Words & Music:
Bruce Springsteen
If you haven't heard Bruce's "Nebraska" album, go find it. It is just Bruce, his acoustic
guitar and a 4-track travelling
the country during his famous "down time" (the lawsuit early in his
career). The circumstances led to
the sparse & down tenor of the album.
This song was originally in G#.
To match that key, capo 1.
Other people have transposed it into A.
G C
G C |
F C G
C
G
C
G
C
I saw her standin' on her front lawn, just twirlin' her baton.
F
C
G
C
Me and her went for a ride, sir, and ten innocent people died.
From the town of Lincoln, Nebraska, with a sawed-off .410 on my lap,
Through to the badlands of Wyoming, I killed everything in my path.
G
C
G
C
I can't say that I'm sorry for the things that we done.
F
C
G
C
At least for a little while, sir, me and her, we had us some fun.
Now, the jury brought in a guilty verdict.
And the judge, he sentenced me to death.
Midnight in a prison storeroom with leather straps across my chest.
Sheriff, when the man pulls that switch, sir, & snaps my poor head back.
You make sure my pretty baby is sittin' right there on my lap.
INSTRUMENTAL (HARMONICA) OVER:
G C [vamp]
G
C
G
C
They declared me unfit to live; said into that great void my soul be hurled.
F
C
They wanted to know why I did what I did.
G
C
Well, sir, I guess there's just a meanness in this world.
OUTRO: HARMONICA OVER: G
C G C
| F C
G C