his own death
E Am
Saddled his pony and rode her deep into the West
Am D
Married a Navajo girl and settled down on the res
E Am
And as the smoke fell he held that beautiful daughter to his chest
C
I'm Outlaw Pete!
G
I'm Outlaw Pete!
Am
Can you hear me?
D
Can you hear me?
C
Can you hear me?
C F Am F
Instrumental Break: - - - x2
F C
Out of the East on an Irish stallion came Bounty Hunter Dan
G Am
His heart quickened and burdened by the need to get his man
F C
He found Pete peacefully fishing by the river, pulled his gun and got the drop
G D F E
He said, "Pete, you think you've changed, but you have not."
Am D
He cocked his pistol, pulled the trigger and shouted, "Let it stop!"
E Am
He drew a knife from his boot, threw it and pierced Dan through the heart
Am D
Dan smiled as he laid in his own blood dying in the sun
E Am
And whispered in Pete's ear, "We cannot undue these things we've done."
C
You're Outlaw Pete!
G
You're Outlaw Pete!
Am
Can you hear me?
D
Can you hear me?
E
Can you hear me?
Am D
For forty days and nights Pete rode and did not stop
E Am
Till he sat high upon an icy mountain top
Am D
He watched the hawk on a desert updraft slip and slide
E Am
Moved to the edge and dug his spurs deep into his pony's side
Instrumental Break:
C Am C Am
- - -
G Am G F E Am
- - - - -
Am D
Some say Pete and his pony vanished over the edge
E Am
Some say they remain frozen high upon that icy ledge
Am Dm <------ Only Dm in the song. All other
The young Navajo girl washes in the river, skin so fair D's are major
E Am
And braids a piece of Pete's buckskin chaps into her hair
C
Outlaw Pete!
G
Outlaw Pete!
Am
Can you hear me?
D
Can you hear me?
E
Can you hear me?
Am
Can you hear me?
D
Can you hear me?
C
Can you hear me?
F
Can you hear me?
Am
Can you hear me?
F
Can you hear me?
C
Can you hear me?
F
Can you hear me?
Am
Can you hear me?
F
Can you hear me?
C - F - Am - F (repeat couple of times and end on C)

Outlaw Pete chords and lyrics

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Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Song: Outlaw Pete
Album: Working on a Dream
Transcribed by Hugo Kleinhans (hugotahell)
Chorus
Instrumental Break:  C - F - Am - F x2
Instrumental Break: 
C - Am - C - Am 
G - Am - G - F - E - Am
           Am                                      Dm  <------ Only Dm in the song. All other
The young Navajo girl washes in the river, skin so fair           D's are major
C - F - Am - F  (repeat couple of times and end on C)

Outlaw Pete Chords by Bruce Springsteen

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