Bruce Springsteen – Arabian Night (Guitar)

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Tabbed by:Nick V.
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Shrieks of sheiks as they run across the movie screen

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A thousand sand dune soldiers led by an Arabian queen

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And the harem girls move like fancy dancers in my dirty dream

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And I wake up on the floor holding a bed lamp

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Mama, she comes in and screams

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"Woo! You been out with that tramp again last nigh

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That silver sequined ivory black bitch

                   C                G
You know, the one that Mama don't like"

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You see, but, Mama, she sings me moon time melodies 

            C           G
With this great Top 40 hook

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But Mama don't care, Papa he just stares and says,  

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"Mary, look the girl's alright, yeah, look the girl's alright"

              C       D        Em  G                C          G
And there's a tenseness in the air, don't you know, can't you feel

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There's something hanging there, pull back the mist and reveal it            C              G              C      G

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Even if you fear what you hear,     try to conceal it

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And if what Mama feels is too real,  she just claims she don't feel it

     C     Em       C         G    Em        C       G     C
So come out from behind your bunkers, the liftoff's been a bust

     C     Em       C       G      Em       C      G
Papa's gone and Mama's dead and buried in my rocket dust'

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You're alone now for the first time, but that's alright

                                                     Em       C
Because all fear will completely disappear come the Arabian night

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The soundman smiles and turns the dials to set the meter reading rising

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He pulls the singer's voice from out of his pocket to see how the audience likes it

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And in the very first row sits sweet Jenny Rue with a bell on her shoe, she wants him to mic it

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He flicks a switch but Jenny moves too fast and the audience sways to the sound of her shotgun blast

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The manager runs out, "Check the band's arms for bullet holes and make that man roll up his sleeves"

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The drummer shoots himself with cyanide then asks to be relieved

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And me, I say, "It's crazy in here, where's the stage door? 

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Which way is out? I gotta get up for work"

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The man says, "Well, once, once you're in they all lead out, what's the matter, ain't you heard?

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There's a war going on outside  and I'm paying you to sing like a bird

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So get in and get tough or get up and get out 'cause things aren't too tight"

                                                              Em      C
I said, "Don't worry, everything's gonna loosen up come the Arabian Night"
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