BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - WESTERN STARS (2019)
1. Hitch Hikin'
2. The Wayfarer
3. Tucson Train
4. Western Stars
5. Sleepy Joe's Café.
6. Drive Fast (The Stuntman)
7. Chasin' Wild Horses
8. Sundown
9. Somewhere North Of Nashville
10. Stones
11. There Goes My Miracle
12. Hello Sunshine
13. Moonlight Motel
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1. Hitch Hikin'
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[Verse 1]
G/D Em7 G/D Em7
Thumb stuck out as I go
G/D Em7 G/D Em7
I'm just travelin' up the road
D Dsus4 Cadd9/E
Maps don't do much for me, friend
Dsus4 Cadd9/E
I follow the weather and the wind
[Verse 2]
G/D Em7 G/D Em7
I'm hitch hikin' all day long
G/D Em7 G/D Em7
Got what I can carry and my song
Dsus4 Cadd9/E
I'm a rolling stone just rolling on
Dsus4 Cadd9/E
Catch me now 'cause tomorrow, I'll be gone
[Verse 3]
G/D Em7 G/D Em7
Family man gives me a ride
G/D Em7 G/D Em7
Got his pregnant Sally at his side
Dsus4 Cadd9/E
Yes indeed, sir, children are a gift
Dsus4 Cadd9/E
Thank you kindly for the lift
G/D Em7 G/D Em7 G/D Em7
I'm hitch hikin' all day long
[Verse 4]
G/D Em7 G/D Em7
Trucker gears his engine down
G/D Em7 G/D Em7
Says, "Climb on up, son, I'm highway-bound"
Dsus4 Cadd9/E
Dashboard picture of a pretty girl
Dsus4 Cadd9/E
I'm ridin' high on top of the world
G/D Em7 G/D Em7 G/D Em7
I'm hitch hikin' all day long
[Verse 5]
G/D Em7 G/D Em7
Gearhead in a souped-up '72
G/D Em7 G/D Em7
Wants to show a kid just what this thing'll do
Dsus4 Cadd9/E
Telephone poles and trees go whizzin' by
Dsus4 Cadd9/E
Thank you, pal, she sure can fly
G/D Em7 G/D Em7
I'm hitch hikin' all day long
G/D Em7 G/D Em7
I'm hitch hikin' all day long
G/D Em7 G/D Em7
I'm hitch hikin' all day long
[Outro]
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2. The Wayfarer
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[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Fmaj7
It's the same sad story, love and glory goin' 'round and 'round
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7
It's the same old cliché, a wanderer on his way, slippin' from town to town
Fmaj7
Some find peace here on the sweet streets, the sweet streets of home
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7
Where kindness falls and your heart calls for a permanent place of your own
[Chorus]
Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7
I'm a wayfarer, baby, I drift from town to town
Bbmaj7
When everyone's asleep and the midnight bells sound
Fmaj7
My wheels are hissin' up the highway, spinning 'round and 'round
[Verse 2]
Fmaj7
You start out slow in a sweet little bungalow, something two can call home
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7
Then rain comes fallin', the blues come calling, and you're left with a heart of stone
Fmaj7
Some folks are inspired sitting by the fire, slippers tucked under the bed
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7
But when I go to sleep I can't count sheep for the white lines in my head
[Chorus]
Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7
I'm a wayfarer, baby, I drift from town to town
Bbmaj7
When everyone's asleep and the midnight bells sound
Fmaj7
My wheels are hissin' up the highway, spinning 'round and 'round
[Bridge]
Ebmaj7 Dm Db C
Where are you now, where are you now?, where are you now?
[Instrumental]
[Chorus]
Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7
I'm a wayfarer, baby, I drift from town to town
Bbmaj7
When everyone's asleep and the midnight bells sound
Fmaj7
My wheels are hissin' up the highway, spinning 'round and 'round
[Outro]
Bbsus2
I'm a wayfarer, baby
Fmaj7
I'm a wayfarer, baby
Bbsus2
I'm a wayfarer, baby (Wayfarer, baby)
Fmaj7
I'm a wayfarer, baby (Wayfarer, baby)
Bbsus2
I'm a wayfarer, baby (Wayfarer, baby)
Fmaj7
I'm a wayfarer, baby (Wayfarer, baby)
Bbsus2
I'm a wayfarer, baby (Wayfarer, baby)
Fmaj7 Bbmaj7
I'm a wayfarer, baby (Wayfarer, baby)
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3. Tucson Train
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[Intro]
[Verse 1]
G
I got so down and out in 'Frisco
C
Tired of the pills and the rain
G
I picked up, headed for the sunshine
C G
I left a good thing behind
C G
Seemed all of our love was in vain
G D G G C
My baby's coming in on the Tucson train
[Verse 2]
G
I come here looking for a new life
C
One I wouldn't have to explain
G
To that voice that keeps me awake at night
C G
When a little peace would make everything right
C G
If I could just turn off my brain
G D G G Em
Now my baby's coming in on the Tucson train
[Bridge]
C G
We fought hard over nothing
C G
We fought till nothing remained
C G
I've carried that nothing for a long time
G
Now I carry my operator's license
D
And spend my days just running this crane
G
My baby's coming in on the Tucson train
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
G
Hard work'll clear your mind and body
C
The hard sun will burn out the pain
G
If they're looking for me, tell 'em buddy
C G
I'm waiting down at the station
C G
Just praying to the five-fifteen
C G
I'll wait all God's creation
G D
Just to show her a man can change
G
Now my baby's coming in on the Tucson train
C G
Waiting on the five-fifteen
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4. Western Stars
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[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Em F G Gsus4
I wake up in the morning, just glad my boots are on
Em F G
Instead of empty in the whispering grasses down the Five at Forest Lawn
Em F G Gsus4
On the set, the makeup girl brings me two raw eggs and a shot of gin
Em F G Gsus4
Then I give it all up for that little blue pill that promises to bring it all back to you again
[Chorus]
C F G Gsus4
Ride me down easy, ride me down easy, friend
Em F G
Tonight the western stars are shining bright again
[Verse 2]
Em F G Gsus4
Here in the canyons above Sunset, the desert don't give up the fight
Em F G
A coyote with someone's Chihuahua in its teeth skitters 'cross my veranda in the night
Em F G Gsus4
Some lost sheep from Oklahoma sips her Mojito down at the Whiskey Bar
Em F G
Smiles and says she thinks she remembers me from that commercial with the credit card
[Chorus]
C F G
Hell, these days there ain't no more, now there's just again
Em F G
Tonight the western stars are shining bright again
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
Em F G Gsus4
Some days I take my El Camino, throw my saddle in and go
Em F G
East to the desert where the charros, they still ride and rope
C F G
Our American brothers cross the wire and bring the old ways with them
Em F G
Tonight the western stars are shining bright again
[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
Em F G
Once I was shot by John Wayne, yeah, it was towards the end
Em F G Gsus4
That one scene's bought me a thousand drinks, set me up and tell it for you, friend
C F G
Here's to the cowboys, riders in the whirlwind
Em F G
Tonight the western stars are shining bright again
Em F G
And the western stars are shining bright again
[Chorus]
C F G
Tonight the riders on Sunset are smothered in the Santa Ana winds
Em F G
And the western stars are shining bright again
C F G
C'mon and ride me down easy, ride me down easy, friend
Em F G
'Cause tonight the western stars are shining bright again
[Outro]
Em F G Gsus4 G
I woke up this morning just glad my boots were on
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5. Sleepy Joe's Café
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[Intro]
[Verse 1]
F C
There's a place out on the highway 'cross the San Bernardino line
F C
Where the truckers and the bikers gather every night at the same time
Bb C
At seven the band comes in and locals dance the night away
Bb C F
At Sleepy Joe's Café
[Verse 2]
F C
I drive on down from the big town Friday when the clock strikes five
F C
As the red sun sets in the ocean, I start to come alive
Bb C
Summer girls in the parking lot slap on their makeup and they flirt the night away
Bb C F
At Sleepy Joe's Café
[Verse 3]
G C
Joe came home in '45 and took out a G.I. loan
D G
On a sleepy little spot and Army cook could call his own
G C
He married May, the highway come in and they woke up to find
D G A
They were sitting on top of a pretty little gold mine
[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
F C
Saturday night the lights are bright as the folks pour in from town
F C
Joe keeps the blues playin', at the bar May lays the beers down
Bb C
I come through the door and feel the workweek slip away
Bb C
See you out on the floor and Monday morning's a million miles away
Bb C F
At Sleepy Joe's Café
[Outro]
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6. Drive Fast (The Stuntman)
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[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Dmaj7 Asus2
I got two pins in my ankle and a busted collarbone
Dmaj7 Asus2
A steel rod in my leg, but it walks me home
Dmaj7 Asus2
At nine, I climbed high into the boughs of our neighborhood's tallest tree
C D
I don't remember the fear, just the breeze
[Chorus]
E A
Drive fast, fall hard, I'll keep you in my heart
D A
Don't worry about tomorrow, don't mind the scars
E A
Just drive fast, fall hard
[Verse 2]
Dmaj7 Asus2
At nineteen, I was the king of the dirt down at the Remington draw
Dmaj7 Asus2
I liked the pedal and I didn't mind the wall
Dmaj7 Asus2
'Midst the roar of the metal I never heard a sound
C D
I was looking for anything, any kind of drug to lift me up off this ground
[Chorus]
E A
Drive fast, fall hard, I'll keep you in my heart
D A
Don't worry about tomorrow, don't mind the scars
E
Just drive fast, fall hard
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
Dmaj7 Asus2
We met on the set of this B picture that she made
Dmaj7 Asus2
She liked her guys a little greasy, 'neath her pay grade
Dmaj7 Asus2
We headed down to Baja in the desert, we made our stand of it
C D
Figured maybe together we could get the broken pieces to fit
[Chorus]
E A
Drive fast, fall hard, keep me in your heart
D A
Yeah, don't worry about tomorrow, don't mind the scars
E A
Just drive fast, fall hard, I'll keep you in my heart
D A
Yeah, don't worry about tomorrow, don't mind the scars
E
Just drive fast, fall hard
[Instrumental]
[Outro]
Dmaj7 Asus2
I got two pins in my ankle and a busted collarbone
Dmaj7 Asus2
A steel rod in my leg, but it walks me home
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7. Chasin' Wild Horses
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[Intro]
[Verse 1]
D D/F# G
Guess it was somethin' I shouldn't have done
D D/F# G
Guess I regret it now
D D/F# G
Ever since I was a kid
D D/F# G
Tryin' to keep my temper down
A Asus4 A G
Chasin' wild horses, chasin' wild horses
A Asus4 A
Chasin' wild horses
[Verse 2]
D D/F# G
Left my home, left my friends
D D/F# G
I didn't say goodbye
D D/F# G
I contract out to the BLM
D D/F# G
Up on the Montana line
A Asus4 A G
Chasin' wild horses, chasin' wild horses
[Chorus]
Em7 D/F# D
We're out before sunup
Em7 D/F# D
In after sundown
Em7 D/F# D
There's two men in the chopper
Em7 D/F# D
Two under saddle on the ground
Em7 D/F# D
In the evenings we'd hop in the pickup
Em7 D/F# D
Head into town for a drink
Em7 D/F# D
Make sure I work 'til I'm so damn tired
Em7 D/F# D
Way too tired to think
[Verse 3]
D D/F# G
You lose track of time
D D/F# G
It's all just storms blowin' through
D D/F# G
You come rollin' 'cross my mind
D D/F# G
Your hair flashin' in the blue
A Asus4 A G
Like wild horses, just like wild horses
A Asus4 A
Just like wild horses
[Instrumental]
[Chorus]
Em7 D/F# D
Fingernail moon in a twilight sky
Em7 D/F# D
Ridin' high grass of the switchback
Em7 D/F# D
I shout your name into the canyon
Em7 D/F# G
The echo throws it back
[Verse 4]
D D/F G
The winter snow whites out the plains
D D/F# G
'Til it can turn me blind
D D/F# G
The only thing up here I've found
D D/F# G
Is tryin' to get you off my mind
A Asus4 A G
Chasin' wild horses, chasin' wild horses
A Asus4 A G
Chasin' wild horses, chasin' wild horses
[Outro]
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8. Sundown
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[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Cmaj7 Gmaj7
I'm 25 hundred miles from where I wanna be
Cmaj7 Gmaj7
It feels like a hundred years since you've been near to me
D Am
I guess what goes around, baby, comes around
D F D
Just wishing you were here with me, in Sundown
[Verse 2]
Cmaj7 Gmaj7
Sundown ain't the kind of place you want to be on your own
Cmaj7 Gmaj7
It's all long, hot, endless days and cold nights all alone
D Am
I drift from bar to bar, here in lonely town
D F
Just wishing you were here with me, come sundown
[Bridge]
F Em
In Sundown the cafés are filled with lovers passing time
Eb D
In Sundown all I've got's trouble on my mind
[Verse 1]
Cmaj7 Gmaj7
So I work all day out here on the county line
Cmaj7 Gmaj7
I tell myself it's all just gonna work out in time
D Am
When summer's through, you'll come around
D F C
That little voice in my head's all that keeps me from sinking down
Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7
Come Sundown
[Outro]
D Am
When summer's through, you'll come around
D F C
That little voice in my head's all that keeps me from sinking down
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9. Somewhere North of Nashville
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[Intro]
[Verse 1]
C G C
Came into town with a pocketful of songs
C F C
I made the rounds but I didn't last long
Am G F C
Now I'm out on this highway with a bone-cold chill
Am Am/G Am/F C F C
Somewhere north of Nashville
[Verse 2]
C G C
I lie awake in the middle of the night
C F C
Makin' a list of things that I didn't do right
Am G F C
With you at the top of a long page filled
Am Am/G Am/F C F C
Here, somewhere north of Nashville
[Bridge]
F G Am
For the deal I made, the price was strong
F C G
I traded you for this song
[Verse 3]
C G C
We woke each morning with hearts filled
C F C
Bluebird of love on the windowsill
Am G F C
Now the heart's unsteady, and the night is still
Am G F C
All I've got's this melody, and time to kill
Am Am/G Am/F C F C
Here, somewhere north of Nashville
Am Am/G Am/F C F C
Here, somewhere north of Nashville
Am Am/G Am/F C F C
Here, somewhere north of Nashville
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10. Stones
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[Intro]
[Verse 1]
G
I woke up this morning with stones in my mouth
C
Said those were only the lies you've told me
C
Those are only the lies you've told me
[Verse 2]
G
I pulled my collar to the wind and spit them on the ground
C
You said those are only the lies you've told me
C
Those are only the lies you've told me
[Chorus]
Am C
Sat on the edge of our bed in the sun
Am C
I felt them gather on my tongue
[Verse 3]
G
I woke up this morning with stones in my mouth
C
You said those are only the lies you've told me
C
Those are only the lies you've told me
[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
G
The dirt-brown winter field a thousand black crows cover the ground
C
You say those are only the lies you've told me
C
Those are only the lies you've told me
[Verse 5]
G
The autumn wind blows through the trees as the dark leaves come tumbling down
C
You say those are only the lies you've told me
C
Those are only the lies you've told me
[Chorus]
Am C
I walk a highway washed in sun
Am C
I feel weight gather on my tongue
[Verse 6]
G
I woke up this morning with stones in my mouth
C
You said those are only the lies you've told me
C
Those are only the lies you've told me
[Refrain]
G
Those are only the lies you've told me (Only the lies you've told me)
C
Those are only the lies you've told me (Only the lies you've told me)
G
Those are only the lies you've told me (Only the lies you've told me)
C
Those are only the lies you've told me
[Instrumental]
[Outro]
G Cmaj7
I woke up this morning with stones in my mouth
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11. There Goes My Miracle
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[Intro]
[Verse 1]
D Am
The streets gone golden brown
Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Auburn skies above
Am Em
I'm searching for my love
Am Em D
I'm searching for my love
[Chorus]
G Bm/F# Em C
There goes my miracle
Em G C Am D
Walking away, walking away
G Bm/F# Em C
There goes my miracle
Em G C Am
Walking away, walking away
[Verse 2]
D Em
Moonlight, moon bright
D Am
Where's my lucky star tonight?
Fmaj7 Cmaj7
The streets lost in lamp light
Am Em
Then suddenly in sight
[Chorus]
G Bm/F# Em C
There goes my miracle
Em G C Am D
Walking away, walking away
G Bm/F# Em C
There goes my miracle
Em G C Am
Walking away, walking away
[Bridge]
Am C D
Look what you've done, ah
Em
Look what you've done (Look what you've done)
D
Look what you've done (Look what you've done)
Am C D
Look what you've done, ah
Em
Look what we've done (Look what we've done)
D
Look what we've done (Look what we've done)
Am C
Look what we've done, ah
[Verse 3]
D Em
Heartache, heartbreak
D Am
Love gives, love takes
Fmaj7 Cmaj7
The book of love holds its rules
Am Em D
Disobeyed by fools
[Chorus]
G Bm/F# Em C
There goes my miracle
Em G C Am D
Walking away, walking away
G Bm/F# Em C
There goes my miracle
Em G C Am
Walking away, walking away
Em G C Am
Walking away, walking away
[Outro]
G Bm/F# Em C
There goes my miracle
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12. Hello Sunshine
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[Intro]
[Verse 1]
D
Had enough of heartbreak and pain
Em
I had a little sweet spot for the rain
For the rain and skies of grey
D
Hello sunshine, won't you stay?
[Verse 2]
D D7M Dsus2 D7M
You know I always liked my walking shoes
D D7M Dsus2 D7M Em
But you can get a little too fond of the blues
You walk too far, you walk away
D
Hello sunshine, won't you stay?
[Verse 3]
G
You know I always loved a lonely town
D D7M Dsus2 D7M
Those empty streets, no one around
D D7M Dsus2 D7M Em
You fall in love with lonely, you end up that way
D
Hello sunshine, won't you stay?
[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
D D7M Dsus2 D7M G
You know I always liked that empty road
D D7M Dsus2 D7M
No place to be and miles to go
Em
But miles to go is miles away
D
Hello sunshine, won't you stay?
Em
And miles to go is miles away
D
Hello sunshine, won't you stay?
C
Hello sunshine, won't you stay?
[Outro]
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13. Moonlight Motel
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Capo 1
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
D Bm
There's a place on a blank stretch of road where
G A
Nobody travels and nobody goes and the
D Bm
Deskman says these days 'round here
G A
Where two young folks could probably up and disappear into
G D
Rustlin' sheets, a sleepy corner room
Bm Bm/A G
Into the musty smell
D Bm
Of wilted flowers and lazy afternoon hours
G A D Bm G A
At the Moonlight Motel
[Verse 2]
D Bm
Now the pool's filled with empty, eight foot deep
G A
Got dandelions growin' up through the cracks in the concrete
D Bm
Chain-link fence half-rusted away
G A
Got a sign, says, "Children, be careful how you play"
G D
Your lipstick taste and your whispered secret
Bm Bm/A G
I promised I'd never tell
D Bm
A half-drunk beer and your breath in my ear
G A D Bm G A
At the Moonlight Motel
[Chorus]
G D/F#
Well then, it's bills and kids and kids and bills
Bm Bm/A G
And the ringing of the bell
D Bm
Across the valley floor through the dusty screen door
G A D Bm G A
Of the Moonlight Motel
[Verse 3]
D Bm
Last night I dreamed of you, my lover
G A
And the wind blew through the window and blew off the covers
D Bm
Of my lonely bed, I woke to something you said
G A
That it's better to have loved, yeah, it's better to have loved
G D
As I drove, there was a chill in the breeze
Bm Bm/A G
And leaves tumbled from the sky and fell
D Bm
On a road so black as I backtracked
G A D Bm
To the Moonlight Motel
G D
She was boarded up and gone like an old summer song
Bm Bm/A G
Nothing but an empty shell
D Bm
I pulled in and stopped into my old spot
[Instrumental]
[Chorus]
G D
I pulled a bottle of Jack out of a paper bag
Bm Bm/A G
Poured one for me and one for you as well
D Bm
Then it was one more shot poured out onto the parking lot
G A D Bm G A D
To the Moonlight Motel