More songs by Bruce Springsteen

This file is part of a collection that (moreso than the rest of the site) are not meant to be detailed or accurate transcriptions of the original recordings. They're just some simple chord charts that I made for my own use, some of them my own arrangements.
- T-rev

"DANCING IN THE DARK" by Bruce Springsteen
From his 1984 album Born In The USA
Written by Bruce Springsteen www.brucespringsteen.net
Transcribed by T-rev www.t-rev.net

Capo 4th fret

G       Esus4  Em
G       Esus4  Em Esus4  Em

 G                  Esus4  Em
    I get up in the eve----ning
 G        Esus4  Em  Esus4  Em
    And I ain't  got no-----thing to say
 G                     Em
    I come home in the morning
 G              Em
    I go to bed feeling the same way
 C                      Am
    I ain't nothing but tired
 C               Am
    Man I'm just tired and bored with myself
 G            Em
    Hey there baby
 G          Em
    I could use just a little help

        D                    D6  D
           You can't start a fi--re...
        D                    D6       D   Dadd4 (C)
        ...You can't start a fire without   a    spark
        C                 Am  Asus2
           This gun's for hi--re
        C                     Am   Asus2  Am  Am7   (G  Em...)
           Even if we're just dan--cing   in  the dark

 G                        Em
    Messages keep getting clearer
 G                     Em
    Radio's on and I'm moving 'round the place
 G                         Em
    I check my look in the mirror
 G                    Em
    I wanna change my clothes my hair my face
 C                      Am
    Man I ain't getting nowhere
 C           Am
    I'm just living in a dump like this
 G                              Em
    There's something happening somewhere
 G       Em
    Baby I just know that there is

        D                    D6  D
           You can't start a fi--re...
        D                    D6       D   Dadd4 (C)
        ...You can't start a fire without   a    spark
        C                 Am  Asus2
           This gun's for hi--re
        C                     Am   Asus2  Am  Am7   (G  Em...)
           Even if we're just dan--cing   in  the dark

               Em                        G
                  You sit around getting older
               C                          D
                  There's a joke here somewhere and it's on me
               Em                              G
                  I'll shake this world off my shoulders
               C                   D
                  Come on baby the laugh's on me

 G                         Em
    Stay on the streets of this town
 G                 Em
    And they'll be carving you up all right
 G                          Em
    They say you gotta stay hungry
 G               Em
    Hey baby I'm just about starving tonight
 C                     Am
    I'm dying for some action
 C                             Am
    I'm sick of sitting 'round here trying to write this book
 G                  Em
    I need a love reaction
 G              Em
    Come on now baby gimme just one look

        D                    D6  D
           You can't start a fi--re...
        D                 D6            D  Dadd4 (C)
        ...Sitting 'round crying over a broken   heart
        C                 Am  Asus2
           This gun's for hi--re
        C                     Am   Asus2  Am  Am7  (D)
           Even if we're just dan--cing   in  the dark

        D                    D6  D
           You can't start a fi--re...
        D                      D6           D       Dadd4 (C)
        ...Worrying about your little world falling a-----part
        C                 Am  Asus2
           This gun's for hi--re
        C                     Am   Asus2  Am  Am7   (G  Em...)
           Even if we're just dan--cing   in  the dark

Transcribed 2018-10-30 by T-rev
More tab available at www.t-rev.net

3x0003 G
022200 Esus4
022000 Em
x32010 C
x02210 Am
xx0232 D
xx0432 D6
xx0032 Dadd4
x02200 Asus2
x02010 Am7

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