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
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Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Backstreets (Live in Houston, 1978) chords
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[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]
Key:  
G
2131
C
3211
D
1321
Em
121
A
1231
G
2131
C
3211
D
1321
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To start learning Bruce Springsteen - Backstreets chords, delve into these chords sequence to get the song's feel: D, G, C, G, C, C and D. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 43 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 87. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: G Major.

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_ _ _ _ [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] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was authored by Bruce Springsteen.

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