Born To Run Chords

by Bruce Springsteen
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Difficulty: advanced
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: E
Capo: no capo
Author steini [a] 1,171.
7 contributors total, last edit on Dec 3, 2021
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Chords

E
A
B7sus4
B
E/G#
F#m
D/E
C#m
Bm7
Dsus4
D
Gsus4
G
Asus4
Csus4
C
Fsus4
F
F#sus4
F#

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[Intro/Theme]
E  E  A  B7sus4 - B
E  E  A  B7sus4 - B
 
[Verse 1]
        E                                      A                B
In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American dream
   E                                          A         B
At night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines
 
A                    E/G#              F#m
Sprung from cages on highway 9, chrome-wheeled, fuel-injected
    E/G#                  E     D/E
and steppin' out over the line, whoah!
A                       E/G#
Baby this town rips the bones from your back
       F#m                E/G#                  E                   C#m
It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap, we gotta get out while we're young
       A               B                    E
'Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run
 
[Theme]
E  E  A  B7sus4 - B
E  E  A  B7sus4 - B
 
[Verse 2]
      E                                            A                     B
Wendy let me in, I wanna be your friend, I want to guard your dreams and visions
     E                                            A                          B
Just wrap your legs 'round these velvet rims, and strap your hands across my engines
 
  A               E/G#                   F#m               E/G#                E     D/E
Together we could break this trap, we'll run till we drop, baby we'll never go back, whoah!
         A                       E/G#         F#m                        E/G#
Will you walk with me out on the wire? 'Cause baby I'm just a scared and lonely rider
      E                     C#m
But I gotta find out how it feels
          A                             B                       E
I want to know if love is wild, babe, I want to know if love is real
 
[Theme]
E  E  A  B7sus4 - B
E  E  A  B7sus4 - B
 
[Sax solo]
E  E  A  B
E  E  A  B
C#m  B - E
Bm7
 
[Bridge]
  Dsus4    D      Dsus4        D      Gsus4           G    Gsus4 G
Beyond the Palace hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard
      Asus4      A       Asus4    A                Csus4       C       Csus4  C
Girls comb their hair in rearview mirrors, and the boys try to look so hard
     Dsus4    D          Dsus4    D               Gsus4          G          Gsus4  G
The amusement park rises bold and stark, kids are huddled on the beach in a mist
        Asus4        A            Asus4     A           Csus4  C       Csus4  C
I wanna die with you Wendy on the streets tonight in an ever - lasting kiss
 
[Break]
e|-6-5--6-5--6-5------6-5--6-5--7-6--7-6-----------------------------------------|
B|-6-6--6-6--6-6--5---6-6--6-6--7-7--7-7-----------------------------------------|
G|-5-5--5-5--5-5--5---5-5--5-5--6-6--6-6-----------------------------------------|
D|----------------5------------------------16-15-13-12-11-10-----5--5-5--5-5--4--|
A|----------------3------------------------14-13-12-11-10--9-----3--3-3--3-3--2--|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
*alternative break*
 
[Break]
 
Fsus4   F     Fsus4  F   C
 
Fsus4   F     F#sus4  F#
 
(B)  *walk down from B on 4th string to B on 5th*
 
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1-0--------------|
A|---------------------4-3-2--------|
E|----------------------------------|
 
B
       one two three four  
 
[Verse 3]
    E                                        A                 B7sus4  B
The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive
     E                                         A                B7sus4  B
Everybody's out on the run tonight but there's no place left to hide
 
  A                   E/G#
Together Wendy we can live with the sadness
     F#m                   E/G#          E     D/E
I'll love you with all the madness in my soul, whoah!
A               E/G#                         F#m
Someday girl, I don't know when, we're gonna get to that place
          E/G#           E                       C#m
Where we really want to go and we'll walk in the sun
               A               B                    E    C#m
But till then, tramps like us, baby we were born to run
 
          A               B                    E    C#m
Ah honey, tramps like us, baby we were born to run
               A               B                    E
Come on Wendy, tramps like us, baby we were born to run
 
[Outro/Theme]
E  E  A  B7sus4 - B
      Whoah - oh - oh - oh (etc)
E  E  A  B7sus4 - B
E  E  A  B7sus4 - B
E  E  A  B7sus4 - B
 
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32 comments
Acoustic_
This is really good! Personally, I transpose it down a step for easier playing, though.
+5
Guild King
Good but I think the E/G# should be an A/G#, but maybe thats just me. Great though, just wish you'd give the into riff.
+4
Gerd_Acoustic
strumming pattern?
+2