Highway Patrolman

Highway Patrolman easy guitar chords by Bruce Springsteen

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  • Verse 1
    My 
    name 
    is 
    Joe 
    Roberts, 

    work 
    for 
    the state 

    I'm a sergeant 
    out 
    of 

    Perrineville, barracks 
    number 
    eight 

    always 
    done 
    an 
    honest 
    job, 

    as 
    honest 
    as 
    could 

    got 
    a brother 
    named 
    Franky, 

    and Franky 
    ain't 
    no 
    good 

    Verse 2

    Now 
    ever 
    since 
    we 
    was 
    young 
    kids, 

    it's 
    been 
    the 
    same 
    come 
    down 

    get a call 
    on 
    the 
    shortwave, Franky's 

    in 
    trouble 
    downtown 

    Well if 
    it 
    was 
    any 
    other 
    man, 

    I'd 
    put 
    him straight 
    away 

    But 
    when 
    it's 
    your brother 
    sometimes 

    you 
    look 
    the 
    other 
    way 

    Yeah, 
    me 
    Verse 3
    and 
    Franky 
    laughin' 
    and 
    drink
    in', 

    nothin' 
    feels 
    better 
    than 
    blood 
    on 
    blood 

    Tak
    in' 
    turns 
    dancin' 
    with 
    Maria 
    as 
    the band 

    played 
    "Night 
    of the 
    Johnstown 
    Flood" 

    catch 
    him 
    when 
    he's strayin', 

    like 
    any 
    brother 
    would 

    Man 
    turns 
    his 
    back 
    on 
    his 
    family, 

    well, 
    he 
    just 
    ain't 
    no 
    good 

    Verse 4
    Well, 
    Franky 
    went 
    in 
    the 
    army 

    back 
    in 
    nine
    teen 
    sixty-five 

    got 
    a farm 
    deferment, 

    settled 
    down, 
    took 
    Maria 
    for 
    my 
    wife 

    But 
    them 
    wheat 
    prices 
    kept 
    on 
    droppin' 
    'til it 

    was like 
    we 
    were 
    gettin' 
    robbed 

    Franky 
    came 
    home 
    in sixty-eight 

    and 
    and 
    me 
    took 
    this 
    job 

    Yeah, 
    Verse 5
    we're 
    laughin' 
    and 
    drink
    in', 

    nothin' 
    feels 
    better 
    than 
    blood 
    on 
    blood 

    Tak
    in' turns 
    dancin' 
    with 
    Maria 
    as 
    the band 

    played 
    "Night 
    of the 
    Johnstown 
    Flood" 

    catch 
    him 
    when 
    he's strayin', 

    teach 
    him how 
    to walk 
    that 
    line 

    Man 
    turns 
    his 
    back 
    on 
    his family, 

    he 
    ain't 
    no friend 
    of mine 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 6
    Well, 
    the night 
    was 
    like 
    any 
    other, 

    got a 
    call 
    'bout 
    quarter 
    to nine 

    There 
    was 
    trouble 
    in 
    a roadhouse 

    out 
    on 
    the 
    Michigan 
    line 

    There 
    was 
    kid 
    lyin' 
    on 
    the floor 
    lookin' 
    bad, 

    bleedin' 
    hard 
    from 
    his 
    head 

    Was 
    a girl 
    cryin' 
    at a table 
    and 
    it 
    was 
    Frank, 

    they 
    said 

    Verse 7
    Well, 
    went 
    out 
    and 
    jumped 
    in 
    my 

    car 
    and 
    hit 
    the light

    Well, I 
    musta 
    done 
    a hundred 
    and 
    ten 

    through 
    Michigan 
    County 
    that 
    night 

    It 
    was 
    out 
    at 
    the crossroads, 

    down 
    'round 
    Willow 
    bank 

    Seen 
    Buick 
    with 
    Ohio 
    plates, 

    behind 
    the wheel 
    was 
    Frank 

    Verse 8
    Well I 
    chased 
    him 
    through 

    them 
    county 
    roads 

    'Til a sign 
    said 
    "Canadian 
    bor

    der five 
    miles 
    from here" 

    I pulled 
    over 
    the 
    side 
    of 
    the highway 
    an

    d watched 
    his 
    taillight
    disappear 

    Verse 9

    Me 
    and 
    Franky 
    laughin' 
    and 
    drinkin', 

    nothin' 
    feels 
    better 
    than 
    blood 
    on 
    blood 

    Takin' 
    turns 
    dancin' 
    with 
    Maria 
    as the 
    band 

    played 
    "Night 
    of the 
    Johnstown 
    Flood" 

    catch 
    him 
    when 
    he's strayin' 

    like 
    any 
    brother 
    would 

    Man 
    turns 
    his 
    back 
    on 
    his 
    family, 

    he 
    just 
    ain't 
    no 
    good 

    Outro 1

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