Bruce Springsteen – Highway Patrolman chords

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INTRO:  D    (Live in Dublin Version Capo 3 fret)
 

D G DMy name is Joe Roberts I work for the state
AI'm a sergeant out of Perrineville barracks number 8
D G DI always done an honest job as honest as I could
A DI got a brother named Franky and Frank he ain't no good
G DNow ever since we was young kids it's been the same come down
AI get a call on the shortwave Franky's in trouble downtown
D G DWell if it was any other man, I'd put him straight away
A DBut when it's your brother sometimes you look the other way
CHORUS 1:
G D A G DYeah, me and Franky laughing and drinking nothing feels better than blood on blood
A G D ATakin' turns dancin' with Marie as the band played Night of the Johnstown Flood
D G DI catch him when he's straying like any brother would
A DMan turns his back on his family well he just ain't no good
G DWell Franky went in the army back in 1965
AI got a farm deferment, settled down, took Maria for my wife
D G DBut them wheat prices kept on dropping 'till it was like we were getting robbed
A DFranky came home in `68, and me, I took this job
CHORUS 2:
G D A G DYea we're laughing and drinking nothing feels better than blood on blood
A G D ATakin' turns dancin' with Marie as the band played Night of the Johnstown Flood
D G DI catch him when he's straying, teach him how to walk that line
A D G A DMan turns his back on his family he ain't no friend of mine
G DWell the night was like any other, I got a call `bout quarter to nine
AThere was trouble in a roadhouse out on the Michigan line
D G DThere was a kid lying on the floor lookin' bad bleedin' hard from his head
A DThere was a girl crying at a table and it was Frank, they said
G DWell I went out and I jumped in my car and I hit the lights
ABut I must of done a hundred and ten through Michigan county that night
D G DIt was out at the crossroads, down round Willow bank
A DSeen a Buick with Ohio plates behind the wheel was Frank
Well I chased him through them county roads
G D'till a sign said Canadian border five miles from here
A DI pulled over to the side of the highway and watched his taillights disappear
CHORUS 3:
G D A G DMe and Franky laughing and drinking nothing feels better than blood on blood
A G D ATaking turns dancing with Marie as the band played Night of the Johnstown Flood
D G DI catch him when he's straying like any brother would
A D G DMan turns his back on his family well he just ain't no good
----------------------------------------- NOTES: TUNING: As with most of the songs from this album...it's slightly flat...not quite a full semitone. ----------------------------------------- CHORDS: EADGBE ------ D XX0232 G 320033 A X02220
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