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American Skin (41 shots) - Acoustic Version Bruce Springsteen (As performed by Bruce Springsteen on Elvis Costello's Spectacular) Note: For this performance Springsteen played an eighth-note rhythm in the low end and emphasized the movement of the bass line. He muted the high end, especially in the verses. He might have played the A/x to Asus4/x chord pattern in the verses, but I couldn't hear it. I charted it as if he didn't. But you can play the pattern if you want to. | A Asus4 | Asus4 | A/F# Asus4/F# | Asus4/F# | | A/E Asus4/E | Asus4/E | Dmaj7 D | D | | A Asus4 | Asus4 | A/F# Asus4/F# | Asus4/F# | Forty one shots . . . . Forty one shots . . . . | A/E Asus4/E | Asus4/E | Dmaj7 D | D | Forty one shots . . . . Forty one shots . . . .
AForty one Asus4shots, and we'll Asus4/F#take that ride 'Asus4/ECross this bloody river Dmaj7to the other Dside AForty one Asus4shots . Asus4/F#cut through the night You're kneeling over his Asus4/Ebody in the vestibule Dmaj7prayin' fer his Dlife
DIs it a gun? D/C#. Is it a knife? D. Is it a wallet? D/C#. This is your life D D/C# D/B | D D/C# D/B | It ain't no se———cret D D/C# D/B | D D/C# D/B | D D/C# D/B It ain't no se———cret No secret my friend D D/C# D/B E <> |A Asus4 | You can get killed just fer liv- vin' in your American skin
| Asus4 | A/F# Asus4/F# | Asus4/F# | . . . . Forty one shots . . . . | A/E Asus4/E | Asus4/E | Dmaj7 D | D | Forty one shots . . . . . . . . . . . .
AForty one Asus4shots, Lena gets her son Asus4/F#ready for school She says, &Asus4/Equot;On these streets, Charles, You've got to Dmaj7understand the Drules. If an Aofficer Asus4stops you, promise me you'll Asus4/F#always be polite, And that you'll Asus4/Enever ever run away Promise Mama you'll Dmaj7keep your hands in Dsight."
DIs it a gun? D/C#. Is it a knife? D. Is it a wallet? D/C#. This is your life D D/C# D/B | D D/C# D/B | It ain't no se———cret DIt ain't no D/C#seâ? D/B?”— D—cret D/C#, no D/Bsecret my friend D E <> A You can get killed just fer livin' in your American skin
| A Asus4 | Asus4 | A/F# Asus4/F# | Asus4/F# | | A/E Asus4/E | Asus4/E | Dmaj7 D | D |
D. Is it a gun? D/C#. Is it a knife? D. Is it in your heart? D/C#. Is it in your eyes? D D/C# D/B | D D/C# D/B | It ain't no se———cret D D/C# D/B | D D/C# D/B | D E It ain't no se———cret It ain't no secret
AForty one Asus4shots, and we'll Asus4/F#take that ride 'Asus4/ECross this bloody river Dmaj7to the other Dside AForty one Asus4shots, got my boots Asus4/F#caked with this mud We're Asus4/Ebaptized in these waters and in Dmaj7each other's Dblood
DIs it a gun? D/C#. Is it a knife? D. Is it a wallet? D/C#. This is your life D D/C# D/B | D D/C# D/B | It ain't no se———cret DIt ain't no D/C#seâ? D/B?”— D—cret D/C#, no D/Bsecret my friend D E <> You can get killed just for living in n/c You can get killed just for living in n/c |A Asus4 | You can get killed just for living in your American skin
| Asus4 | A/F# Asus4/F# | Asus4/F# | . . . . Forty one shots . . . . | A/E Asus4/E | Asus4/E | Dmaj7 D | D <> | Forty one shots . . . . Forty one shots Charted by Dexex (My chord charts are intended to show how, as a rhythm guitarist, I play songs. I don't claim they are the "right" way. They are not tabs, which notate precisely how a song was played on a recording.)