Highway Patrolman chords by Bruce Springsteen
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Verse 1
(C major) My name is Joe Roberts,
(F major) I work for (C major) the state
I'm a sergeant out of
Perrineville, barracks number (G major) eight
(C major) I always done an honest job,
(F major) as honest as I could (C major)
I got a brother named Franky,
(G major) and Franky ain't no (C major) good
Verse 2
(C major)
Now ever since we was young kids,
it's (F major) been the same come down (C major)
I get a call on the shortwave, Franky's
in trouble downtown (G major)
(C major) Well if it was any other man,
(F major) I'd put him straight away (C major)
But when it's your brother (G major) sometimes
you look the other (C major) way
(F major) Yeah, me
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Verse 3
and Franky laughin' and drink (C major) in',
nothin' (F major) feels better than blood on (C major) blood
Tak (F major) in' turns dancin' with Maria (C major) as the band
played "Night of the (F major) Johnstown (G major) Flood"
I (C major) catch him when (G major) he's strayin',
(C major) (F major) like any brother would (C major)
Man turns his back on his family,
(G major) well, he just ain't no (C major) good
Verse 4
Well, (C major) Franky went in the army
back in nine (F major) teen sixty-five
I (C major) I got a farm deferment,
settled down, took Maria for (F major) my (G major) wife
But them (C major) wheat prices kept on droppin' 'til it
was like (F major) we were gettin' robbed (C major)
Franky came home in sixty-eight
(G major) and and me I took this (C major) job
Yeah, (F major)
Verse 5
we're laughin' and drink (C major) in',
nothin' (F major) feels better than blood on blood (C major)
Tak (F major) in' turns dancin' with Maria (C major) as the band
played "Night of the (F major) Johnstown (G major) Flood"
I (C major) catch him when he's strayin',
(F major) teach him how to walk that line (C major)
Man turns his back on his family,
(G major) he ain't no friend (C major) of mine
Interlude 1
(C major) (F major) (G major) (C major)
Verse 6
Well, the night (C major) was like any other,
I (F major) got a call 'bout quarter (C major) to nine
There was trouble in a roadhouse
out on the Michigan (G major) line
(G major) There was a (C major) kid lyin' on the floor lookin' bad,
(F major) bleedin' hard from his head (C major)
Was a girl cryin' at a table (G major) and it was Frank,
they (C major) said
Verse 7
Well, I went (C major) out and I jumped in my
car (F major) and I hit the light (C major) s
Well, I musta done a hundred and ten
through Michigan County that (G major) night
It was (C major) out at the crossroads,
down (F major) 'round Willow bank (C major)
Seen a Buick with Ohio (G major) plates,
behind the wheel (C major) was Frank
Verse 8
Well I (C major) chased him through
them county roads
'Til a sign (F major) said "Canadian bor
(C major) der five miles from here"
I pulled over the side of the highway an
(G major) d watched his taillight (C major) s disappear
Verse 9
(C major)
(F major) Me and Franky laughin' and drinkin',
(C major) nothin' (F major) feels better than blood on blood (C major)
Takin' (F major) turns dancin' with Maria (C major) as the band
played "Night of the (F major) Johnstown (G major) Flood"
I (C major) catch him when he's strayin'
(F major) like any brother (C major) would
Man turns his back on his family,
(G major) he just (C major) ain't no good
Outro 1
(C major) (C major) (F major)
Highway Patrolman
Bruce Springsteen
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