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Did You Know? Springsteen wrote this song about 2 teenagers murderers who killed 11 people over 8 days in the states of Nebraska and Wyoming in 1958
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Difficulty Level Of Original Recorded Song: Orange Belt
Most Advanced Rhythm: Orange Belt, White Belt when played with 'The Driver'.
Most Advanced Chord Change: Yellow Belt
Image: Bruce at the New Haven Coliseum by Carl Lender
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Yellow Pick Level
Bruce Springsteen, Nebraska Chords
Chords:
Open D Chord
Open G Chord
Open A Chord
Tune down 1/2 step:
Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb
Strumming:
"The Driver" (bass pluck on beat 1):
|B D D U D U |
Key: D (Db when tuned down)
Tempo: 130bpm
Intro -
|A - - - |A - - - |D - - - |D - - - |
|A - - - |A - - - |D - - - |D - - - |
|G - - - |G - - - |D - - - |D - - - |
|A - - - |A - - - |D - - - |D - - - |
Verse -
||A - - - |A - - - |D - - - |D - - - |
|A - - - |A - - - |D - - - |D - - - |
|G - - - |G - - - |D - - - |D - - - |
|A - - - |A - - - |D - - - |D - - - ||x2
I saw her (Ax2)standin' on her
(Dx2)front lawn
Just a-(Ax2)twirlin' her
(Dx2)baton
Me and
(Gx2)her went for a
(Dx2)ride sir
And
(Ax2)ten innocent people
(Dx2)died
From the
(Ax2)town of Lincoln (Dx2)Nebraska
With a sawed of (Ax2).410 on my (Dx2)lap
Through to the
(Gx2)badlands of
(Dx2)Wyoming
I killed (Ax2)everything in my (Dx2)path
Bridge -
|A - - - |A - - - |D - - - |D - - - |
Verse -
||A - - - |A - - - |D - - - |D - - - |
|A - - - |A - - - |D - - - |D - - - |
|G - - - |G - - - |D - - - |D - - - |
|A - - - |A - - - |D - - - |D - - - ||x3
I can’t (Ax2)say that I’m
(Dx2)sorry
For the
(Ax2)things that we (Dx2)done
At least (Gx2)for a little while (Dx2)sir
Me and (Ax2)her we had us some (Dx2)fun
The (Ax2)jury brought in a guilty
(Dx2)verdict
and the(Ax2)Judge he sentenced me to
(Dx2)death
(Gx2)Midnight in a prison
(Dx2)storeroom with
Leather
(Ax2)straps across my
(Dx2)chest
Sheriff when
(Ax2)the man pulls that
(Dx2)switch sir
And
(Ax2)snaps my poor head (Dx2)back
You make
(Gx2)sure my pretty
(Dx2)baby
is sittin’
(Ax2)right there on my
(Dx2)lap
Bridge -
||A - - - |A - - - |D - - - |D - - - ||x2
Verse -
|A - - - |A - - - |D - - - |D - - - |
|A - - - |A - - - |D - - - |D - - - |
|G - - - |G - - - |D - - - |D - - - |
|A - - - |A - - - |D - - - |D - - - |
They (Ax2)declared me unfit
(Dx2)to live
Said into that
(Ax2)great void my soul’d be
(Dx2)hurled
They want to
(Gx2)know why I did what
(Dx2)I did
Well sir I guess there’s just a (Ax2)meanness in this (Dx2)world
Ending -
|A - - - |A - - - |D - - - |D - - - |
|A - - - |A - - - |D - - - |D - - - |
|G - - - |G - - - |D - - - |D - - - |
|A - - - |A - - - |D - - - |D - - - |
Final Chord Strum: D
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