Racing In The Street

Racing In The Street easy guitar chords by Townes Van Zandt

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    • Verse 1
    D

    I got a sixty- nine Chevy
    G

    with a 396*

    Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor
    A

    She's waiting tonight

    down in the parking lot
    G
    D

    Outside the Seven- Eleven store

    Me and my partner Sonny built

    her straight out of scratch
    G

    And he rides with me from

    town to town
    A

    We only run for the money,

    got no strings attached
    G

    We shut 'em up and than

    we shut 'em down

    Tonight, tonight the strip's just right
    D

    I wanna blow 'em off in my

    first heat

    Summer's here and

    the time is right

    For racin' in the street

    We take all the action we can meet
    G

    And we cover all the northeast state
    A

    When the strip shuts down we

    run 'em in the street
    G

    From the fire roads to the

    interstate
    D

    Some guys they just give up living

    And start dying little by little, piece by piece,


    Some guys come home

    from work and wash up,

    And go racin' in the street.

    Tonight, tonight the strip's just right
    G

    I wanna blow 'em all out
    A

    of their seats

    Calling out around the world,
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    D

    we're going racin' in the street.

    I met her on the strip three years ago
    G

    In a Camero with this dude from L.A.
    A

    I blew that Camero off my back,
    G
    D

    And drove that little girl away,

    But now there's wrinkles

    around my baby's eyes
    G

    And she cries herself to sleep at night
    A

    When I come home the

    house is dark
    G

    She sighs, "Baby did you
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    make it all right,"
    G

    She sits on the porch of

    her Daddy's house
    A
    G

    But all her pretty dreams are torn,
    D

    She stares off alone into the night
    G
    A

    With the eyes of one who
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    D

    hates for just being born

    For all the shut down strangers

    and hot rod angels,
    G

    Rumbling through this promised land
    A

    Tonight my baby and me,

    we're gonna ride to the sea
    G
    D

    And wash these sins off our hands.

    Tonight, tonight the highway's bright
    G

    Out of our way, mister you best keep
    A

    'Cause summer's here

    and the time is right
    G

    For racin' in the street.
    Outro 1
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