Chords for Bruce Springsteen with the Sessions Band - Highway Patrolman (Live In Dublin)

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_ _ _ My name's Joe Roberts, _ I work for the state, Sergeant out of Purdinville, barracks number eight.
I always done an honest job, as [F] honest as I could.
Had a brother named Frankie, Frankie ain't no good. _
_ Ever since we was young [Bb] kids, it doesn't [F] seem to come down.
I get a call on a short week, Frankie's in trouble [C] downtown.
_ [F] If it was any other man, [Bb] I'd pull him straight [F] away.
_ When [C] it's for brothers, sometimes you look the [F] other way. _
[Bb] Yeah, me and Frankie lovin' [F] and drinkin', nothing [Bb] feels better than blood [F] on blood.
[Bb] Takin' turns dancin' but in [F] the reeds, a band playin' out of the [C] Johnstown [G] flood.
[F] I hit him when he's straight, [Bb] like any brother [F] would.
Man turns his back on his [C] family, he just [F] ain't no good. _
Well, Frankie went in the army back in [Bb] 1965.
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I got a farm with Furman, settled down, took Marie for [C] my bride.
[F] Them wheat prices kept on droppin', till it [Bb] was like we was gettin' [F] dry.
Frankie come home at [C] 68, and then I took [F] this job.
Yeah, [Bb] me and Frankie lovin' [F] and drinkin', nothing [Bb] feels better than blood on [F] blood.
[Bb] Takin' turns dancin' but [F] in the reeds, a band playin' out of the [C] Johnstown flood.
[F] I hit him when he's straight, [Bb] like any brother [F] would.
Man turns his back on his [C] family, he just [F] ain't no good. _
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Well, the night was like any other.
I [Bb] got a call about quarter [F] to nine.
There was trouble in a roadhouse, out on the Michigan [C] line.
[F] There was a kid lyin' on the floor lookin' bad, [Bb] bleedin' hard from [F] his head.
There was a girl cryin' [C] at a table, it was [F] Frankie's set. _
Well, I went out and I jumped in my car, [Bb] and then I [F] hit the line.
I must have done a hundred and ten in Michigan County at night.
[Cm] [F] It was out at the crossroads, [Bb] head down round [F] Willow Bay.
I seen a Buick with [C] Ohio plates behind [F] the Willow Spring. _
Well, I chased him through those county roofs to a [Bb] sign that said Canadian border five [F] miles from here.
Pulled over to the side of the highway [Bb] and watched the [F] taillights disappear. _
[Bb] Yeah, me and Frankie [F] laughin' and drinkin', [Bb] nothin' feels better [F] than blood on blood.
[Bb] Takin' turns [F] dancin' with the ring band playin' out [C] of the Johnstone flood.
[F] I catch him when he's straight, like any brother would.
Man turns his back on his family, he just ain't no good.
_ [Bb] Yeah, me and Frankie [F] laughin' and drinkin', nothin' [Bb] feels better than blood [F] on blood.
[Bb] Takin' turns dancin' [F] with the ring band playin' out of the [C] Johnstone [Gm] flood.
[F] I catch him when he's straight, _ [Bb] like any brother [F] would.
_ Man turns his back [C] on his family, he just ain't [F] no good.
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