Bruce Springsteen – Tokyo (Guitar)

Capo 1
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Chords

1972 solo version. Capo I.
C
The hook hung like a shadow

               F    C
On a rung over Shanghai

    G
The firemen were returning home

          C   F   C
Screaming "Banzai"

        C                F
And the reindeers played games

        C            F
And got hurt in the rain

   Dm                G  F  Em
As I listened to the broadcast

    F                 G
Oh, blow me down now, Tokyo,

              C     G
'Ccause I'm sinkin' fast

C           F
Oh oh oh oh yeah

          C
Yeah, the legendary chaplain of

                              F        C
The fighting 5 1st was getting ready to go

         G
I said, "Padre, do you know a cheap virgin

             C   G
Who likes to tango?"

                   C  F
He said, "You can try Rosa Lee

C                                F
Around the corner and across the sea

       Dm                       G  Em
Ooh, word's out that she's fast"

           F                 G
Well, then bust me down now, Rosie

           C        F   C
'Cause I'm sinkin' fast
Bb F C
        Am
And the cats are sure getting fat

            G     F
Down in the train yard

    Em
The sandman brings them dreams

   Dm
To ship out in boxcars

    C
The union says, "hold"

              Bb
Break out the dice and the gold

     F           G
It's lunchtime at last

      Am
Whoa, stage Mama says

                               G    F
"George Raft's tonight on the late show"

       Em
She sits straddling a kitchen chair,

       Dm
Really gung-ho

    C
She shivers with chills

Bb
Wet with her slot car thrills

F                        G
Hypnotically lost in the glass

        Bb                 F
And the sunrise and we all sighed

                G
As we watch the credits pass

             C
Oh, and the morning cloak

                            F      C
Fell down like a hoax over Sleepy Town

    G
The garbage truck vigilantes

                      C    G
Were out making their last rounds

      C              F
The inheritor sipped beer

C                    F
And made fun of the queer

Dm                     G
Threatening to kick his ass

        Dm    F          G
But the bell rings, a horn blows

C         F
Pump that gas

C          F        C
Oh, pumping gas, ooh ooh