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#Mary Queen Of Arkansas – Bruce Springsteen
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Mary queen of Arkansas, it’s not too early for dreamin'
The sky is grown with cloud seed sown and a bastard’s love can be redeeming
Mary, my queen, your soft hulk is reviving
No, you’re not too late to desecrate, the servants are just rising
Well I’m just a lonely acrobat, the live wire is my trade
I’ve been a shine boy for your acid brat and a wharf rat of your state
Mary, my queen, your blows for freedom are missing
Woah you’re not man enough for me to hate or woman enough for kissing
Bridge:
The big top is for dreamers, we can take the circus all the way to the border
And the gallows wait for martyrs whose papers are in order
But I was not born to live to die and you were not born for queenin'
It’s not too late to infiltrate, the servants are just leavin'
Mary queen of Arkansas, your white skin is deceiving
You wake and wait ooh to lie in bait and you almost got me believing
But on your bed Mary I can see the shadow of a noose
Woah I don’t understand how you can hold me so tight and love me so damn loose
But I know a place where we can go, Mary
Where I can get a good job and start out all over again clean
Woah I got contacts deep in Mexico where the servants have been seen

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#From: Scott A. Yanoff
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#Bruce Springsteen
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#Roll of the Dice (from the album “Human Touch”)
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#Well I’ve been a losin’ gambler

Just throwin’ snake eyes
Love ain’t got me downhearted

I know up around the corner lies

My fool’s paradise

In just another roll of the dice

All my elevens and sevens been comin’ up
Sixes and nines
But since I fell for you baby
Been comin’ on changin’ times
They’re just waitin’ over the rise
Just another roll of the dice
I’ve stumbled and I know I made my mistakes

But tonight I’m gonna be playin’ for all of the stakes

Well it’s never too late so come on girl
The tables are waiting
You and me and lady luck well tonight
We’ll be celebrating
Drinkin’ champagne on ice
In just another roll of the dice
High-rollers lay down your bets and I’ll raise ‘em
Well I know the odds ain’t in my favor
Maybe I’m just a clown throwin’ down
Looking’ to come up busted
I’m a thief in the house of love
And I can’t be trusted
Well I’ll be making my heist
In just another roll of the dice
Move on up
Come on seven
Roll me baby
In this fool’s heaven
CHORD FORMATIONS:
C x 3 2 0 1 x
F x x 3 2 1 1
G 3 2 0 0 3 3
Bb x x 3 3 3 1
Am x x 2 2 1 0

Capo 3rd fret

| G | C | G | D | G

Tonight my bag is packed
Tomorrow I’ll walk these tracks
That will lead me across the border

Tomorrow my love and I
Will sleep ‘neath auburn skies
Somewhere across the border

We’ll leave behind my dear
The pain and sadness we found here
And we’ll drink from the Bravo’s muddy waters

Where the sky grows grey and wide
We’ll meet on the other side
There across the border

For you I’ll build a house
High up on a grassy hill
Somewhere across the border

Where pain and memory
Pain and memory have been stilled
There across the border

And sweet blossoms fills the air
Pastures of gold and green
Roll down into cool clear waters
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bruce_springsteen/across_the_border_crd_ver_2.html )
And in your arms ‘neath open skies
I’ll kiss the sorrow from your eyes
There across the border

(Harmonica Solo) | G | C | G | D7 | G | G | G | C | G | D7 | G | G

Tonight we’ll sing the songs
I’ll dream of you my corazn
And tomorrow my heart will be strong

And may the saints’ blessing and grace
Carry me safely into your arms
There across the border

( Instr. ) | G | C | G | D7 | G | G | G | C | G | D7 | G | G

For what are we
Without hope in our hearts
That someday we’ll drink from God’s blessed waters

And eat the fruit from the vine
I know love and fortune will be mine
Somewhere across the border

| G | C | G | D7 | G | G | G | C | G | D7 | G | G |
| C | C | D7 | D7 | G | C | C | G | C | G | D7 | G | G |
repeat to fade out

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-0–0–2-
-0–2–0-
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Bruce Springsteen

Real World (from the album “Human Touch”)

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Capo on 6th fret! (upbeat rock)

Intro:
This is basically the bottom half of each chord played, then the top half
of each chord played.

E-----6--------6--------6--------6---------------------------------------------|
B-----6--------6--------8--------6---------------------------------------------|
G-----7--------7--------8--------7---------------------------------------------|
D--8--------8--------8--------8------------------------------------------------|
A--8--------8--------6--------8------------------------------------------------|
E--6--------6--------6--------6------------------------------------------------|

(The above sequence is then repeated once more)

Mr. Trouble come walkin’ this way

Year gone by feels like one long day but I’m alive

And I’m feelin’ all right

Well I run that hard road outta heartbreak city

Built a roadside carnival out of hurt and self-pity, it was all wrong

Well now I’m moving on

Ain’t no church bells ringing

Ain’t no flags unfurled

It’s just me and you and the love we’re bringing

Into the real world

Into the real world

(rest of song continues same way until otherwise noted)

I built a shrine in my heart, iasn’t pretty to see
Made out of fool’s gold memory and tears cried
Now I’m headin’ over the rise
I’m searchin’ for one clear moment of love and truth
I still got a little faith but what I need is some proof tonight
I’m lookin’ for it in your eyes

Ain’t no church bells ringing
Ain’t no flags unfurled
Just me and you and the faith we’re bringing into the real world
Into the real world

Well tonight I just wanna shout

I feel my soul waist deep and sinking into this black river of doubt

I just wanna rise and walk along the riverside

And when the morning comes baby I don’t wanna hide

I’ll stand right at your side with my arms open wide

(killer guitar solo here)

Well tonight I just wanna shout
I feel my soul waist deep and sinking into this black river of doubt
I just wanna rise and walk along the riverside
‘Til the morning comes
I’ll stand right by your side

I wanna find some answers I wanna ask for some help
I’m tired of running scared baby let’s get our bags packed
We’ll take it here to hell and heaven and back
And if love is hopeless, hopeless at best
Come on put on your party dress, it’s ours tonight
And we’re goin’ with the tumblin’ dice

Ain’t no church bells ringing
Ain’t no flags unfurled
It’s just me and you and the hope we’re bringing into the real world
Well into the real world
Oh into the real world

CHORD FORMATIONS:
Bb 6 8 8 7 6 6 (Formation is like an E chord)
Eb 6 6 8 8 8 6 (Formation is like an A chord)
Ab 6 6 6 8 9 6 (Formation is like a Dsus2 chord)

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#Chords: E A B
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E-------0-------0-------2----

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B-------0-------2-------4----

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G-------1-------2-------4----

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D-------2-------2-------4----

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A-------2-------0-------2----

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E-------0-------X-------X----

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#I find that using the B chord above is better than the full barre
# chord in the seventh fret. It gives the song a chunkier sound,
# but of course, do what feels and sounds best to you.
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First time I crossed my heart I was beggin’ baby please
At your bedside Down on my knees
When I crossed my heart
When I crossed my heart
I crossed my heart Pretty baby over you
Second time I crossed my heart rain came in from the south
I was lyin’ there with somethin’ sweet and salty in my mouth
When I crossed my heart
When I crossed my heart
I crossed my heart pretty darlin’ over you
Well you may think the world is black and white
And you’re dirty or you’re clean
You better watch out you don’t slip
Through those spaces in between
Where the night gets sticky and the sky turns black
I grabbed you baby and you grabbed me back
And we crossed our hearts
We crossed our hearts
Yeah I crossed my heart ……….
Repeat chords twice
Well little boys little girls
Hell they know their wrongs from their rights
And once you cross your heart
You ain’t never supposed to lie
Well life ain’t nothing but a cold hard ride
I ain’t leavin’ ‘till I’m satisfied
I cross my heart
Yeah I cross my heart
Well I cross m y heart pretty darlin’ over you
Repeat chords a couple of time. ooooooo, and fade

(Capo 3rd fred)

d——–0——-0-|——-0—–0—|———0—|————–|
b——————|—————0-|——-0—–|——1——-|
g——0——-0—|—–0———–|—–2—–2-|—-0——-0-|
D—-2——-0—–|—2——-0—–|—0———|–2——-0—|
A——————|—————–|————-|————–|
E–3——-3——-|-3——-3——-|-2———–|-0——0—–|

He lay his blanket underneath the freeway
as the evening sky grew dark
took a sniff of toncho from his coke can
and headed through Balboa Park
where the men in Mercedes
come nightly to employ
in the cool San Diego evening
D C | C G | C G | D | C G
the services of the border boys

He grew up near the zona norte
with the hustlers and smugglers he hung out with
he swallowed their balloons of cocaine
brought ‘em cross the 12th street strip
sleeping in a shelter
if the night got too cold
runnin’ from the migra
D C | C G | C G | D | C G
of the border patrol

Past the Salvage yard ‘cross the train tracks
and in through the storm drain
they stretched their blankets out neath the freeway
and each one took a name
there was x-man and cochese
little spider his sneakers covered in river mud
they come north to California
D C | C G | C G | D | C
end up with the poison in their blood

He did what he had to do for money
sometimes he sent home what he could spare
the rest went to hi-top sneakers and toncho
and jeans like the gavatchos wear
one night the border patrol swept 12th street
a big car come fast down the boulevard
spider stood caught in it’s headlights
got hit and went down hard
as the car sped away spider held his stomach
limped to his blanket ‘neath the underpass
lie there tasting his own blood on his tongue
closed his eyes and listened to the cars
C G | C | G
rushin by so fast

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Same Pattern For the rest of the verses
My first tab more of a correction really
Close enough I think

Jay

At last! a new album from the Boss

yeah I know its only the chords cos I can’t do the rest – if anyone else knows it please tell me!!

Lyrics are taken straight out of the book, so if they’re wrong then Bruce sang the wrong words.

Intro is just F

The sky was falling and streaked with blood, I heard you calling me,

Then you dissappeared into the dust,
Up the stairs, into the fire,
Up the stairs, into the fire,
I need your kiss, but love and duty called you someplace higher,
Somewhere up the stairs, into the fire

May your strength give us strength
May your faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love give us love

May your strength give us strength
May your faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love bring us love

You gave your love to see, in fields of red and autumn brown,

You gave your love to me and lay your young body down,
Up the stairs, into the fire,
Up the stairs, into the fire,
I need you near, but love and duty called you someplace higher,
Somewhere up the stairs, into the fire

May your strength give us strength
May your faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love give us love
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bruce_springsteen/into_the_fire_crd.html )
May your strength give us strength
May your faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love bring us love

May your strength give us strength
May your faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love bring us love

It was dark, too dark to see, you held me in the light you gave,

You lay your hand on me then walked into the darkness of your smoky grave,
Up the stairs, into the fire,
Up the stairs, into the fire,
I need yor kiss, but love and duty called you someplace higher,
Somewhere up the stairs, into the fire

May your strength give us strength
May your faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love give us love

May your strength give us strength
May your faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love bring us love

May your strength give us strength
May your faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love bring us love

May your strength give us strength
May your faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love bring us love

May your love bring us love

Solo over Bb F C G to fade

Chords:
EADGBe
Bb [(133211)](x13331)
C (x32010)

hope this is useful, Rob

rob_mottram@hotmail.com – email with any corrections, complaints, praise (unlikely) but please – no death threats!

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Bruce Springsteen

INCIDENT ON 57th STREET (From the album “The Wild, the Innocent…”)

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NOTE: Taken from the book Springsteen Complete.

Spanish Johnny drove in from the underworld last night with bruised arms and

broken rhythm and a beat-up old Buick but dressed just like dynamite,

He tried sellin’ his heart to the hard girls over on Easy Street,

But they sigh, “Johnny, it falls apart so easy and you know hearts these days

are cheap.”

And the pimps swung their axes and said, “Johnny, you’re a cheater.”

Well, the pimps swung their axes and said, “Johnny, you’re a liar.”

And from out of the shadows cam e a young girl’s voice, said: “Johnny don’t

cry.”

Puerto Rican Jane, oh won’t you tell me what’s your name.

I want to drive you down to the other side of town where paradise ain’t so

crowded and there’ll be action goin’ down on Shanty Lane tonight

All the golden heeled fairies in a real bch-fight pull thirty-eights and

kiss their girls goodnight.

Goodnight, it’s alright, Jane

Now let them black boys in to light the soul flame,

We may find it out on the street tonight, baby,

Or we may walk until the daylight, maybe.

Well, like a cool Romeo he made his moves, oh she looked so fine
Like a late Juliet she knew she’d never be true but then she really didn’t
mind,
Upstairs a band was playin’ and the singer was singin’ something about going
home,
She whispered, “Spanish Johnny, you can leave me tonight, but just don’t

leave me alone.”

And Johnny cried, “Puerto Rican Jane, word is down the cops have found the
vein.”
Them bare foot boys left their homes for the woods
Them little barefoot street boys, they said their homes ain’t no good,
They left the corners, threw away their switchblade knives and kissed each
other goodbye.

Johnny was sittin’ on the fire escape watchin’ the kids playin’ down the
street,
He called down, “Hey little heroes, summer’s long but I guess it ain’t very
sweet around here anymore,
Janey sleeps in sheets damp with sweat, Johnny sits up alone and watches her
dream on, dream on,
And the sister prays for lost souls then breaks down in the chapel after
everyone’s gone.

Jane moves over to share her pillow but opens her eyes to see Johnny up and

puttin’ his clothes on,

She says, “Those romantic young boys, all they ever want to do is fight,

Those romantic young boys, they’re callin’ through the window:

Hey, Spanish Johnny, you want to make a little easy money tonight?”

And Johnny whispered, “Goodnight, it’s all tight Jane,

I’ll meet you tomorrow night on Lover’s Lane

We may find it out on the street tonight baby

Or we may walk until the daylight, maybe.”

Goodnight, it’s alright Jane, I’m gonna meet you tomorrow night on Lover’s Lane,
We can find it out on the street tonight, baby,
Or we may walk until it’s daylight, maybe.

CHORD FORMATIONS:

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Bb x 1 3 3 3 1 (Bar on 1st)
Eb x 6 5 3 4 3 (Bar on 3rd)
F 1 3 3 2 1 1 (Bar on 1st)
Fsus 1 3 3 3 1 1 (Bar of 1st)