Chords for Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Backstreets (Live in Houston, 1978)
Tempo:
87 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Em
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[D] [C]
[D]
[G] [C]
[A] [D] [G]
[D] [C]
[G] [Em] [G]
[Em] [G]
[Bm] [G]
[C] [G]
[Em] [G]
[Bm] [D]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] streets.
[G] Hiding on your [C] back streets.
With a love so [C] hard you feel [G] miserable.
[Em] And [C] the bright lights of [G] night on their back streets.
[Em]
[Em] [G] So I'm dancing in the dark.
[Em] On the beach at Stockton's Wink.
[G] Where desperate lovers
park beside the [Em] lamp at the
new street camps.
[D] But I'm holding our cars.
[C] Waiting for the bells to [G] ring.
[Am] In the deep heart of the night.
That set [C] us loose from every
[G]
[C] street.
We're on our [C] back streets.
We [G] fall.
[C] We live forever.
[Em] [C] Streets we've taken [G] together.
[Em]
[E] [A]
Ever since Jim Johnson
[F#m] found Tina Wright.
[A] We're dancers, scrape the tears
of [F#m] all the streets
pressed out of our eyes.
[A] We're running into the darkness.
[F#m] Suffering fast and really dying.
We're [E] at night sometimes
to see beauty in that
[D] whole damn city bright.
Blame it on the lies that killed us.
[E] On the truth that
railed us now.
[A] Blame it all on me.
To me it [D] don't matter.
She's a god.
[G] Take
[C] [D] [G]
me [C] right
and then back.
[E] Take [G]
[C] [G] me right and back.
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C]
[C] [G]
Hiding on the back
[C] streets
Hiding on [Am] the back [F] [D] streets
Where [D] they [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [D] don't [A] [C] [A] [D]
[G] [C]
hide
[D]
My [G] head!
My head!
[C] [Bm] [Am] [D] My head! My head!
My head!
[C] And back.
[E] [G]
[C] [G] Take me right and back.
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [G]
Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding [C] on the back streets.
Hiding [G] on the back streets.
Hiding on [C] the back streets.
Hiding on the back streets.
[C] Hiding on the back streets.
[G] Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding on the [C] back streets.
[G] Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding on the back streets.
[C] Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding [Am] on the back streets.
[F] Hiding on the back [D] streets.
What are we?
We're gonna hide.
On the [G] back streets.
Yeah.
[C] [G] On the back streets.
[C] On the back streets.
[G] On the back streets.
[C] On the back streets.
[G] On the back streets.
On the back streets.
[D] [A] [C] [A] [D]
[G] [N]
[G] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[D] [C]
[D]
[G] [C]
[A] [D] [G]
[D] [C]
[G] [Em] [G]
[Em] [G]
[Bm] [G]
[C] [G]
[Em] [G]
[Bm] [D]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] streets.
[G] Hiding on your [C] back streets.
With a love so [C] hard you feel [G] miserable.
[Em] And [C] the bright lights of [G] night on their back streets.
[Em]
[Em] [G] So I'm dancing in the dark.
[Em] On the beach at Stockton's Wink.
[G] Where desperate lovers
park beside the [Em] lamp at the
new street camps.
[D] But I'm holding our cars.
[C] Waiting for the bells to [G] ring.
[Am] In the deep heart of the night.
That set [C] us loose from every
[G]
[C] street.
We're on our [C] back streets.
We [G] fall.
[C] We live forever.
[Em] [C] Streets we've taken [G] together.
[Em]
[E] [A]
Ever since Jim Johnson
[F#m] found Tina Wright.
[A] We're dancers, scrape the tears
of [F#m] all the streets
pressed out of our eyes.
[A] We're running into the darkness.
[F#m] Suffering fast and really dying.
We're [E] at night sometimes
to see beauty in that
[D] whole damn city bright.
Blame it on the lies that killed us.
[E] On the truth that
railed us now.
[A] Blame it all on me.
To me it [D] don't matter.
She's a god.
[G] Take
[C] [D] [G]
me [C] right
and then back.
[E] Take [G]
[C] [G] me right and back.
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C]
[C] [G]
Hiding on the back
[C] streets
Hiding on [Am] the back [F] [D] streets
Where [D] they [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [D] don't [A] [C] [A] [D]
[G] [C]
hide
[D]
My [G] head!
My head!
[C] [Bm] [Am] [D] My head! My head!
My head!
[C] And back.
[E] [G]
[C] [G] Take me right and back.
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [G]
Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding [C] on the back streets.
Hiding [G] on the back streets.
Hiding on [C] the back streets.
Hiding on the back streets.
[C] Hiding on the back streets.
[G] Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding on the [C] back streets.
[G] Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding on the back streets.
[C] Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding [Am] on the back streets.
[F] Hiding on the back [D] streets.
What are we?
We're gonna hide.
On the [G] back streets.
Yeah.
[C] [G] On the back streets.
[C] On the back streets.
[G] On the back streets.
[C] On the back streets.
[G] On the back streets.
On the back streets.
[D] [A] [C] [A] [D]
[G] [N]
Key:
G
C
D
Em
A
G
C
D
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ streets.
[G] _ _ Hiding on your [C] back streets.
With a love so [C] hard you feel [G] miserable.
_ [Em] And [C] the bright lights of [G] night on their back streets.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] So I'm dancing in the dark.
[Em] On the beach at Stockton's Wink.
[G] Where desperate lovers
park beside the [Em] lamp at the
new street camps.
[D] But I'm holding our cars.
[C] Waiting for the bells to [G] ring.
[Am] In the deep heart of the night.
That set [C] us loose from every_
[G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _street.
_ _ We're on our [C] back streets.
We [G] fall.
[C] We live forever.
[Em] _ _ [C] _ Streets we've taken [G] together.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A]
Ever since Jim Johnson
[F#m] found Tina Wright.
[A] We're dancers, scrape the tears
of [F#m] all the streets
pressed out of our eyes.
[A] We're running into the darkness.
[F#m] Suffering fast and really dying.
We're [E] at night sometimes
to see beauty in that
[D] whole damn city bright.
Blame it on the lies that killed us.
[E] On the truth that
railed us now.
[A] Blame it all on me.
To me it [D] don't matter.
She's a god.
_ [G] Take _
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
me [C] right
and then back.
[E] Take [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] me right and back.
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Hiding on the back _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ streets
Hiding on [Am] the back _ [F] _ [D] streets
Where [D] _ _ they _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ don't [A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ hide
_ _ [D] _ _
My [G] _ head!
My head! _
[C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Am] _ [D] My head! My head!
My _ _ head! _ _
_ _ [C] And back.
[E] _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] Take me right and back.
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding [C] on the back streets.
Hiding [G] on the back streets.
Hiding on [C] the back streets.
Hiding on the back streets.
[C] Hiding on the back streets.
[G] Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding on the [C] back streets.
[G] Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding on the back streets.
[C] Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding [Am] on the back streets.
[F] Hiding on the back [D] streets.
What are we?
_ We're gonna hide.
On the [G] back streets.
Yeah.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] On the back streets.
[C] On the back streets.
[G] On the back streets.
[C] On the back streets.
[G] On the back streets.
On the back streets.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ streets.
[G] _ _ Hiding on your [C] back streets.
With a love so [C] hard you feel [G] miserable.
_ [Em] And [C] the bright lights of [G] night on their back streets.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] So I'm dancing in the dark.
[Em] On the beach at Stockton's Wink.
[G] Where desperate lovers
park beside the [Em] lamp at the
new street camps.
[D] But I'm holding our cars.
[C] Waiting for the bells to [G] ring.
[Am] In the deep heart of the night.
That set [C] us loose from every_
[G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _street.
_ _ We're on our [C] back streets.
We [G] fall.
[C] We live forever.
[Em] _ _ [C] _ Streets we've taken [G] together.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A]
Ever since Jim Johnson
[F#m] found Tina Wright.
[A] We're dancers, scrape the tears
of [F#m] all the streets
pressed out of our eyes.
[A] We're running into the darkness.
[F#m] Suffering fast and really dying.
We're [E] at night sometimes
to see beauty in that
[D] whole damn city bright.
Blame it on the lies that killed us.
[E] On the truth that
railed us now.
[A] Blame it all on me.
To me it [D] don't matter.
She's a god.
_ [G] Take _
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
me [C] right
and then back.
[E] Take [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] me right and back.
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Hiding on the back _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ streets
Hiding on [Am] the back _ [F] _ [D] streets
Where [D] _ _ they _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ don't [A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ hide
_ _ [D] _ _
My [G] _ head!
My head! _
[C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Am] _ [D] My head! My head!
My _ _ head! _ _
_ _ [C] And back.
[E] _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] Take me right and back.
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding [C] on the back streets.
Hiding [G] on the back streets.
Hiding on [C] the back streets.
Hiding on the back streets.
[C] Hiding on the back streets.
[G] Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding on the [C] back streets.
[G] Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding on the back streets.
[C] Hiding on the back streets.
Hiding [Am] on the back streets.
[F] Hiding on the back [D] streets.
What are we?
_ We're gonna hide.
On the [G] back streets.
Yeah.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] On the back streets.
[C] On the back streets.
[G] On the back streets.
[C] On the back streets.
[G] On the back streets.
On the back streets.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _