Bruce Springsteen – The Wall (Guitar Intro)

Capo 3
Key
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Chords

F: play with thumb, hammer on and pull of 3rd string (F to Fsus2) [Intro]
    F                 C                                            
e|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|-----------(1)-----1--------1-----1p0|-----1----------------1-----------|
G|--------0h2---2-0---0-----0---0------|----2---2--(0)------0---0---------|
D|-----3----------3------(2)-----------|---3-----3-(3)---(2)------2-------|
A|---3------------3-----3---------3----|-----------(3)-3------------------|
E|-1-------------(1)-------------------|-1--------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
F                                                       C
Cigarettes and a bottle of beer, this poem that I wrote for you

           F                                                  C 
This black stone and these hard tears are all I got left now of you

Am                                    Am7/G                               C
I remember you in your Marine uniform laughing, laughing at your ship out party

      Am7        Am7/G          C                
I read Robert McNamara says he's sorry
[Verse 2]
            F                                                C
Your high boots and striped t-shirt, ah, Billy you looked so bad

      F                              Fsus2                                      C
Yeah you and your rock and roll band, you were the best thing this shit town ever had

Am7                                        Am7/G                 C
Now the men that put you here eat with their families in rich dining halls

    Am7                          Am7/G          C                 F   C
And apology and forgiveness got no place here at all, here at the wall
[Verse 3]
         F                         Fmaj7                                 C
Well I'm sorry I missed you last year, I couldn't find no one to drive me

         F                                   Fmaj7                             C                             
If your eyes could cut through that black stone, tell me would they recognize me

Am                             Am7/G                C
For the living time it must be served as the day goes on

Am7                           Am7/G              C         
Cigarettes and a bottle of beer, skin on black stone
[Verse 4]
               F                                                             C
On the ground dog tags and wreaths of flowers, with the ribbons red as the blood

F                                                       C                    
Red as the blood you spilled in the Central Highlands mud

            Am7                          Am7/G                         C
Limousines rush down Pennsylvania Avenue, rustling the leaves as they fall

Am7                               Am/G            C           Fsus2 C
And apology and forgiveness got no place here at all, here at the wall
F C F C Am Am7/G C Am Am7/G C (until fade out) ************************************ | (n) Ghost note | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off ************************************