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Song title:      Born To Run
Original Album:  Born To Run

Words and Music by Bruce Springsteen
Copyright © 1975 Columbia Records
Published by Sony Music Entertainment

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


INTRO:
Chords:
E      022100
Aadd9  077600
Badd11 099800


[play: | E | % | Aadd9 | Badd11 |]  [x2] (played under Guitar Figure 1)

Guitar Figure 1

  E
|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-1------------------------------|-------------2-----------1------|
|-2------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-2------------------------------|---------2----------------------|
|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|


  Aadd9                            A               Badd11
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-2---------------4--------------|
|-4------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|



VERSE1:
Notes:
The basic chords are E, A and B but while one guitar plays that, the other
guitar could play alternative single chords as below. Let ring.

Chords:
E      022100
Aadd9  077600
Badd11 099800


       E                                       A                B
In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American dream

   E                                          A         B
At night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines



PRE-CHORUS/CHORUS1:
Chords:
A       577655    E   022100
C#m/G#  446654    D/E 0x2232 or 05777x
F#m     244222    B   799877


A                    C#m/G#
Sprung from cages on Highway Nine,

       F#m                        C#m/G#                E
Chrome-wheeled, fuel-injected and steppin' out over the line

D/E  A                       C#m/G#
Oh - Baby this town rips the bones from your back

       F#m                C#m/G#
It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap

         E                   C#m/G#
We gotta get out while we're young

       A               B                    E
`Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run


[play: Guitar Figure 1]  [x2]

...over these chords:

| E | % | Aadd9 | A Badd11 |
                  Yes girl we were   (1st time)
                  Wendy...           (2nd time and straight into verse)



VERSE2:
Notes:
The basic chords are E, A and B but while one guitar plays that, the other
guitar could play alternative single chords as below. Let ring.

Chords:
E      022100
Aadd9  077600
Badd11 099800


   E                                           A                     B
...let me in I wanna be your friend, I want to guard your dreams and visions

     E
Just wrap your legs 'round these velvet rims

    A                          B
And strap your hands ‘cross my engines



PRE-CHORUS/CHORUS2:
Chords:
A       577655    E   022100
C#m/G#  446654    D/E 0x2232 or 05777x
F#m     244222    B   799877

  A               C#m/G#
Together we could break this trap

      F#m               C#m/G#                E      D/E
We'll run 'til we drop, baby   we'll never go back - Oh

         A                       C#m/G#
Will you walk with me out on the wire?

        F#m                         C#m/G#
'Cause, baby, I'm just a scared and lonely rider

      E                 C#m/G#
But I gotta know how it feels

          A                            B                       E
I want to know if love is wild, babe I want to know if love is real


[play: Guitar Figure 1]  [x2]

[play: 4/4| E | % | Aadd9 | A Badd11 |
                            Oh, can you show me   (1st time)
                            Huh! Da! Oh! Ah!      (2nd time)


[Saxophone SOLO: over these chords:]

[play: 4/4| E | % | Aadd9 | A Badd11 |]  [x2]

[play: 4/4| C#m7 | B E Bm7 |]



BRIDGE:
Chords:
Dsus4  xx0233    Asus4 x02230
D      xx0232    A     x02220
Gsus4  3x0013    Csus4 x33010
G      320033    C     x32010


  Dsus4    D       Dsus4        D       Gsus4       G             Gsus4  G
Beyond the Palace, hemi-powered drones, scream down the boulevard

      Asus4      A       Asus4     A
Girls comb their hair in rear-view mirrors

        Csus4 C              Csus4  C
And the boys  try to look so hard

     Dsus4    D          Dsus4    D
The amusement park rises bold and stark

            Gsus4          G            Gsus4  G
As kids are huddled on the beach in the mist

        Asus4    A                  Asus4    A
I wanna die with you, Wendy, on the street tonight

      Csus4  C       Csus4  C
in an ever - lasting kiss     Huh!


[INTERLUDE: keyboard over these chords:]

[play: 4/4| Esus4 E | % | % | F# | % |]

[play: 4/4| Esus4 E | % | F#sus4 F | % |]


[LEAD-IN to last VERSE:]


|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-4-----------3-----------2-------|-----1-----------0---------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------4-------|
|----—----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |


|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-4---3-------2-------1-------0---|---------------------------------|
|----—----------------------------|-----4-------3-------3-------3---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |


|----—----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----—----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |


N.C.
One, two, three, four...


VERSE3:
Notes:
The basic chords are E, A and B but while one guitar plays that, the other
guitar could play alternative single chords as below. Let ring.

Chords:
E      022100
Aadd9  077600
Badd11 099800


E                                        A                 B
Highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive

     E                                          A                B
Everybody's out on the run tonight, but there's no place left to hide



PRE-CHORUS/CHORUS3:
Chords:
A       577655    E   022100              C#m7 x46454
C#m/G#  446654    D/E 0x2232 or 05777x
F#m     244222    B   799877

  A                    C#m/G#
Together, Wendy, we'll live with the sadness

     F#m                   C#m/G#        E      D/E
I'll love you with all the madness in my soul - Oh


A              C#m/G#                       F#m
Someday girl I don't know when, we're gonna get to that place

         C#m/G#         E                         C#m/G#
Where we really want to go, and we'll walk in the sun

               A               B                     E   C#m7
But 'til then, tramps like us, baby, we were born to run

           A               B                     E   C#m7
Ah, honey, tramps like us, baby, we were born to run

                A               B                     E
Come on, Wendy, tramps like us, baby, we were born to run


[play: Guitar Figure 1]  [x3]


|  E  |  %  |  Aadd9  |  A Badd11  |

               Whoa...!
Mmm.           Oh oh oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh,
               Mmm       Mmm


OUTRO:

[play: Guitar Figure 1]

Guitar Figure 1

  E
|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-1------------------------------|-------------2-----------1------|
|-2------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-2------------------------------|---------2----------------------|
|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|

  Whoah oh oh oh


  Aadd9                            A               Badd11
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-2---------------4--------------|
|-4------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|

  Whoah    oh oh oh                Oh oh           Oh oh


[end on E]

        oh!