Lost in the Flood

Lost in the Flood easy guitar chords by Bruce Springsteen

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  • Verse 1
    The 
    ragamuffin 
    gunner 

    is 
    re
    turnin' 
    home 

    Like 
    a hungry 
    runaway 

    He walks 
    through 
    town 
    all 
    alone 

    "He must 
    be from 
    the 
    fort" 

    He hears 
    the high 
    school 
    girls 
    say 

    His 
    countryside's 
    burnin' 

    With wolfman 
    fairies 
    dressed 

    in drag 
    for 
    homicide 

    The 
    hit- 
    and- 
    run 
    plead 

    sanc
    tuary 

    'Neath a 
    holy 
    stone 
    they hide 

    They're 
    breakin' 
    beams 
    and crosses 

    With 
    spastic's 
    reelin' per
    fection 

    Nuns 
    run 
    bald 
    through 
    Vatic
    an 
    halls 

    Pregnant, 

    pleadin' 
    immaculate 
    concep
    tion 

    And 
    everybody's 
    wrecked 

    on 
    Main 
    Street 

    From 
    drink
    ing 
    unholy 
    blood 

    Stick
    er 
    smiles 
    sweet 

    as Gunner 
    breathes 
    deep 

    His 
    ankles 
    caked 
    in 
    mud 

    And 
    said, 
    "Hey, 
    gunner 
    man, 

    that's 
    quicksand 

    That's 
    quicksand, 
    that 
    ain't 
    mud 

    Have 
    you thrown 
    your 
    senses 
    to 
    the 
    war 

    Or 
    did 
    you 
    lose 
    them 
    in 

    the flood?" 

    Verse 2

    That 
    pure 
    American 
    brother, 

    dull- 
    eyed 
    and 
    empty- 
    faced 

    Races 
    Sundays 
    in 
    Jersey 
    in 

    a Chevy 
    stock 
    super 
    eight 

    He rides 
    'er 
    low 
    on the 
    hip 

    On 
    the side 
    he's got 
    "Bound 
    for Glory" 

    In 
    red, 
    white 
    and 
    blue 
    flash 
    paint 

    He leans 
    on 
    the 
    hood 
    telling 

    racing 
    stories 

    The kids 
    call 
    him Jimmy 
    the Saint 

    Well, 
    that 
    blaze- 
    and- 
    noise 
    boy 

    He's 
    gunnin' 
    that 
    bitch 
    loaded 

    to blastin' 
    point 

    He 
    rides 
    head 
    first 
    into 
    hur
    ricane 

    and 
    disap
    pears 
    into 
    point 

    And 
    there's 
    noth
    in' 
    left 

    But 
    some 
    blood 
    where 
    the body 
    fell 

    That 
    is, 
    noth
    in' 
    left 
    that 

    you 
    could 
    sell 

    Just 
    junk 
    all 
    across 
    the hori
    zon 

    real 
    highway
    man's 

    farewell 

    And 
    said, 
    "Hey 
    kid, 

    you 
    think 
    that's 
    oil? 

    Man, 
    that 
    ain't 
    oil, 
    that's 
    blood" 

    I wonder 
    what 
    he was 
    think
    ing 

    When 
    he hit 
    that 
    storm 

    Or 
    was 
    he 
    just 
    lost 
    in 

    the flood? 

    Verse 3

    Eighth 
    Av
    enue 
    sailors 
    in satin 

    shirts 
    whisper 
    in 
    the 
    air 

    Some 
    storefront incarna

    tion of 
    Maria 

    She's 
    put
    tin' 
    on 
    me 
    the 
    stare 

    And 
    Bronx's best 
    apostle 

    Stands 
    with 
    his hand 
    on 
    his 

    own 
    hard
    ware 

    Everything 
    stops, 

    you 
    hear 
    five 
    quick 
    shots 

    The cops 
    come 
    up 
    for 
    air 

    And 
    now 
    the 
    whiz- 
    bang 
    gang 

    from 
    up
    town 

    They're 
    shoot
    in' 
    up 
    the 
    street 

    Oh, 
    that 
    cat 
    from 
    the Bronx 

    starts 
    let
    tin' 
    loose 

    But 
    he gets 
    blown 
    right 
    off 
    his 
    feet 

    Oh, 
    and 
    some 
    kid 
    comes 

    blastin' 
    'round 
    the 
    corner 

    But 
    a cop 
    puts 
    him 
    right 
    away 

    He lays 
    on the 
    street 
    holding 
    his 
    leg 

    Screaming 
    something 
    in Spanish 

    Still 
    breathing 
    when 
    walked 
    away 

    And 
    someone 
    said, 
    "Hey 
    man, 

    did 
    you 
    see 
    that? 

    His 
    body 
    hit 
    the street 
    with 
    such 

    beautiful 
    thud" 

    I won
    der 
    what 
    the dude 
    was 
    sayin' 

    Or 
    was 
    he 
    just 
    lost 
    in 
    the 
    flood? 

    Hey 
    man, 
    did 
    you 
    see 
    that? 

    Those 
    poor 
    cats 
    are 
    sure 
    messed 
    up 

    I won
    der 
    what 
    they 
    were 
    gettin' 
    into 

    Or 
    were 
    they 
    all 
    just 
    lost 
    in 
    the 
    flood? 

    Outro 1






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