Bruce Springsteen – Santa Ana (Guitar)

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[Intro] (Electric guitar with chorus pedal)
   G         C    D       G              C             G
e|---------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
B|-0--0-0--|-1--x-3---3----------------|-1--x----------------0--0-0-|
G|-0--0-0--|-0--x-2-x-2--2-2-----------|-0--x--0-0--x--0--x--0--0-0-|
D|-0--0-0--|-2--x-0-x-0--0-0---0-0-0-0-|-2--x--2-2--x--0--x--0--0-0-|
A|-2--0-2--|-3--x-0-x-0--0-0---0-0-0-2-|-3--x--2-2--x--2--x--2--0-2-|
E|-3-------|-------------------0-3-----|---------------3--x--3------|

   C             D    G        C     D     G
e|-------0-0--x--------------|----------------|
B|-1--x--0-0--x--3-3---------|-------3-3-3-3--|
G|-0--x--0-0--x--2-2--0-0-x--|-0-0-0-2-2-2-0--|
D|-2--x--2-2--x--0-0--0-0-x--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
A|-3--x--2-2--x--0-0---------|-3-2-0-------2--|
E|--------------------3-3-x--|---------0-2-3--|
[Verse 1]
         C       D              G
From the tin rooftop the little boy did watch

    C          D            G
The procession down through town

C           D            G
Through the museum where Daniel whupped the Devil

     C                   D     G
With them boys from the underground

          C         D                 G
Where the Giants of Science fight for tight control

         C            D      G
Over the wildlands of New Mexico

          C              D       G                C | % |
Sam Houston's ghost's in Texas fighting for his soul

        Am               Em               G           | D  | C  | % | D
And the townsfolk rest uneasy beneath the guns of Kid Cole

                    G    C            D
And the kid says "Hey, where's Santa Ana?"

       G                 C         D
He who could romance the dumb into talking

       G                C           D
Take a chance with me tonight, my contessa

       G                      C            D
If it don't work out I ain't lame, I can walk hey

   G      C
e|----------|
B|-0--0-0-1-|
G|-0--0-0-0-|
D|-0--0-0-2-|  (Lick 1)
A|-2--0-2-3-|
E|-3--------|
[Verse 2]
    C                  D                     G
Now some folks say cancer's taken to the streets of this town

     C              D              G
Well Sandy eats her candy and then lays her money down

     C                    D             G                  C  |  %
Them cats are in from the canyons to strut their stuff in town

            G                    C
But there's only secret sinners here

              G             C
Lord, there's only secret thieves

       G                 C
Only a fool would try to save

         D
What the desert chose to leave

        G      C       D
And now hey there senorita

          G                  C          D
With your playboys in their Spanish bandanas

         G           C            D
French cream won't soften those boots, baby

        G               C          D           (Lick 1)
French kisses will not break your heart, oh
[Interlude] | C D | G | C D | G | C D | G | C D | G | C D | | Em | C | G | Ab | Bbm | Eb | Dsus4 | D | Dsus2 | D [Bridge]
   Em                Bm
Oh painted night set free with light

         Am                  Em
Glows outside the Rainbow Saloon

                               Bm
Matching braces with a Spanish lady

         Am           Em
'Neath a graduation moon

         C                     D
No more colleges, no more coronations

             G        G/F#     Em
Some punk's idea of a teenage nation

                 Am                 Em
Has forced Santa Ana to change his station

      G             | Dsus4 |  D
From soldier to cartoon 
[Verse 3]
         C         D                   G
And the Giants of Science spend their days and nights

          C               D                    G
Not with wives, not with lovers, but searchin' for the lights

      C              D               G            C     N.C.
They spotted in the desert on their helicopter flights

            G                       | Dsus4 |  D
Just to be lost in the dust and the night

G   C        D                   G              C            D
Hey ah my contessa, in your juke joint rags you always bring candy for the kids

     G             C           D
Come waltz with me tonight senorita

             G         C                D               (Lick 1)
'Cause only fools are alone on a night like this, oh
[Outro] | C D | G | C D | G | C D | G | C D | G | Lick 1 | | C D | G | C D | G | C D | G | C D | G |
   G  C  D  Am Em Ab Bbm Eb Dsus4 Dsus2
e|-3--0--2--0--0--4--6---6---3------0--|
B|-0--1--3--1--0--4--6---8---3------3--|
G|-0--0--2--2--0--5--6---8---2------2--|
D|-0--2--0--2--2--6--8---8---0------0--|
A|-2--3-----0--2--6--8---6-------------|
E|-3-----------0--4--6-----------------|