Independence Day chords by
Bruce Springsteen (Official Version)
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Key: F majorDifficulty: Beginner

Intro 1

Bb

F

Bb

F

Bb

F

C

Bb

Verse 1
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
Well Papa go to bed now it's getting late
Bb Bb 
 
Nothing we can say is gonna change
F F 
 
anything now
Bb Bb 
 
I'll be lea ving in the morning from
F F 
 
Saint Mary's Gate
C C 
 
We wouldn't change this thing even if we
Bb Bb 
 
could somehow
'Cause the darkness of this house has got the
F F 
 
best of us
Bb Bb 
 
There's a darkness in this town that's
F F 
 
got us too
Bb Bb 
 
But they can't touch me now
F F 
 
And you can't touch me now
C C 
 
They ain't gonna do to me
Bb Bb 
 
What I watched them do to you

Chorus 1
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
So say goodbye it's Independence Day
C C 
 
It's Independence Day
Bb Bb 
 
All down the line
F F 
 
Just say goodbye it's Independence Day
C C 
 
Bb Bb 
 
It's Independence Day this time

Verse 2
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
Now I don't know what it always was with us
Bb Bb 
 
We chose the words, and yeah,
F F 
 
we drew the lines
Bb Bb 
 
There was just no  way this house could hold
F F 
 
the two of us
C C 
 
I guess that we were just
Bb Bb 
 
too much of the same kind

Chorus 2
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
Well say goodbye it's Independence Day
C C 
 
It's Independence Day
Bb Bb 
 
all boys must run away
F F 
 
So say goodbye it's Independence Day
C C 
 
All men must make their way come
Bb Bb 
 
Independence Day

Solo 1

Bb

F

Bb

F

Bb

F

C

Bb

Verse 3
Bb Bb 
 
Now the rooms are all empty
F F 
 
down at Frankie's joint
Bb Bb 
 
And the highway she's deserted down to
F F 
 
Breaker's Point
Bb Bb 
 
There's a lot of people leaving town now
F F 
 
Leaving their friends, their homes
C C 
 
At night they walk that dark and dusty
Bb Bb 
 
highway all alone
F F 
 
Well Papa go to bed now it's getting late
Bb Bb 
 
Nothing we can say is gonna change
F F 
 
anything now
Because there's just different
Bb Bb 
 
people coming down here now
F F 
 
And they see things in different ways
C C 
 
And soon everything we've known will
Bb Bb 
 
just be swept away

Chorus 3
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
So say goodbye it's Independence Day
C C 
 
Papa now I know the things you wanted
Bb Bb 
 
that you could not say
But won't you just say goodbye it's
F F 
 
Independence Day
C C 
 
I swear I never meant to take those things
Bb Bb 
 
away

Outro 1
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
Bb Bb 
 
[Fade out]

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsBb F C

Chords

Bb
F
C

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

Bb: x-1-3-3-3-x
F: x-3-3-2-1-x
C: x-3-2-0-1-0

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

0

Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

F is one of the chords beginners ask about the most. A short walkthrough on how to fret it cleanly and switch in and out of it. Learn the F chord

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This is the definitive original version of Independence Day 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 F major. It suits players who want to learn Independence Day the way Bruce Springsteen intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

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