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Born to run

Bruce Springsteen

 GC
  In the day we  sweat it out  on the streets  of a runaway
 D
       American dream
 GCD7
  At night  we ride  through  mansions of  glory  in suicide machines
 CG/B
  Sprung from cages on highway 9
 AmCGD
  Chrome wheels, fuel injected and steppin' out over the line, Oh,
 CG/B
  Baby, this town rips the bones from your back
 AmC
  It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap
 GEm
  I wanna get out while I'm still young
 CDG
  'Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run

 G
  Well, Wendy, let  me in, I  wanna be your  friend, I wanna
 CD
      guard your dreams and visions
 G
  Just wrap your legs  'round these velvet  rims, strap your
 CD
      hands across my engines
 CG/B
  And together we could break this trap
 AmCGD
  We'll run til we drop, and baby we'll never go back, Oh,
 CG/B
  Walk with me out on the wire
 AmC
  Girl, I'm just a scared and lonely rider
 GEm
  And I gotta know how it feels
 CDG
  I wanna know if love is wild, I wanna know if love is real

 DF
  Beyond the  Palace  hemi-powered  drones  scream  down the
boulevard
 C
  The girls comb their hair in the rear view mirrors and the
 AmG
      boys try to look so hard
 DF
  The amusement park rises bold and stark, kids are huddled on
the beach in the mist
 C
  Well, I wanna die with you Wendy on the streets tonight in
 AmD
      an everlasting kiss

 GC
  Well, the highway's  jammed with  broken heroes  on a last
 D
      chance power drive
 GC
  Everybody's out on the run tonight, but there ain't no place
 D
       left to hide
 CG
  Together we could live with the sadness
 AmDC
  I'll love you with all the maddness in my soul
 G
  Someday, baby, I don't know when
 AmDC
  We're gonna get to that place that we really wanna go
 CAm
  And we'll walk in the sun
 CDG
  Til then, tramps like us, baby we were born to run


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CEDARWING (report comment to admin):
Good work - but not convinced the words were "wrap your legs 'round these velvet rims"...doesn't it sound more like "wrap your legs 'round these throbin' ribs"??

Correct me if I'm wrong..
Cedarwing
kipsta (report comment to admin):
velvet rims, it is
drehaster (report comment to admin):
No, it is definetly velvet rims.
docatwaterloo (report comment to admin):
It's "velvet rims."  Check out the music section of brucespringsteen.net; it gives the lyrics for all his songs!
Haze013 (report comment to admin):
Velvet Rims are an actual item. I've seen them on a few cars - sexy wheels!
jetwax (report comment to admin):
Starting at "sprung from cages" should be: C G/B Am C G D   

C G/B Am C G Em C D G
Same at verse 2
jetwax (report comment to admin):
Hope you didn't mind me changing that.

Also the bridge is a bit more complicated: [F Bb C Eb] (2x's) Each chord rocks back and forth on sus4's.
Next is Ab Eb Ab with sus 4's, then single notes A Bb B C C# A, jump an octave up to D & decend chromatically hitting d# 4x's before resolving on D.

If you're comfortable doing it the way you've been doing it, ignore this, but I think you'll find it works much better.
jetwax (report comment to admin):
That decending chromatic would start D string 12th fret, 11, 10, 9, 8 etc.
Rookie089 (report comment to admin):
This tab is based off the acoustic recording on the "Chimes of Freedom" album.