Racing In The Street

racing in the street by bruce springsteen [ C ] i got a sixty - nine chevy with A 396 fuelie [ F ] heads and a hurst on the floor [ Dm ] she’s waiting tonight down in the parking lot outside the [ F ] seven - eleven [ C ] store me and my [ C ] partner sonny built her straight out of scratch and he [ F ] rides with me from town to town we only [ Dm ] run for the money got no strings attached we shut `em [ F ] up and then we shut `em [ C ] down [ C ] tonight tonight the strip’s just right i’m gonna [ F ] blow `em off in my first heat [ Dm ] summer’s here and the time is right for [ F ] racin’ in the C street [ C we take all the action we can meet and we [ F ] cover all the northeast states when the [ Dm ] strip shuts down we run `em in the street >from the [ F ] fire roads to the interstate now [ [ ch ] C [ /Ch ] ] some guys they just give up living and start dying [ F ] little by little piece by piece some guys [ Dm ] come home from work and wash up and go [ F ] racin’ in the street [ C ] tonight tonight the strip’s just right i’m gonna [ F ] blow `em all out of their seats [ Dm ] calling out around the world we’re going [ F ] racin’ in the street [ C ] he met her on the strip three years ago in A [ F ] camaro with this dude from l . A . he [ Dm ] blew that camaro off his back and he [ F ] drove that little girl away but now there’s [ C ] wrinkles around his baby’s eyes and she [ F ] cries herself to sleep at night when [ Dm ] he comes home the house is dark she says [ F ] baby make it all right she [ C ] sits on the porch of her Daddy’s house but [ F ] all her pretty dreams are torn she [ Dm ] stares out alone into the night with the eyes of [ F ] one who hates for just being born for all the [ C ] shut - down strangers and hot rod angels [ F ] rumbling through this promised land [ Dm ] tonight my baby and me we’re gonna ride to the sea and [ F ] wash these sins off our hands [ C ] tonight tonight the highway’s bright out of our [ F ] way mister you best keep cause [ Dm ] summer’s here and the time is right for [ F ] racin’ in the street [ C ]