Townes Van Zandt – Racing In The Streets (Guitar)

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Racing in the Street - Townes Van Zandt [Intro] D
        D
I got a sixty-nine Chevy with a three-ninety-six

            G
Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor

  Ab   A
She's a'waiting for me in the parking lot

             G                D
Outside the Seven-Eleven store

           D
Me and my partner Sonny we built her straight out of scratch

        G                     Ab
Now run her from town to town

A
We go for the money no strings attached

            G                           D
We shut `em up and then we shut `em down

   D
We take all the action we can get

        G
And we cover all the northeast states

 Ab       A
When the strip shuts down we run `em in the streets

          G                          D
From the fire road to the interstate

       D
Tonight, tonight the strip's just right

         G                               Ab
I gonna blow `em all out of their seats

A
Summer's here and the time is right

    G                D
For racin' in the streets

       D
I met her on the strip three years ago

     G                              Ab
In a Camaro with this dude from L.A.

 A
I blew that Camaro off my back

     G                       D
And drove that little girl away

         D
But now there's wrinkles around my baby's eyes

          G
And she cries herself to sleep at night

Ab        A
She just sits on the porch of her daddy's house

       G                                D
Says "Babe, did ya make it home all right"

 D
Tonight, tonight the strip's just right

         G                           Ab
I wanna blow `em off in my first heat

A
Summer's here and the time is right

     G               D
For racin' in the streets

      D
Well some guys they just give up living

           G
And start dying little by little piece by piece

Ab         A
Some guys get off work go home and wash up

         G                 D
Then go racin' in the street

            D
So all you shut-down strangers and hot rod angels

   G
Rumbling through this promised land

Ab    A
My baby and me we're gonna drive to the sea

     G                     D
And wash these sins off our hands

D        D
Tonight, tonight the strip's just right

         G                                Ab
I'm gonna blow 'em all out of their seats

A
Summer's here and the time is right

      G               D
For racin' in the street