Backstreets chords by
Bruce Springsteen (Official Version)
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Key: G majorDifficulty: Intermediate

Intro 1
G G 
 
D/F# D/F# 
 
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D/F# D/F# 
 
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D/F# D/F# 
 
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Gmaj7 Gmaj7 
 
C C 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
Em Em

Verse 1
G G 
 
One soft infested summer,
Em Em 
 
me and Terry became friends
G G 
 
Trying in vain to breathe the fire we was
Em Em 
 
born in
G G 
 
Catching rides to the outskirts,
Em Em 
 
tying faith between our teeth
D D 
 
Sleeping in that old abandoned beach house,
C C 
 
getting wasted in the heat
D D 
 
And

Chorus 1
G G 
 
C C 
 
hiding on the backstreets
G G 
 
C C 
 
Hiding on the backstreets
G G 
 
C C 
 
With a love so hard and filled with
G G 
 
D/F# D/F# 
 
Em Em 
 
defeat
C C 
 
Running for our lives at night on them
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
backstreets

Verse 2
G G 
 
Slow dancing in the dark
Em Em 
 
on the beach at Stockton's Wing
G G 
 
Where desperate lovers park,
Em Em 
 
we sat with the last of the Duke Street Kings
D D 
 
Huddled in our cars,
C C 
 
waiting for the bells that ring
Am7 Am7 
 
In the deep  heart of the night
C C 
 
D D 
 
they set us loose of everything

Chorus 2
G G 
 
C C 
 
To go running on the backstreets
G G 
 
C C 
 
Running on the backstreets
G G 
 
C C 
 
Terry, you swore we'd live forever
G G 
 
D/F# D/F# 
 
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
Taking it on them backstreets together
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
E E

Bridge 1
A A 
 
F#m F#m 
 
Endless juke joints and Valentino drag
A A 
 
Where dancers scraped the tears up off the
F#m F#m 
 
street, dressed down in rags
A A 
 
F#m F#m 
 
Running into the darkness, some hurt bad,
some really dying
Esus4 Esus4 
 
E E 
 
At night    sometimes it seemed you could hear
D D 
 
the whole damn city crying
Blame it on the lies that killed us,
E E 
 
blame it on the truth that ran us down
A A 
 
You can blame it all on me, Terry,
D D 
 
it don't matter to me now
When the breakdown hit at midnight,
E E 
 
there was nothing to say
A A 
 
But I hated him,
E E 
 
F#m F#m 
 
and I hated you when you went a     way
B B 
 
D D 
 
D7 D7 
 
Wo-oh!

Solo 1

G

Em

G

Em

G

Em

G

C

Verse 3
G G 
 
Laying here in the dark,
Em Em 
 
you're like an angel on my chest
G G 
 
Just another tramp of hearts
Em Em 
 
crying tears of faithlessness
D D 
 
Remember Remember all the movies,
C C 
 
Terry, we'd go see
Am7 Am7 
 
Trying to learn to walk like the heroes
C C 
 
D D 
 
we thought we had to be
Em Em 
 
And after all this time,
Bm Bm 
 
to find we're just like all the rest
C C 
 
D D 
 
Stranded in the park and forced to confess

Chorus 3

G

C

To hiding on the backstreets

G

C

Hiding on the backstreets

G

C

G

D/F#

Em

Where we swore forever friends

C

G

C/G

G

C/G

On the backstreets until the end

Bridge 2
G G 
 
Hiding on the backstreets
C/G C/G 
 
Hiding on the backstreets
G G 
 
Hiding on the backstreets
C/G C/G 
 
Hiding on the backstreets
G G 
 
Hiding on the backstreets
C/G C/G 
 
Hiding on the backstreets
G G 
 
Hiding on the backstreets
C/G C/G 
 
Hiding on the backstreets
G G 
 
Hiding on the backstreets
C/G C/G 
 
Hiding on the backstreets
G G 
 
Hiding on the backstreets
C/G C/G 
 
Hiding on the backstreets
G G 
 
Hiding on the backstreets
C/G C/G 
 
Hiding on the backstreets
G G 
 
Hiding on the backstreets
C/G C/G 
 
Hiding on the backstreets
Am Am 
 
Hiding on the backstreets
F F 
 
Hiding on the backstreets
D D 
 
Was all right, we're all

Outro 1
Hiding on the backstreets tonight
G G 
 
C C 
 
Hiding on the backstreets
G G 
 
Hiding on the backstreets
C C 
 
Hiding on the backstreets
G G 
 
Hiding on the backstreets
C C 
 
Hiding on the backstreets
G G 
 
Hiding on the backstreets
C C 
 
Hiding on the backstreets
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
Bm7 Bm7 
 
Am7 Am7 
 
D/F# D/F# 
 
G G

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsG D/F# Em D C...

Chords

G
D/F#
Em
D
C
Gmaj7
Am7
E
A
F#m
Esus4
B
D7
Bm
C/G
Am
F
Bm7

Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
D/F#: 2-x-0-2-3-x
Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0
D: x-x-0-2-3-2
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
Gmaj7: 3-x-0-0-0-2
Am7: x-0-2-0-1-0
E: 0-2-2-1-0-0
A: x-0-2-2-2-0
F#m: 2-4-4-2-2-2
Esus4: 0-2-2-2-0-0
B: x-2-4-4-4-x
D7: x-x-0-2-1-2
Bm: x-2-4-4-3-x
C/G: 3-x-2-0-1-0
Am: x-0-2-2-1-0
F: x-3-3-2-1-x
Bm7: x-2-4-2-3-x

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

0

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This is the definitive original version of Backstreets by Bruce Springsteen, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of G major. It is designed for guitarists ready to move past the basics and capture the true feel of Bruce Springsteen's performance.

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