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Verse 1
(D major) I got a sixty- nine Chevy
with a (G major) 396*
Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor
She's wait (A major) ing tonight
down in the parking lot
Outside the Seven- (G major) Eleven store (D major)
Me and my partner Sonny built
her straight out of scratch
And he (G major) rides with me from
town to town
We only (A major) run for the money,
got no strings attached
We shut 'em (G major) up and than
we shut 'em down
Tonight, tonight the strip's just right
I (D major) 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
And we cov (G major) er all the northeast state
When the strip (A major) shuts down we
run 'em in the street
From the fire (G major) roads to the
interstate
(D major) 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
I wanna (G major) blow 'em all out
of their seats (A major)
Calling out around the world,
we're going (G major) racin' in the street. (D major)
I met her on the strip three years ago
In a (G major) Camero with this dude from L.A.
I blew (A major) that Camero off my back,
And drove (G major) that little girl away, (D major)
But now there's wrinkles
around my baby's eyes
And she cries (G major) herself to sleep at night
When I come (A major) home the
house is dark
She sighs, "Baby (G major) did you
make it all right," (D major)
She sits on (G major) the porch of
her Daddy's house
But (A major) all her pretty dreams are torn, (G major)
She (D major) stares off alone into the night
(G major) With the eye (A major) s of one who
hates for just (G major) being born (D major)
For all the shut down strangers
and hot rod angels,
Rum (G major) bling through this promised land
Tonight my baby (A major) and me,
we're gonna ride to the sea
And wash (G major) these sins off our hands. (D major)
Tonight, tonight the highway's bright
Out of (G major) our way, mister you best keep
'Cause sum (A major) mer's here
and the time is right
For (G major) racin' in the street.
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Racing In The Street
Townes Van Zandt
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