BRUCE SPRINGSTEIN 1984

  [Verse]

B

I get up in the evening and I ain't got nothing to say

E

I come home in the morning I go to bed feeling the same way

C#m E C#m B

I ain't nothing but tired, man I'm just tired and bored with myself

G#m B G#m F#

Hey there baby I could use just a little help

[Chorus]

F# E

You can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a spark

C#m E C#m B

This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark

[Verse 2]

B

Messages keep getting clearer, radio's on and I'm moving round the place

E

I check my look in the mirror (mirror) I wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face

E C#m E C#m B 

Man I ain't getting nowhere, I'm just living in a dump like this

G#m B G#m F#

There's something happening somewhere baby I just know there is

[Chorus]

F# E

You can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a spark

C#m E C#m B

This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark

[Bridge]

G#m B E F#  G#m

You sit around getting older, there's a joke here somewhere and it's on me

B E F# 

I'll shake the world off my shoulders, come on baby the laugh's on me

[Verse 3]

B

Stay on the streets of this town and they'll be carving you up all right

E

They say you gotta stay hungry, hey baby I'm just about starving tonight

E C#m E C#m B

I'm dying for some action, I'm sick of sitting 'round here trying to write this book

G#m B G#m F#

I need a love reaction, come on now baby gimme just one look

[Chorus]

F#  E

You can't start a fire sitting round crying over a broken heart

C#m E C#m 

This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark

F#  E

You can't start a fire worrying about your little world falling apart

C#m E C#m B

This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark

B

Even if we're just dancing in the dark (x4)

  G G7 C Cm G Em A7 D7

G G7 C Cm

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses

G Em

You've been out ridin' fences,

A7 D7

for so long - now.

G G7

Oh you're a hard one.

C Cm

I know that you've got your reasons.

G Em

These things that are pleasin' you

A7 D7 G D

Can hurt you somehow.

Em Bm

Don't you draw the queen of diamonds boy

C G

She'll beat you if she's able.

Em C G D

You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet.

Em  Bm

Now it seems to me, some fine things

C G

Have been laid upon your table.

Em A7

But you only want the ones

Am D

That you can't get.

G

Desperado,

G7 C Cm

Ohhhh you ain't getting no younger.

G Em

Your pain and your hunger,

A7 D7

They're driving you home.

G G7

And freedom, oh freedom.

C Cm

Well that's just some people talking.

G  Em A7 D7 G D

Your prison is walking through this world all alone.

Em Bm

Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?

C G

The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine.

Em C G D

It's hard to tell the night time from the day.

Em Bm

And you're losing all your highs and lows

C G

ain't it funny how the feeling goes

Am D D7

away...

G

Desperado,

G7 C Cm

Why don't you come to your senses?

G Em A7 D7

come down from your fences, open the gate.

G G7 C Cm

It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you.

G Em

You better let somebody love you.

C Am

(let somebody love you)

G B7 Em

You better let somebody love you...ohhh..hooo

Am D7 G

before it's too..oooo.. late.

G7 C Cm G

 [Verse 1]

G                        G
You know I can be found, sitting home all alone,
   C                        G
If you can’t come around, at least please telephone.
          Am    D                 G
A don’t be cruel to a heart that’s true


[Verse 2]

G                            G
Baby, if I made you mad, for something I might have said,
C                                  G
Please, let’s forget the past, the future looks bright ahead
          Am    D                 G    G7
A don’t be cruel to a heart that’s true
       C             D     C              D                G
I don’t want no other love, baby it’s just you I’m thinking of


[Verse 3]

G                          G
Don’t stop thinking of me, don’t make me feel this way,
       C                          G
Come on over here and love me, you know what I want you to say
          Am    D                 G   G7
A don’t be cruel to a heart that’s true
   C             D       C               D              G
Why should we be apart, I really love you baby, cross my heart


[Verse 4]

G                              G
Let’s walk up to the preacher, and let us say I do,
 C                                       G
Then you’ll know you’ll have me, and I’ll know that I’ll have you
          Am    D                 G    G7
A don’t be cruel to a heart that’s true


[Verse 5]

C                     D     C              D                G
I don’t want no other love, baby it’s just you I’m thinking of
N.C.       Am    D                 G
A don’t be cruel to a heart that’s true
        Am    D                 G    G7
Don’t be cruel to a heart that’s true
C                     D     C              D                G
I don’t want no other love, baby it’s just you I’m thinking of 

  [Intro] 

F G F G

[Verse]

F G

Now here you go again

F G

You say you want your freedom

F G

Well who am I to keep you down?

F G F G

It's only right that you should play the way you feel it

F G

But listen carefully to the sound

F G F G

Of your loneliness, like a heartbeat drives you mad

F G F

In the stillness of remembering what you had

G F

And what you lost

G F

And what you had 

G  F

And what you lost

[Chorus]

Fmaj7 G6 Fmaj7 G

Oh thunder only happens when it's raining

Fmaj7 G6 Fmaj7 G

Players only love you when they're playing

Fmaj7 G6 Fmaj7 G

Say, women, they will come and they will go

Fmaj7 G6 Fmaj7 G

When the rain washes you clean you'll know

Fmaj7

You'll know

(now go back to alternating b/t the G & F chords like the 1st verse)

[Verse]

F G

Now here I go again 

F G

I see you crystal visions

F G F

I keep my visions to myself

F G F G

It's only me who wants to wrap around you dreams and,

F G

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell

F G F G

Dreams of loneliness like a heartbeat drives you mad

F G F

In the stillness of remembering what you had

G F

And what you lost

G F

And what you had

G F

Ooh and what you lost

[Chorus]

G Fmaj7 G6 Fmaj7 G

Oh thunder only happens when it's raining

Fmaj7 G6 Fmaj7 G

Players only love you when they're playing

Fmaj7 G6 Fmaj7 G

Say, women, they will come and they will go

Fmaj7 G6 Fmaj7 G

When the rain washes you clean you'll know

Fmaj7

You'll know

G Fmaj7 G6 Fmaj7 G

Oh thunder only happens when it's raining

Fmaj7 G6 Fmaj7 G

Players only love you when they're playing

Fmaj7 G6 Fmaj7 G

Say, women, they will come and they will go

Fmaj7 G6 Fmaj7 G

When the rain washes you clean you'll know

Fmaj7 G

You'll know

Fmaj7 G

You'll know

You will know

  [Intro] Fm Cm/F | Fm6 Bbm6 | Fm C7sus | Fm

[Verse 1] Fm Fm7 Fm6 Bbm6 

Ev'ry time that I look in the mirror

Fm Fm7 Fm6 Bbm6 

All these lines on my face gettin' clearer

Fm Fm7 Fm6 Bbm6 

The past is gone

Fm Fm7 Fm6 Bbm6 

It went by like dusk to dawn

[Bridge] Dm7b5 C Dm7b5 Bbm6

Isn't that the way ev'rybody's got their dues in life to pay?

[Interlude]

C Dbmaj7 | D7 C7 

[Chorus] Fm  Eb Db Eb

I know nobody knows where it comes and where it goes

Fm Eb Db Eb

I know it's ev'ryvody's sin; you got to lose to know how to win

[Interlude]

Fm Fm7 | Fm6 Bbm6 | Fm Fm9 | Fm

[Verse 2] Fm Fm7 Fm6 Bbm6

Half my life's in books' written pages 

Fm Fm7 Fm6 Bbm6

Lived and learned from fools and from sages

Fm Fm7 Fm6 Bbm6

You know it's true

Fm Fm7 Fm6 Bbm6

All these things come back to you.

[Chorus] Fm Eb 

Sing with me, sing for the years. 

Db Eb

Sing for the laughter and sing for the tears.

Fm Eb

 Sing with me if it's just for today,

Dm7b5 Dbmaj7

Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away

[Instrumental]

Bbm C Bbm C Bbm C Bbm C | Bbm C Bbm C Bbm C Bbm C 

[Outro] Bb C Db Eb Fm

Dream on, dream on, dream on, dream yourself a dream come true.

Bb C Db Eb Fm

Dream on, dream on, dream on, and dream until your dream comes true.

Bb C D Eb

Dream on, dream on, dream on, dream on,

F G Ab Bb

Dream on, dream on, dream on, ah 

Bbm C Bbm C Bbm C Bbm C | Bbm C Bbm C Bbm C Bbm C 

Aaah.