No Surrender Chords

by Bruce Springsteen
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: F
Capo: 3rd fret
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3 contributors total, last edit on Jul 9, 2024
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Chords

D
A
G
F
C
Bb

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No Surrender chords
Bruce Springsteen  1984
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Surrender_(song)
 
Capo III *
 
D       A       G
Ooohhh, ooohhh, ohhhhh
D       A       G
Ooohhh, ooohhh, ohhhhh 2x  
 
        D
Well we busted out of class
            A
Had to get away from those fools
           G
We learned more from a three minute record baby
        D               A
Than we ever learned in school
          D
Tonight I hear the neighborhood drummer sound
      A
I can feel my heart begin to pound
               G
You say you're tired and you just want to close your eyes
    D                  A
And follow your dreams down
 
        D      A                     G        D
Well we made a promise we swore we'd always remember
     G          A     D
No retreat baby no surrender
     D               A                     G        D
Like soldiers in the winter's night with a vow to defend
     G          A     D
No retreat baby no surrender
 
     D
Well now young faces grow sad and old
    A
And hearts of fire grow cold
   G
We swore blood brothers against the wind
        D             A
Now I'm ready to grow young again
    D
And hear your sister's voice calling us home
A
Across the open yard
     G
Well maybe we can cut someplace of our own
           D                  A
With these drums and these guitars
 
        D      A                     G        D
Well we made a promise we swore we'd always remember
     G          A     D
No retreat baby no surrender
      D               A                   G        D
Blood brothers in the stormy night with a vow to defend
     G          A     D
No retreat baby no surrender
 
G                            A               D
Lay lay lay lay lay lay lay, lay lay lay lay lay
G                            D               A
Lay lay lay lay lay lay lay, lay lay lay lay lay 2x
 
         D
Well now on the streets tonight the lights grow dim
    A
The walls of my room are closing in
          G
There's a war outside still raging
                 D               A
You say it ain't ours anymore to win
          D
I want to sleep beneath peaceful skies
A
In my lover's bed
         G
With the wide open country in my eyes
          D                     A
And these romantic dreams in my head
 
           D      A                     G        D
Because we made a promise we swore we'd always remember
     G          A     D
No retreat baby no surrender
      D               A                   G        D
Blood brothers in the stormy night with a vow to defend
     G          A     D
No retreat baby no surrender
     G          A     D
No retreat baby no surrender
 
D       A       G
Ooohhh, ooohhh, ohhhhh
D       A       G
Ooohhh, ooohhh, ohhhhh 2x
 
* Alternate:
 
Open
 
D = F
A = C
G = Bb
 
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7 comments
kmcelwain
When Bruce did the finger pick acoustic version, which I play, he changed the words to “...the walls of my room are closing in, but its good to see your smiling face and to hear your voice again. Now we could sleep in the twilight by the river bed, with the wide open country........”
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phild4vis
A nice alternative ending is to play Bm instead of a D on the first of the very last two 'no surrenders'. Thanks for the Tab - it's spot on!
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RuairiFallon
Really good tab. Easy to play and sounds exactly the same way Bruce plays it
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