Darkness On the Edge of Town (Live in New York City) Chords

Tempo:
89.5 bpm
Chords used:

G

C

Em

D

Am

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Darkness On the Edge of Town (Live in New York City) chords
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[B]
One, two, [G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C] three.
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] Well, they're still racing out of the [C] trestles ♪
[G] Yeah, but that bloody never burned her [C] veins ♪
[G] Now I hear she's got a house on the side of the hill [C]
[G] And a style she's trying to [C] maintain ♪
[G] ♪ Oh, what [C] does she wants [G] to see?
[Em]
[G] You can tell her [C] that I'm easily [G] fooled [Em]
[G] ♪ Tell her [C] there's a spot [G] I'll need, even [Em] free to [D] tell her ♪
♪ There's a darkness [Dm] on the edge of [C] town ♪
[D] ♪ There's a darkness [C] on the [G]
[C] edge of town [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G] ♪ Well, everybody's got a secret, [C] sonny ♪
♪ Everybody's [G] got something that they just [C] can't face ♪
♪ And some folks, [G] they spend their whole lives ♪
♪ Just trying to keep it [C]
♪ Yeah, they [G] carry it with them, every step that [C] they take ♪
[G] ♪ Until one [C] day, I [G] just cut it [Em] loose ♪
♪ Cut [G] it loose and let [C] it drag on [G] down [Em]
♪ When no [G] one asks [C] any questions [G] or looks [Em] too long in your [D] face ♪
♪ In the darkness on the [C] edge of town ♪
[D] ♪ In the darkness [Cm] on the [G] edge of town ♪
[C] [G]
[Em] [G] [C] [Em] [Am]
[G] [C] [G]
[D] [G]
[D] [Bm] [C] [Bm]
[G] [C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G] ♪ Now, some folks are born into a good life [C]
♪ But other folks, they gotta [G] fight for it ♪
♪ Get it anyway, anyhow [C]
♪ Me, [G] well, I lost my [C] faith when I lost my wife ♪
[G] Those things don't seem to matter much to me [C] now ♪
[G] [D] ♪ Cause [G] tonight I'll be on [C] that hill [G]
♪ Cause [Em] I can't stop [G] on [C] that hill with [G] everything I [Em] got ♪
[G] ♪ Lives on the [C] line where [G] dreams are found and [Em] lost ♪
[G] ♪ I'll be there [C] on time [G] and I'll pay the [Em] cost ♪
[G] ♪ Of all the [C] things [G] that can only [C] be stopped [D]
♪ In the darkness on the edge [C] of town ♪
[D] ♪ In the darkness [G] on the edge of town [C] [G]
[C] [G] [Em] [G]
[C] [Em] [Am] [G]
[C] [G] [E] [D]
[C] [D]
[C] [Bm] [G]
[Am] [Am] [G]
Key:  
G
2131
C
3211
Em
121
D
1321
Am
2311
G
2131
C
3211
Em
121
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To learn Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - (Live in New York City) Darkness On The Edge Of Town chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - Em, G, C and G. A strategic approach would be to train at 44 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 90. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: G Major.

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[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
One, two, _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] three.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[G] Well, they're still racing out of the [C] trestles ♪
[G] Yeah, but that bloody never burned her [C] veins ♪
[G] Now I hear she's got a house on the side of the hill [C]
[G] And a style she's trying to [C] maintain ♪
[G] ♪ Oh, what [C] does she wants [G] to see?
[Em]
[G] You can tell her [C] that I'm easily [G] fooled [Em]
[G] ♪ Tell her [C] there's a spot [G] I'll need, even [Em] free to [D] tell her ♪
♪ There's a darkness [Dm] on the edge of [C] town ♪
[D] ♪ There's a darkness [C] on the [G] _
_ [C] edge of town [G] _ ♪
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] ♪ Well, everybody's got a secret, [C] sonny ♪
♪ Everybody's [G] got something that they just [C] can't face ♪
♪ And some folks, [G] they spend their whole lives ♪
♪ Just trying to keep it [C]
♪ Yeah, they [G] carry it with them, every step that [C] they take ♪
[G] ♪ Until one [C] day, I [G] just cut it [Em] loose ♪
♪ Cut [G] it loose and let [C] it drag on [G] down [Em]
♪ When no [G] one asks [C] any questions [G] or looks [Em] too long in your [D] face ♪
♪ In the darkness on the [C] edge of town ♪
[D] ♪ In the darkness [Cm] on the [G] _ _ edge of town _ _ ♪
[C] _ _ [G] _ _
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ [Am] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _ [Bm] _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] ♪ Now, some folks are born into a good life [C]
♪ But other folks, they gotta [G] fight for it ♪
♪ Get it anyway, anyhow [C]
♪ Me, [G] well, I lost my [C] faith when I lost my wife ♪
[G] Those things don't seem to matter much to me [C] now ♪
[G] [D] ♪ Cause [G] tonight I'll be on [C] that hill [G]
♪ Cause [Em] I can't stop [G] on [C] that hill with [G] everything I [Em] got ♪
[G] ♪ Lives on the [C] line where [G] dreams are found and [Em] lost ♪
[G] ♪ I'll be there [C] on time [G] and I'll pay the [Em] cost ♪
[G] ♪ Of all the [C] things [G] that can only [C] be stopped [D]
♪ In the darkness on the edge [C] of town ♪
[D] ♪ In the darkness [G] on the _ _ edge of town _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [E] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [C] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ [Am] _ [G] _ ♪ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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