Bruce Springsteen – Working On The Highway Nebraska (Guitar)
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As recorded by Bruce Springsteen
(From the 2025 Box Set NEBRASKA '82: EXPANDED EDITION)
[Verse 1]
N.C.
Friday night, pay night, guys fresh out of work
N.C.
Talking 'bout the weekend, scrubbing off the dirt
N.C.
Some heading home to their families, some looking to get hurt
N.C.
Some going down to Stovall wearing trouble on their shirts
[Verse 2]
A D A D A D A D I work for the company out on ninety-five A D A D A D I'm holding that red flag, watch the traffic pass me by A D A D A D A D In my head I keep a picture of my pretty little miss A I swear that someday, mister, I'm gonna lead a better life than this
[Chorus]
D E A Working on the highway, laying down the blacktop D E A Working on the highway, all day long I can't stop D E A Working on the highway, blasting through the bedrock D E Working on the highway, working on the highway
[Interlude]
D A D A D A D A
E A D A D A D
[Verse 3]
A D A D A D Well, I met her at the canteen down at the union hall A E A D A D She was standing with her brothers, back up against the wall A D A D A D Sometimes we'd go walking on the union tracks A E A One day I looked straight at her and she looked straight back
[Chorus]
D E A So I'm working on the highway, laying down the blacktop D E A Working on the highway, all day long I can't stop D E A Working on the highway, blasting through the bedrock D E Working on the highway, working on the highway
[Interlude]
D A D A D A
E A D A D A
[Bridge]
F#m A Well, I'm saving up my money, gonna put it all away F#m A I'ma go and see her daddy, didn't have much to say F#m A "Son, you see that she's just a little girl D E Well, I'm gon' protect her from the cruel, cruel world"
[Verse 4]
A D A D A D Now I don't even know where this highway's bound A E D A D A D Still I work from early morning 'til the sun go down A D A D A D 'Cause she's the only thing I've ever had in my whole life A E A D A D Who can turn working on this highway from a prison into paradise A D A D A D I'm gonna prove to her daddy that my love is pure and true A D N.C. If I gotta drop a two-lane blacktop from here to Timbuktu
[Chorus]
D E A I'll be working on the highway, laying down the blacktop D E A Working on the highway, all day long I can't stop D E A Working on the highway, blasting through the bedrock D E D A D A D A E Working on the highway, working on the highway D E A I'll be working on the highway, laying down the blacktop D E A Working on the highway, all day long I don't stop D E A Working on the highway, blasting through the bedrock D E A Working on the highway, working on the highway
[Outro]
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D A D A D A D
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