Highway Patrolman

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By Pete Palmer
Just arpeggiate the chords, and sometimes on the D chord Bruce drops the F#
note to an open E note (Dsus2).
[Verse]
D G D
My name is Joe Roberts, I work for the state
D A
I'm a sergeant out of Perrineville, barracks number eight
D G D
I always done an honest job, as honest as I could
D A D
I got a brother named Frankie and Frankie ain't no good
D G D
Now ever since we was young kids it's been the same come down
D A
I get a call on the shortwave, Frankie's in trouble downtown
D G D
Well, if it was any other man, I'd put him straight away
D A D
But when it's your brother sometimes you look the other way
[Chorus]
G D
Yeah, me and Frankie laughin' and drinkin'
G D
Nothin' feels better than blood on blood
G D
Takin' turns dancin' with Maria as the band
A
Played "Night of the Johnstown Flood"
D G D
I catch him when he's strayin' like any brother would
A A7 D
(or )
Man turns his back on his family, well, he just ain't no good
[Verse]
D G D
Well, Frankie went in the army back in 1965
D A
I got a farm deferment, settled down, took Maria for my wife
D G D
But them wheat prices kept on droppin' till it was like we were gettin' robbed
D A D
Frankie came home in '68, and me, I took this job
[Chorus]
G D
Yeah, we're laughin' and drinkin'
G D
Nothin' feels better than blood on blood
G D
Takin' turns dancin' with Maria as the band
A
Played "Night of the Johnstown Flood"
D G D
I catch him when he's strayin', teach him how to walk that line
A D
Man turns his back on his family, he ain't no friend of mine
D G A D
()
[Verse]
D G D
Well, the night was like any other, I got a call 'bout quarter to nine
D A
There was trouble in a roadhouse out on the Michigan line
D G D
There was a kid lyin' on the floor lookin' bad, bleedin' hard from his head
D A D
There was a girl cryin' at a table and it was Frank, they said
D G D
Well, I went out and I jumped in my car and I hit the lights
D A
Well, I musta done a hundred and ten through Michigan county that night
D G D
It was out at the crossroads, down 'round Willow Bank
D A D
Seen a Buick with Ohio plates, behind the wheel was Frank
D G D
Well, I chased him through them county roads till a sign said "Canadian border five miles from here"
D A D
I pulled over the side of the highway and watched his taillights disappear
[Chorus]
G D
Me and Frankie laughin' and drinkin'
G D
Nothin' feels better than blood on blood
G D
Takin' turns dancin' with Maria as the band
A
Played "Night of the Johnstown Flood"
D G D
I catch him when he's strayin' like any brother would
A A7 D
(or )
Man turns his back on his family, well, he just ain't no good

Highway Patrolman chords and lyrics

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

By Pete Palmer
Just arpeggiate the chords, and sometimes on the D chord Bruce drops the F#
note to an open E note (Dsus2).
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Verse]
[Chorus]
(D)   G  A  D
[Verse]
[Chorus]

Highway Patrolman Chords by Bruce Springsteen

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