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Bruce Springsteen : Misc

  1. American Land
  2. American Skin (41 Shots)
  3. Because The Night
  4. Fire
  5. Held Up Without A Gun
  6. How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live?
  7. I'll Stand By You
  8. Light Of Day
  9. Love On The Wrong Side Of Town
  10. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
  11. Seeds
    +1
  12. Streets Of Philadelphia
  13. Talk To Me
  14. Trapped

American Land
2006

What is this land of America, so many travel there I'm going now while I'm still young, my darling meet me there Wish me luck my lovely, I'll send for you when I can And we'll make our home in the American land Over there all the woman wear silk and satin to their knees And children dear, the sweets, I hear, are growing on the trees Gold comes rushing out the river straight into your hands If you make your home in the American land There's diamonds in the sidewalks, there's gutters lined in song Dear, I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long There's treasure for the taking, for any hard working man Who will make his home in the American land I docked at Ellis Island in a city of light and spire I wandered to the valley of red-hot steel and fire We made the steel that built the cities with the sweat of our two hands And I made my home in the American land There's diamonds in the sidewalk, there's gutters lined in song Dear I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long There's treasure for the taking, for any hard working man Who will make his home in the American land The McNicholas, the Posalskis, the Smiths, Zerillis too The Blacks, the Irish, Italians, the Germans and the Jews The Puerto Ricans, illegals, the Asians, Arabs miles from home Come across the water with a fire down below They died building the railroads, worked to bones and skin They died in the fields and factories, names scattered in the wind They died to get here a hundred years ago, they're dying now The hands that built the country were always trying to keep down There's diamonds in the sidewalk, there's gutters lined in song Dear I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long There's treasure for the taking, for any hard working man Who will make his home in the American land Who will make his home in the American land Who will make his home in the American land

American Skin (41 Shots)
2001

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F#m
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41 shots, 41 shots, 41 shots, 41 shots
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41 shots, 41 shots, 41 shots, 41 shots
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F#m
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F#m
41 shots... and we'll take that ride
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D
'Cross this bloody river to the other side
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F#m
41 shots... cut through the night
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You're kneeling over his body in the vestibule, praying for his life
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Is it a gun? Is it a knife?
D
A
Is it a wallet? This is your life?
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A
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It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)
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It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)
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F#m
No secret my friend
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You can get killed just for living in
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Your American skin 41 shots, 41 shots, 41 shots, 41 shots 41 shots and Lena gets her son ready for school She says "on these streets, Charles, you've got to understand the rules If an officer stops you, promise me you'll always be polite That you'll never ever run away, promise Mama you'll keep your hands in sight" Is it a gun? Is it a knife? Is it a wallet? This is your life? It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret) It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret) No secret my friend You can get killed just for living in Your American skin 41 shots, 41 shots, 41 shots, 41 shots
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F#m
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41 shots, 41 shots, 41 shots, 41 shots, 41 shots Is it a gun? Is it a knife? Is it in your heart? Is it in your eyes? It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret) It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret) It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret) 41 shots, and we'll take that ride Cross this bloody river to the other side 41 shots, and my boots caked in this mud We're baptized in these waters, and in each other's blood Is it a gun, is it a knife Is it a wallet, this is your life It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret) It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret) It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret) No secret my friend You can get killed just for living in You can get killed just for living in You can get killed just for living in You can get killed just for living in You can get killed just for living in Your American Skin
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(41 shots) You can get killed just for living in
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(41 shots) You can get killed just for living in
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(41 shots) You can get killed just for living in
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(41 shots) You can get killed just for living in

Because The Night
1978

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Bm
Bm
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Bm
Take me now, baby, here as I am
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A
Bm
Pull me close try and understand
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A
Bm
Desire is hunger, is the fire I breathe
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A
Bm
Love is a banquet on which we feed
G
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D
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Come on now, try and understand
Bm
G
A
The way I feel when I'm in your hand
D
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Take my hand; come under cover
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Bm
F#
They can't hurt you now, can't hurt you now, can't hurt you now
Bm
G
A
Bm
Because the night belongs to lovers Because the night belongs to lust Because the night belongs to lovers Because the night belongs to us
Bm
G
A
Bm
Have I doubt when I'm alone?
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Bm
Love is a ring on the telephone
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Bm
Love is an angel disguised as lust
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Bm
Here in our bed until the morning comes
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Come on now, try and understand
Bm
G
A
The way I feel under your command
D
G
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Take my hand as the sun descends
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Bm
F#
They can't touch you now, can't touch you now, can't touch you now
Bm
G
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Bm
Because the night belongs to lovers Because the night belongs to lust Because the night belongs to lovers Because the night belongs to us
D
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Bm
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With love we sleep, with doubt the vicious circle turn and turns
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Without you I cannot live, forgive the yearning, burning
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I believe in time, too real to feel
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So touch me now, touch me now, touch me now
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Because the night belongs to lovers Because the night belongs to lovers

Fire
1977

G
I'm drivin' in my car, I turn on the radio
Am
G
I'm pullin' you close, you just say no
Am
G
You say you don't like it, but girl I know you're a liar
C
D
G
'Cause when we kiss, hmm... fire Well, late at night, I'm takin' you home I say I wanna stay, you say you wanna be alone You say you don't love me, you can't hide your desire And when we kiss, oh-oh... fire... fire
C
G
You got a hold on me right from the start
D
G
It's a grip so tight I cannot tear it apart
C
G
My nerves all jumpin', actin' like a fool
A
D
Your kisses they burn but your heart stays cool Romeo and Juliet, Samson and Delilah You can bet, their love they didn't deny Your words say split but your words they lie 'Cause when we kiss, hmm... fire... fire
Instrumental verse x2
You got a hold on me right from the start It's a grip so tight I cannot tear it apart My nerves all jumpin', actin' like a fool Your kisses they burn but your heart stays cool Romeo and Juliet, Samson and Delilah You can bet, their love they didn't deny Your words say split but your words they lie 'Cause when we kiss, hmm... fire... fire

Held Up Without A Gun
1979

Capo:
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The River outtake, released as the B-side of Hungry Heart
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I was out driving, just a-taking it slow
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Looked at my tank, it was reading low
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Pulled in a Exxon station out on Highway One
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Held up without a gun
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Held up without a gun Some damn fool with a guitar walking down the street Ain't got nowhere to go, ain't got nothing to eat Man with a cigar says, "Sign here, son" Held up without a gun Held up without a gun |
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| Now it's a sin and it oughta be a crime You know it happens buddy all the time Try to make a living, try to have a little fun Held up without a gun Held up without a gun Held up without a gun

How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live?
2006

<Trad; Roud 18867; Blind Alfred Reed>
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F
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Well, the doctor comes round here with face all bright
Bb
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And he says, "In a little while you'll be all right"
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All he gives is a humbug pill
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Cm
A do-si-do and a great big bill
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Eb
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Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live? Me and my old school pals had some mighty high times down here And what happened to you poor black folks, well it just ain't fair He took a look around, gave a little pep talk Said, "I'm with you", then he took a little walk Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live? There's bodies floating on canals and the levee's gone to hell Martha, get me my sixteen gauge and some dry shells Them who's got, got out of town And them who ain't, got left to drown Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live?
Slide solo over verse chords
Got family scattered from Texas all the way to Baltimore Yeah, and I ain't got no home in this world no more Gonna be a judgement, that's a fact A righteous train rolling down this track Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live? Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live?

I'll Stand By You

Bb
Eb
Bb
F
Bb
Fm
You meet me in the night
Bb
With tears falling down
Fm
Come let me dry them for you
Bb
Fm
I wish I could tell a story
Bb
Fm
Chase away all those ghosts you got inside of you
Gm
Eb
Bb
A story of heroes who fight on at any cost
Fm
Gm
Of a kingdom of love to be won or lost
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Bb
We'll fight here together till victory is won
Fm
Bb
Come take my hand till morning comes
F
Just close your eyes
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Eb
Bb
F
I'll stand by you always, always, always I'll stand by you always, always, always
Bb
Fm
I know that here in the dark
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Eb
Tomorrow can seem so very far away
Bb
Fm
Here the ghosts and the goblins
Bb
Eb
Can rise from your dreams to steal your heart away
Gm
Eb
Bb
Together we'll chase those thieves that won't leave you alone
Fm
Gm
Out from under the bed, out from over our home
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Bb
And when the light comes we'll laugh, my love
Fm
Bb
At the things that the night had us so frightened of
F
And until then
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Eb
Bb
F
I'll stand by you always, always, always I'll stand by you always, always, always
Fm
Bb
Eb
I'll stand by you always
Fm
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Ab
I'll stand by you always
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Eb
Bb
Now I know it can feel like you're slipping away
Fm
Gm
At night you'll get lost in that deep dark place
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Bb
We'll let the night come and do what it may
Fm
Bb
Together we'll find the courage, we'll find faith
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Until you awake
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Eb
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I'll stand by you always, always, always I'll stand by you always, always, always
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Eb
I'll stand by you always
Fm
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Ab
I'll stand by you always
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Eb
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I'll stand by you always, always, always I'll stand by you always, always, always I'll stand by you always, always, always

Light Of Day
1987

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Well, I've been out of the woods for six days and nights, now Well, I'm a little hot wired but I'm feeling alright I got some money in my pocket and a long, lean ride, yeah I got to make it down to Galveston by Saturday night, now
A
Well, I'm a little down under but I'm feeling OK
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Got a little lost along the way
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D
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I'm just around the corner to the light of day
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I'm just around the corner to the light of day, yeah Been driving five hundred miles, got five hundred to go, yeah I got rock and roll music on the radio I got a brother on a rig just off the Gulf Coast He says the girls down there, well, they're really the most, man Well, I'm a little down under but I'm feeling OK I got a little lost along the way Just around the corner to the light of day, yeah Just around the corner to the light of day, yeah Just around the corner to the light of day, yeah Just around the corner to the light of day, yeah
I'm driving 100 miles, 200 miles, 300 miles
Train kept on a-rollin'
Going 400 miles, 500 miles, 600 miles
Train kept on a-rollin'
Going 700 miles, 800 miles, 900 miles
1,000 miles, 2,000 miles, 3,000 miles
I came a long, long way tonight
All the way to Hollywood, California
Via Sweden, via Paris, via Italia, via France
Via via London, England
Via the great state of New Jersey
And halfway across the United States
I wanna thank y'all for invitin' me into your living room tonight
I know there's millions of ya out there
I know you're downhearted
I know you're disenchanted
I know you're disillusioned
I know there's 57 channels and nothing on
Just one thing I wanna know tonight
There's just one thing I wanna know
But first I want you to get up off your couch
I want you to put the popcorn down
I want you to come on over to the TV set
I want you to turn it up real loud
I want you to take off all your clothes now
And what I want to know is anybody alive out there?
 Well, I got thrown out of work on the Kokomo Don't ask me what I'm doing, I don't know I hope he wasn't joking when he wrote me that letter Things can't get any worse, they gotta get better I'm a little down under, feeling OK Got a little lost along the way Just around the corner to the light of day Just around the corner to the light of day, yeah Just around the corner to the light of day, yeah Just around the corner to the light of day, yeah

Love On The Wrong Side Of Town
1976

Written for Southside Johnny
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Gsus4
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I was there when you needed someone Look now, baby, see what you have undone
C
I did most of the talking
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Cmaj7
C6
C
But you were the one who lied
G
C/g
G
Bye-bye, baby, our love is tumblin' down
C/g
Am
I can't be hanging around
C
D
G
Intro
Riff
Love on the wrong side of town You were gone when I needed you by my side There was no one to dry the tears from my eyes You were the one who cheated But I was the one who cried Bye-bye, baby, our love is tumblin' down I can't be hangin' around Love on the wrong side of town
Key change: up one half step
Sax solo over verse chords
Ab
Db/ab
Ab
Bye-bye, baby, our love is tumblin' down
Db/ab
Bbm
I can't be hangin' around
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Eb
Fm
Love on the wrong side of town
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Eb
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Eb
Ab
Bye-bye, baby, love on the wrong side of town
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Bye-bye, baby, oh oh oh, bye-bye Darling Bye-bye, baby, bye-bye, baby, bye-bye, baby

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
1984

<Coots/Gillespie>
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You better watch out, you better not cry You better not pout, I'm telling you why Santa Claus is coming to town Santa Claus is coming to town
C
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Santa Claus is coming to town He's making a list and checking it twice He's gonna find out who's naughty or nice Santa Claus is coming to town Santa Claus is coming to town
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Santa Claus is coming to town
Gm
C
F
He sees you when you're sleeping
Gm
C
F
He knows when you're awake
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He knows if you've been bad or good
G6
You better be good for goodness sake (Better be good for goodness sake!) You better watch out, you better not cry You better not pout, I'm telling you why Santa Claus is coming to town Santa Claus is coming to town Santa Claus is coming to town
Solo over verse chords
He sees you when you're sleeping He knows when you're awake He knows if you've been bad or good You better be good for goodness sake (Better be good for goodness sake!)
C
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Ab
You better watch out, you better not cry You better not pout, I'm telling you why
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Santa Claus is coming to town Santa Claus is coming to town
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Santa Claus is coming to town |
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Santa Claus is coming to town |
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Seeds
1985

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 Well a great black river a man had found So he put all his money in a hole in the ground And sent a big steel arm drivin' down, down, down Man now I live on the streets of Houston town Packed up my wife and kids when winter came along And we headed down south with just spit and a song But they said "Sorry son it's gone, gone, gone" It's all gone Well there's men hunkered down by the railroad tracks The Elkhorn Special blowin' my hair back Tents pitched on the highway in the dirty moonlight And I don't know where I'm gonna sleep tonight Parked in the lumberyard freezin' our asses off My kids in the back seat got a graveyard cough Well I'm sleepin' up in front with my wife Billy club tappin' on the windshield in the middle of the night Says "Move along man, move along" Well big limousine, long, shiny and black You don't look ahead you don't look back How many times can you get up after you've been hit? Well I swear if I could spare the spit I'd lay one on your shiny chrome And send you on your way back home So if you're gonna leave your town where the north wind blow To go on down where that sweet soda river flow Well you better think twice on it Jack You're better off buyin' a shotgun dead off the rack You ain't gonna find nothin' down here friend Except seeds blowin' up the highway in the south wind Movin' on, movin' on It's gone, gone, it's all gone

Streets Of Philadelphia
1993

F
Am
F
I was bruised and battered I couldn't tell what I felt
Am
I was unrecognizable to myself
F
Saw my reflection in a window and didn't know my own face
Am
Oh brother, are you gonna leave me wasting like this
Bb
F/a
C
On the streets of Philadelphia
Bb
F/a
C
I walked the avenue 'til my legs felt like stone I heard voices of friends vanished and gone At night I hear the blood in my veins Just as black and whispery as the rain On the streets of Philadelphia
Bb
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Ain't no angel gonna greet me
Bb
F
It's just you and I my friend
Am
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And my clothes don't fit me no more
C
I walked a thousand miles just to slip this skin The night is falling, I'm lying awake I can feel my self fading away So receive me brother with your faithless kiss Or will we leave each other alone like this On the streets of Philadelphia
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Talk To Me
1978

E
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Well every night I see a light shine in your window
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But every night you don't answer when I come knocking at your door
A
F#m
But your daddy won't ever let me in
A
F#m
E
And I see from the street your silhouette sittin' close to him
C#m
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What must I do? What does it take to get you to
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Talk to me, until the night's over
E
C#m
Little girl won't you talk to Me, well until the night's over
A
Yeah yeah yeah, I got a full week's pay
E
And baby I've been working hard each day
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I'm not asking for the world you see
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I'm just asking girl, talk to Me |
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Well late at night I hear the music softly playin'
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And late at night I see the two of you softly swayin'
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I don't understand darlin' what was my sin?
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Why am I down here below, your arms are open to him
C#m
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What did I do? What did I say? What must I pay to get you to
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Talk to me, until the night's over
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Little girl won't you talk to me, well until the night's over
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Yeah yeah yeah, I got a full week's pay
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And baby I've been working hard each day
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I'm not asking for the world you see
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I'm just asking girl, talk to Me |
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I don't understand darling what was my sin
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Why am I down here below and your arms are open to him
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What did I do? What did I say? What must I pay to get you to
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Talk to me, until the night's over
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Little girl won't you talk to me, well, until the night's over
A
Yeah yeah yeah, I got a full week's pay
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And baby I've been working hard each day
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I'm not asking for the world you see
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Oh I'm just
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Oh I'm just asking darlin' please
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And baby I'm down on my knees to get you to
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Talk to me, well until the night's over
E
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Little girl, won't you talk to me? Until it's all over
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Come on darlin' and talk to me
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Well until it's all over
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Little girl, won't you talk to me?
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Until it's all over |
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Trapped
1981

<Jimmy Cliff>
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Well it seems like I'm caught up in your trap again And it seems like I'll be wearin' the same ol' chains
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Good will conquer evil and the truth will set you free
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Then I know someday I'll find the key Then I know somewhere I'll find the key Well it seems like I've been playin' the game way too long And it seems the game I played has made you strong Well when the game is over, I won't walk out a loser And I know that I'll walk out of here again And I know that someday I'll walk out of here again
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But now I'm trapped, oh yeah!
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Trapped, oh yeah! Trapped, oh yeah! Trapped, oh yeah!
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Now it seems like I've been sleepin' in your bed too long And it seems like you've been meanin' to do me harm But I'll teach my eyes to see beyond these walls in front of me And someday I'll walk out of here again Yeah I know someday I'll walk out of here again But now I'm trapped, oh yeah! Trapped, oh yeah! Trapped, oh yeah! Trapped, oh yeah! Well it seems like I've been playin' the game way too long And it seems the game I played has made you strong Because I'm trapped, oh yeah! Trapped, oh yeah! Trapped, oh yeah! Trapped, oh yeah!