Tag: Bruce Springsteen

This is the chord progression of Western Stars by Bruce Springsteen on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
| Em | F | Em | F | G | G

[Verse 1]
Em               F               G                  Gsus4               G
I wake up in the morning, just glad my boots are on
Em                                           F                                           G
Instead of empty in the whispering grasses down the Five at Forest Lawn
Em                             F               G               Gsus4                G
On the set, the makeup girl brings me two raw eggs and a shot of gin
Em                             F                             G               Gsus4                                           G
Then I give it all up for that little blue pill that promises to bring it all back to you again

[Chorus]
C               F               G               Gsus4               G
Ride me down easy, ride me down easy, friend
Em                             F                             G
Tonight the western stars are shining bright again

[Verse 2]
Em               F               G                             Gsus4                             G
Here in the canyons above Sunset, the desert don\’t give up the fight
Em                                                         F                                           G
A coyote with someone\’s Chihuahua in its teeth skitters \’cross my veranda in the night
Em                             F                           G               Gsus4                             G
Some lost sheep from Oklahoma sips her Mojito down at the Whiskey Bar
Em                                                         F                                                         G
Smiles and says she thinks she remembers me from that commercial with the credit card

[Chorus]
C                                                         F                             G
Hell, these days there ain\’t no more, now there\’s just again
Em                                           F                             G
Tonight the western stars are shining bright again

[Interlude]
Em F G G

[Verse 3]
Em               F               G                             Gsus4               G
Some days I take my El Camino, throw my saddle in and go
Em                                           F                             G
East to the desert where the charros, they still ride and rope
C                                           F                             G
Our American brothers cross the wire and bring the old ways with them
Em                             F                             G
Tonight the western stars are shining bright again

[Instrumental]
C | F | G | G | Em | F | G | G

[Verse 4]
Em                                           F                             G
Once I was shot by John Wayne, yeah, it was towards the end
Em                             F               G               Gsus4                             G
That one scene\’s bought me a thousand drinks, set me up and I\’ll tell it for you, friend
C                             F                                           G
Here\’s to the cowboys, riders in the whirlwind
Em               F                                           G
Tonight the western stars are shining bright again
Em                                           F                             G
And the western stars are shining bright again

[Chorus]
C                             F                             G
Tonight the riders on Sunset are smothered in the Santa Ana winds
Em                                           F                             G
And the western stars are shining bright again
C                             F                             G
C\’mon and ride me down easy, ride me down easy, friend
Em                 F             G                             Gsus2               G
\’Cause tonight the western stars are shining bright again
Em                 F                   G                 Gsus4                 G
I woke up this morning just glad my boots were on

This is the chord progression of Moonlight Motel by Bruce Springsteen on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
D Bm G A

[Verse 1]
D                                                      Bm
There\’s a place on a blank stretch of road where
G                                                                 A
Nobody travels and nobody goes and the
D                                                  Bm
Deskman says these days \’round here
G                                                                                  A
Where two young folks could probably up and disappear into
G                                                  D
Rustlin\’ sheets, a sleepy corner room
Bm    Bm/A                  G
Into the musty smell
D                                                  Bm
Of wilted flowers and lazy afternoon hours
G A D Bm G A
At the Moonlight Motel

[Verse 2]
D                                                  Bm
Now the pool\’s filled with empty, eight foot deep
G                                                                                                  A
Got dandelions growin\’ up through the cracks in the concrete
D                                                  Bm
Chain-link fence half-rusted away
G                                                 A
Got a sign, says, \”Children, be careful how you play\”
G                                                                  D
Your lipstick taste and your whispered secret
Bm                  Bm/A      G
I promised I\’d never tell
D                                                                  Bm
A half-drunk beer and your breath in my ear
G A D Bm G A
At the Moonlight Motel

[Chorus]
G                                                  D/F#
Well then, it\’s bills and kids and kids and bills
Bm                  Bm/A        G
And the ringing of the bell
D                                                                  Bm
Across the valley floor through the dusty screen door
G A D Bm G A
Of the Moonlight Motel

[Verse 3]
D                                                                  Bm
Last night I dreamed of you, my lover
G                                                                                  A
And the wind blew through the window and blew off the covers
D                                                                  Bm
Of my lonely bed, I woke to something you said
G                                                                                                  A
That it\’s better to have loved, yeah, it\’s better to have loved
G                                                  D
As I drove, there was a chill in the breeze
Bm                                  Bm/A                  G
And leaves tumbled from the sky and fell
D                                                  Bm
On a road so black as I backtracked
G           A          D          Bm
To the Moonlight Motel
G                                                                                  D
She was boarded up and gone like an old summer song
Bm                  Bm/A                  G
Nothing but an empty shell
D                                                                  Bm
I pulled in and stopped into my old spot

[Instrumental]
G A Bm

[Chorus]
G                                                 D
I pulled a bottle of Jack out of a paper bag
Bm                                  Bm/A                 G
Poured one for me and one for you as well
D                                                  Bm
Then it was one more shot poured out onto the parking lot
G A D Bm G A D
To the Moonlight Motel

This is the chord progression of Stones by Bruce Springsteen on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
G C

[Chorus]
G
I woke up this morning with stones in my mouth
C
Said those were only the lies you\’ve told me
C
Those are only the lies you\’ve told me

[Verse 1]
G
I pulled my collar to the wind and spit them on the ground
C
You said those are only the lies you\’ve told me
C
Those are only the lies you\’ve told me

[Pre-Chorus]
Am                                  C
Sat on the edge of our bed in the sun
Am                                            C
I felt them gather on my tongue

[Chorus]
G
I woke up this morning with stones in my mouth
C
You said those are only the lies you\’ve told me
C
Those are only the lies you\’ve told me

[Solo]
D C
D C D

[Verse 2]
G
The dirt-brown winter field, a thousand black crows cover the ground
C
You say those are only the lies you\’ve told me
C
Those are only the lies you\’ve told me
G
The autumn wind blows through the trees, as the dark leaves come tumbling down
C
You say those are only the lies you\’ve told me
C
Those are only the lies you\’ve told me

[Pre-Chorus]
Am C
I walk a highway washed in sun
Am C D
I feel weight gather on my tongue

[Chorus]
G
I woke up this morning with stones in my mouth
C
You said those are only the lies you\’ve told me
C
Those are only the lies you\’ve told me
G
Those are only the lies you\’ve told me (Only the lies you\’ve told me)
C
Those are only the lies you\’ve told me (Only the lies you\’ve told me)
G
Those are only the lies you\’ve told me (Only the lies you\’ve told me)
C
Those are only the lies you\’ve told me

[Outro]
G C
G C
G C
I woke up this morning with stones in my mouth