Bruce Springsteen - Straight time
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Tuning: E A D G B E
(I Play Tons Of Hammer Ons all throughout the song)
[Verse 1]
DGot out of prison back in '86 and I found a wife
Walked the clean and Gnarrow
Just trying to stay out and Dstay alive
Got a job at the rendering plant, it isn't going to make me rich
In the darkness before Gdinner comes
Sometimes I can Dfeel the itch
[Chorus]
I got a Acold mind to go tripping across that Gthin line
I'm sick of doing Dstraight time
[Verse 2]
DMy uncle's at the evening table
Makes his living running hot cars
Slips me a hundred Gdollar bill says
"Charlie you best remember who your Dfriends are"
[Chorus]
I got a Acold mind to go tripping across that Gthin line
I'm sick of doing Dstraight time
[Bridge]
Eight Gyears in it feels like you're Dgoing to die
You get used to Ganything
Sooner or later it just Dbecomes your life
[Verse 3]
DKitchen floor in the evening tossing my little babies high
Mary's smiling but she's Gwatching me out of the corner Dof her eye
Seems you can't get any more than half free
I step out onto the Gfront porch and suck the cold air deep iDnside of me
[Chorus]
I got a Acold mind to go tripping across that Gthin line
I'm sick of doing Dstraight time
[Bridge]
In the Gbasement hunting gun and a Dhacksaw
Sip a beer and Gthirteen inches of barrel drop Dto the floor
[Outro]
DCome home in the evening, can't get the smell from my hands
Lay my head down on the Gpillow and
Go drifting off into Dforeign lands