• Song:

    Held Up Without A Gun

  • Artist:

    Bruce Springsteen

The closest Bruce & The E-Street Band ever came to a punk rock song. All chords
are relative to capo. Solo is in B minor pentatonic, improvising in that works.

Capo 2nd fret
Verse chords: A - D
Chorus chords: D - E - A
Solo chords: D - E - A

Verse 1

A (x02220@1)                      D (xx0232@1)        AI (x02220@1)was out driving just a taking it slow
A (x02220@1)                      D (xx0232@1)        ALooked (x02220@1)at my tank it was reading low
A (x02220@1)                              D (xx0232@1)     APulled (x02220@1)in a Exxon station out on Highway One
D (xx0232@1)        E (022100@1)     A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)        E (022100@1)    AHeld (x02220@1)up without a gun, held up without a gun

Verse 2

A (x02220@1)                                   D (xx0232@1)       ASome (x02220@1)damn fool with a guitar walking down the street
A (x02220@1)                               D (xx0232@1)        AAin't (x02220@1)got nowhere to go ain't got nothing to eat
A (x02220@1)                      D (xx0232@1)       AMan (x02220@1)with a cigar says, "Sign here son"
D (xx0232@1)          E (022100@1)   A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)        E (022100@1)    AHeld (x02220@1)up without a gun, held up without a gun

Solo: D- (xx0232@1)D- (xx0232@1)D- (xx0232@1)D- (xx0232@1)E- (022100@1)E- (022100@1)A- (x02220@1)A2X (x02220@1)
Verse 3

A (x02220@1)                     D (xx0232@1)        ANow (x02220@1)it's a sin and it oughta be a crime
A (x02220@1)                       D (xx0232@1)      AYou (x02220@1)know it happens buddy all the time
A (x02220@1)                                 D (xx0232@1)     ATry (x02220@1)to make a living, try to have a little fun
D (xx0232@1)        E (022100@1)     A (x02220@1)  
Held up without a gun, 4X

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