Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska (Guitar)

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Use picked standard open chords throughtout [Intro] | A | A | D | D | A | A | D | D | G | G | D | D | A | A | D | D | [Verse]
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I saw her standin' on her front lawn just twirlin' her baton

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Me and her went for a ride sir and ten innocent people died

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From the town of Lincoln Nebraska with a sawed-off .410 on my lap

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Through to the badlands of Wyoming I killed everything in my path
[Harmonica] A D [Verse]
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I can't say that I'm sorry for the things that we done

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At least for a little while sir me and her we had us some fun

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The jury brought in a guilty verdict and the judge he sentenced me to death

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Midnight in a prison storeroom with leather straps across my chest

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Sheriff when the man pulls that switch sir and snaps my poor head back

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You make sure my pretty baby is sittin' right there on my lap
[Harmonica] A D A D [Verse]
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They declared me unfit to live said into that great void my soul be hurled

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They wanted to know why I did what I did 

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well sir I guess there's just a meanness in this world
[Harmonica part] | A | D | A | D | G | D | A | D | Yet another great song from back in the day. Enjoy...taff