Wreck On The Highway

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Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Song: Wreck On The Highway
[Intro]
A A A A
| | | |
[Verse]
A D
Last night I was out driving
A EE4 E
| |
Coming home at the end of the working day
A
I was riding alone through the drizzling rain
D
On a deserted stretch of a county two lane
A E A
When I came upon a wreck on the highway
D
Now there was blood and glass all over
A EE4 E
| |
And there was nobody there but me
A
As the rain tumbled down hard and cold
D
I seen a young man lying by the side of the road
A E A
He cried Mister, won't you help me please
[Organ solo]
A F#mF#mA A F#mF#mA A
| | | | | | | |
[Verse]
D
An ambulance finally came and took him to Riverside
A EE4 E
| |
I watched as they drove him away
A
And I thought of a girlfriend or a young wife
D
And a state trooper knocking in the middle of the night
A E A
To say your baby died in a wreck on the highway
D
Sometimes I sit up in the darkness
A EE4 E
| |
And I watch my baby as she sleeps
A
Then I climb in bed and I hold her tight
D
I just lay there awake in the middle of the nigth
A E A
Thinking 'bout the wreck on the highway
A D D AD A
| | | | | | N.C.
F#mF#mA A
| | | | | (repeat to fade out)
A D E E4 F#m
e|-0--2--0--0--2--|
B|-2--3--0--0--2--|
G|-2--2--1--2--2--|
D|-2--0--2--2--4--|
A|-0-----2--2--4--|
E|-------0--0--2--|

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Free chords for Wreck On The Highway by Bruce Springsteen. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Song: Wreck On The Highway 
[Intro]
| A | A | A | A
[Verse]
[Organ solo]
A | F#m | F#m | A | A | F#m | F#m | A | A 
[Verse]
| A | D | D | A D | A | N.C.
| F#m | F#m | A | A | (repeat to fade out)
 A  D  E  E4 F#m

Wreck On The Highway Chords by Bruce Springsteen

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