SPRINGSTEEN BRUCE - "born to run" Tablature

Subject: TAB: Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen (update)

This is the original version, original key
Tabbed by Nick Munn <nsm14@cus.cam.ac.uk>, revised 27/4/95
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[Intro: E E A B pattern twice]

E A B
In the day we sweat it out on ...
E A B
At night we ride through mansions ...
A E/G#
Sprung from ...
F#m E/G# E E9
Chrome wheels, fuel injected ...
A E/G#
Baby, this town rips the ...
F#m E/G#
It's a death trap...
E C#m
We gotta get out while ...
A B E
'Cause tramps like us, baby ....


Wendy, let me in, I wanna be your .....

[Sax solo -- over E E A B pattern x2 (i.e. 8 bars)]

[Chords: C#m B E Bm7]

Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
Beyond the Palace hemi-powered ....
Asus4 A Asus4 A Csus4 C Csus4 C
Girls comb their hair in rear view mirrors ...
Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Gsus4 G
The amusement park rises bold and stark as kids ....
Gsus4 G
in a mist
Asus4 A Asus4 A Csus4 C Csus4 C
I wanna die with you, Wendy, on the ....

Fsus4 F (x3) C C
Fsus4 F (x2) F#sus4 F# (x2) then N.C. (guitar run down 1 octave)

[The guitar run can be played by holding the B notes at fret 12 on the B
string and fret 14 on the A string and just sliding them down the strings.
Beware: the run ends C C C C B, not C# C B.]

Well, the highway's jammed ....
A B E C#m
But 'till then, tramps like us...
A B E C#m
Ah, honey, tramps like us, ...
A B E
Come on, Wendy, tramps like us, ....

[Playout on same structure as intro, E A B x4]


The E E A B progression is something like

| E | E | Esus4 / A / | Esus4 / B / |

on the piano, with the guitar picking out a melody line:

E-------------------------------
B-------------------------------
G-------2--1--------------------
D----2---------------2----4-----
A-------------4-----------------
E-------------------------------



Sax solo, tabbed for guitar:

E-----------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------
G---4-4-----4-4----4-4--6--4-4----4-4----4-4---4-4----------
D--------6-----------------------------6------------4--2-2--
A-----------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------

E---------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------5-------5---
G---4-4-----4-4----4-4--6--4-4--------6-4-----
D--------6------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------

E----------------------------------------
B---5---5--------------------------------
G----------6--4--------------------------
D----------------6---4-2-4---2---2-------
A------------------------------4----4----
E----------------------------------------

E------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------4---4----6-4-6--8--9---
D-----------2---2----4-2-4----6-4-6-----6--------------------
A--4-0-4------4----------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------

The final note of the solo is part of the C#m chord which leads into the
bridge section of the song.