Bruce Springsteen – Highway Patrolman chords
Chords:
INTRO: D (Live in Dublin Version Capo 3 fret)D G DMy name is Joe Roberts I work for the stateAI'm a sergeant out of Perrineville barracks number 8D G DI always done an honest job as honest as I couldA DI got a brother named Franky and Frank he ain't no goodG DNow ever since we was young kids it's been the same come downAI get a call on the shortwave Franky's in trouble downtownD G DWell if it was any other man, I'd put him straight awayA DBut when it's your brother sometimes you look the other wayCHORUS 1:G D A G DYeah, me and Franky laughing and drinking nothing feels better than blood on bloodA G D ATakin' turns dancin' with Marie as the band played Night of the Johnstown FloodD G DI catch him when he's straying like any brother wouldA DMan turns his back on his family well he just ain't no goodG DWell Franky went in the army back in 1965AI got a farm deferment, settled down, took Maria for my wifeD G DBut them wheat prices kept on dropping 'till it was like we were getting robbedA DFranky came home in `68, and me, I took this jobCHORUS 2:G D A G DYea we're laughing and drinking nothing feels better than blood on bloodA G D ATakin' turns dancin' with Marie as the band played Night of the Johnstown FloodD G DI catch him when he's straying, teach him how to walk that lineA D G A DMan turns his back on his family he ain't no friend of mineG DWell the night was like any other, I got a call `bout quarter to nineAThere was trouble in a roadhouse out on the Michigan lineD G DThere was a kid lying on the floor lookin' bad bleedin' hard from his headA DThere was a girl crying at a table and it was Frank, they saidG DWell I went out and I jumped in my car and I hit the lightsABut I must of done a hundred and ten through Michigan county that nightD G DIt was out at the crossroads, down round Willow bankA DSeen a Buick with Ohio plates behind the wheel was FrankWell I chased him through them county roadsG D'till a sign said Canadian border five miles from hereA DI pulled over to the side of the highway and watched his taillights disappearCHORUS 3:G D A G DMe and Franky laughing and drinking nothing feels better than blood on bloodA G D ATaking turns dancing with Marie as the band played Night of the Johnstown FloodD G DI catch him when he's straying like any brother wouldA 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