Outlaw Pete Bruce Springsteen
<i></i>Am D7/F#
He was born a little baby on the Appalachian Trail
[Em]At [E]si[Am]x months old he'd done three months in jail
[Am]He [D/F#]robbed a bank in his diapers and his little bare baby feet
[Em]All[E] h[Am]e said was "Folks, my name is Outlaw Pete."
[C]I'm Outlaw Pete!
[G]I'm Outlaw Pete!
[Am]Can[D7/F#] you hear me?
[Am]At [D/F#]twenty-five a mustang pony he did steal
[Em]And[E] t[Am]hey rode around and 'round on heaven's wheel
[Am]Fat[D/F#]her Jesus, I'm an outlaw killer and a thief
[Em]And[E] I[Am] slowed down on Lee and I saw my grief (???)
[C]I'm Outlaw Pete!
[G]I'm Outlaw Pete!
[Am]Can[D7/F#] you hear me?
[F]He[C] cut his trail of tears across the countryside
G D (w/Kiss fill) E
And where he went, women wept and then died
[Am]One[D7/F#] night he woke from a vision of his own death
[Em]Sad[E]dl[Am]ed his pony and rode her deep into the West
[Am]Mar[D7/F#]ried a Navajo girl and settled down on the ranch (???)
[Em]And[E] as the snow fell he held their beautiful daughter to his
[Am]chest
[C]I'm Outlaw Pete!
[G]I'm Outlaw Pete!
[Am]Can you hear me?
[D7/F#]Can you hear me?
[C]Ca[Cadd9]n you [Csus2]hear m[C]e?[Fmaj7] [F6] [F] [Fmaj7] [Am] [F]
[C] [F] [Am] [F]
[F]Ou[C]t of the East on an Irish stallion came Bounty Hunter Dan
[G] [Am]
His heart quickened and burned by the need to get his man
[F]He found Pete peacefully fishing by the river, pulled his gun
[C]and got the draw???
[Am]He [D]said, "Pete, you think you've changed, but you have not."
(instr w/Kiss riff)
[F] [E]
[Am]He cocked his pistol, pulled the trigger and shouted "let it
[D7/F#]start!"
[Em]Pet[E]e drew a knife from his boot, threw it and pierced him
[Am]through the heart
[Am]Dan[D7/F#] smiled as he lay in his own blood dying in the sun
[Em]And[E] whispered in Pete's ear, "We cannot undo these things
[Am]we've done."
[C]You're an Outlaw Pete!
[G]You're an Outlaw Pete!
[Am]Can you hear me?
[D/F#]Can you hear me?
[E]Can you hear me?
[Am]For[D7/F#] forty days and nights Pete rode and did not stop
[Em]Til[E]l [Am]he sat high upon an icy mountain top
[Am]He [D7/F#]watched a hawk on a desert ??? slip and slide
[Em]Mov[E]ed[Am] to the edge and dug his spurs deep into his pony's side
[C] [Am] [C] [Am] [G] [Am] [G] [F] [E] [Am]
[Am]Som[D7/F#]e say Pete and his pony vanished over the edge
[Em]Som[E]e [Am]say they remain frozen high upon that icy ledge
[Am]A y[D7/F#]oung Navajo girl washes in the river, skin so fair
[Em]And[E] b[Am]raids a piece of Pete's buckskin chaps into her hair
[C]Outlaw Pete!
[G]Outlaw Pete!
[Am]Can you hear me?
[D7/F#]Can you hear me?
[E]Can you hear me?
[Am]Can you hear me?
[D7/F#]Can you hear me?
[C]Ca[F]n you hear me?
[Am]Can[F] you hear me?
[C]Ca[F]n you hear me?
[Am]Can[F] you hear me?
[C]Ca[F]n you hear me?
[Am]Can[F] you hear me?
[C]Ca[F]n you hear me?
[Am]Can[F] y[C]ou hear me?
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