Bruce Springsteen – Moonlight Motel chords

[Intro]

D Bm G A


[Verse 1]

D                    BmThere's a place on a blank stretch of road where
G                         ANobody travels and nobody goes and the
D                  BmDeskman says these days 'round here
      G                                         AWhere two young folks could probably up and disappear into
G                         DRustlin' sheets, a sleepy corner room
Bm       Bm/A   GInto the musty smell
   D                       BmOf wilted flowers and lazy afternoon hours
       G   A       D  Bm G AAt the Moonlight Motel


[Verse 2]

        D                         BmNow the pool's filled with empty, eight foot deep
    G                                               AGot dandelions growin' up through the cracks in the concrete
D                     BmChain-link fence half-rusted away
      G                                         AGot a sign, says, "Children, be careful how you play"
G                            DYour lipstick taste and your whispered secret
  Bm       Bm/A      GI promised I'd never tell
  D                        BmA half-drunk beer and your breath in my ear
       G   A       D  Bm G AAt the Moonlight Motel


[Chorus]

                G                  D/F#Well then, it's bills and kids and kids and bills
        Bm      Bm/A   GAnd the ringing of the bell
           D                        BmAcross the valley floor through the dusty screen door
       G   A       D  Bm G AOf the Moonlight Motel


[Verse 3]

D                       BmLast night I dreamed of you, my lover
        G                                             AAnd the wind blew through the window and blew off the covers
      D                     BmOf my lonely bed, I woke to something you said
          G                                               AThat it's better to have loved, yeah, it's better to have loved
G                       DAs I drove, there was a chill in the breeze
           Bm               Bm/A    GAnd leaves tumbled from the sky and fell
     D                BmOn a road so black as I backtracked
       G   A       D  BmTo the Moonlight Motel
        G                           DShe was boarded up and gone like an old summer song
Bm             Bm/A  GNothing but an empty shell
  D                          BmI pulled in and stopped into my old spot


[Instrumental]

G A Bm


[Chorus]

           G                       DI pulled a bottle of Jack out of a paper bag
               Bm             Bm/A   GPoured one for me and one for you as well
            D                                 BmThen it was one more shot poured out onto the parking lot
       G   A       D  Bm G A DTo the Moonlight Motel