• Song:

    Human touch

  • Artist:

    Bruce Springsteen

  • Album:

    The Essential Bruce Spr...

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To: jamesb@nevada.edu
Subject: Springsteen -Human Touch


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From: Suzy Shaw 
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Human Touch
^^^^^^^^^^^

     :   A (x02220@1)   G*  D (xx0232@1)     

You and me we were the pretenders
A (x02220@1)           G*          DWe (xx0232@1)let it all slip away
A (x02220@1)           G*    DIn (xx0232@1)the end what you don't surrender
A (x02220@1)                 G*       DWell (xx0232@1)the world just strips away
G (320003@1)                         AGirl, (x02220@1)ain't no kindness in the face of strangers
A (x02220@1)                            G*      DAin't (xx0232@1)gonna find no miracles here
A (x02220@1)                 G*       DWell (xx0232@1)you can wait on your blesses my darling
A (x02220@1)                       G*         DI (xx0232@1)got a deal for you right here
G (320003@1)                        AI (x02220@1)ain't looking for praise or pity
G (320003@1)                 DI (xx0232@1)ain't coming 'round searching for a crutch
G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)             GI (320003@1)just want someone to talk to
G (320003@1)         DAnd (xx0232@1)a little of that Human Touch
G (320003@1)                        AJust (x02220@1)a little of that Human Touch
G (320003@1)                         A (x02220@1)

Ain't no mercy on the streets of this town
A (x02220@1)                   G*         DAin't (xx0232@1)no bread from Heavenly skies
A (x02220@1)                 G*       DAin't (xx0232@1)nobody drawing wine from this blood
A (x02220@1)                  G*        DIt's (xx0232@1)just you and me tonight
G (320003@1)                    ATell (x02220@1)me, in a world without pity
G (320003@1)           DDo (xx0232@1)you think what I'm askin's too much
G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)         GI (320003@1)just want something to hold on to
G (320003@1)                   DAnd (xx0232@1)a little of that Human Touch
G (320003@1)                        AJust (x02220@1)a little of that Human Touch
G (320003@1)                         A (x02220@1)     

Oh girl that feeling of safety that you prize
b-minor      G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)             AWell (x02220@1)it comes at a hard hard price
        e-minor              b-minor
You can't shut off the risk and the pain
b-minor   G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)          AWithout (x02220@1)losing the love that remains
        e-minor              b-minor
We're all riders on this train
b-minor                  G (320003@1)

So you've been broken and you've been hurt
A (x02220@1)                   G*         DShow (xx0232@1)me somebody who ain't
A (x02220@1)         G*       DYeah, (xx0232@1)I know I ain't nobody's bargain
A (x02220@1)                  G*       DBut, (xx0232@1)hell, a little touch up and a little paint...
G (320003@1)                                       AYou (x02220@1)might need something to hold on to
G (320003@1)                      DWhen (xx0232@1)all the answers, they don't amount to much
G (320003@1)                  D (xx0232@1)                   GSomebody (320003@1)that you could just to talk to
G (320003@1)           DAnd (xx0232@1)a little of that Human Touch
G (320003@1)                        ABaby, (x02220@1)in a world without pity
G (320003@1)        DDo (xx0232@1)you think what I'm askin's too much
G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)           GI (320003@1)just want to feel you in my arms
G (320003@1)            DShare (xx0232@1)a little of that Human Touch
G (320003@1)                          AFeel (x02220@1)a little of that Human Touch
G (320003@1)                         AGive (x02220@1)me a little of that Human Touch
G (320003@1)                            A (x02220@1)     


Lyrics transcribed by:
     Warren Brake
     warren@pooky.cs.mun.ca

Chords (and minor lyric changes) transcribed by:
     Suzy Shaw
     suzshaw@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu

corrections welcome!
(Better Days to follow tomorrow...)

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